goat lice: shoot me now
Posted on February 25, 2010 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment
It all started when I noticed Lucy, one of my goats, had wet shoulders. What the heck? Was she dipping into the water bucket? Was one of the other goats peeing on her? I mean, goats can be weird like that. But no. She was wet because she was [...]
Read More..>>ring around the moon
Posted on January 31, 2010 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment
…means snow is coming soon.
It made me wish I was a heck of a lot better at photography. This was Thursday night, moon 98% full, and these strange lumpy, flat, clouds that Sophie said were the Underworld and Luc said looked like oatmeal. This picture is crap compared to what it looked like but there [...]
Read More..>>how to hand milk a goat
Posted on November 17, 2009 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | 4 Comments
Okay, you’re sitting at the milking stand, staring at an udder: what next??? I have previously written about how I milk my goats using a small hand-powered milker. I love my milker, I do. But it does break occasionally. If you’re smart, you have two, so you can run and get the spare when you [...]
Read More..>>fall morning at honeymilk farm
Posted on October 30, 2009 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | 2 Comments
A pretty, misty, fall morning today.
The spiders were busy last night. I saw a bunch of these on the morning rounds.
Chickens like to be petted, too. Goldie is hoping to get her beak on some of this cat food…
…but Mochi has other plans.
Emma wants to know if it is her turn to eat y-e-e-e-t?
Lucy chows [...]
Read More..>>it’s a bird! it’s a plane! no, it’s…Tree Guy!
Posted on October 9, 2009 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment
Sometimes, when the wind gives a gusty laugh, I look up through the yurt’s dome and see the tops of the pines heaving around like God is mixing a salad. Pine trees with vinaigrette, coming right up. Yikes. A few were particularly crazy-leaning-over trees, so we decided they had to go. Sorry trees.
Turns out a [...]
come on, let’s go on a goat walk!
Posted on October 6, 2009 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment
I’ve mentioned before that we take our goats on walks. The girls come along with us like dogs do, except, being goats, they hoover up fallen leaves like nobody’s business. Yellow tulip poplars leaves are their favorite, so this is the best time of year for walks, as far as they are concerned.
When we let [...]
the saga of Whitey the Chicken continues
Posted on September 23, 2009 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | 2 Comments
We met her, have seen her flock and her beautiful eggs. We’ve laughed at her slap-stick predicament. We’ve read about her alternative lifestyle love-life. We’ve even seen her recent embarrassing condition. Now, today, we have the torment of Whitey. Only this time, I’m not kidding. But before I go any further, let me reassure everyone [...]
Read More..>>this chicken is molting
Posted on September 15, 2009 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | 11 Comments
It’s embarrassing not to look your best. And a molting chicken is bedraggled and generally pitiful.
For comparison, look at Whitey in full feather:
Wow, what a difference! Molting happens every fall for chickens who lay eggs. They lose their feathers and grow a new set. It takes about a month. The first time one of the [...]
Read More..>>seed ticks: the devil’s spawn
Posted on August 25, 2009 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | 37 Comments
Lest anyone [re: city folk] think living in the country is all sweetness and light, let me disabuse those folk of that notion in one word: seed ticks.
Okay, it was two words. Sue me. But really, seed ticks are disgusting, horrible, nasty, annoying, and gross. Now, let me tell you how I really feel.
I HATE [...]
