Home is where your Herd is

01/23/2025

01/17/2025

Trying to be resourceful ahead of the wet/cold weather! Since goats tend to waste a lot of the round bales, I'm scooping up some the dry fallen hay and making a nice warm, fluffy hideout for them.
Lord help me when it's time for spring clean out!!

01/06/2025

The Girls went out for a bit today. I love they all take their beaten path ❤️🐐❄️

12/09/2024

🔊Volume up if you like loud chewing!!🔊
I had to get in and fluff their hay so they could reach it and now we've got happy cows!

11/06/2024

I'm pretty sure it's their favorite time of year!!
🎃🎃🎃
Still taking pumpkin donations it you want to come out and visit the farm!

09/19/2024

I've copied this from an alpaca page I follow... and I feel for them. I was only trying for a few short months and it was hard. And all large animal vets are becoming harder and harder to find it seems.

"I'm tired.

I'm tired of hearing "our practice doesn't see or no longer sees camelids".

I'm tired of hearing "you can no longer get that drug (that you've been using for years to keep your herd healthy) without a prescription from a veterinarian". And who am I supposed to get this script from? One of the veterinarians whose practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids?"

I'm tired of having to try to guess wth is causing the diarrhea or the weight loss or the eating issues because I can't call any of the veterinarians whose practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids" for an exam.

I'm tired of worrying if and when there will be a birthing issue or a cria that needs help quickly from the veterinarian whose practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids".

I'm tired of worrying about paying three times more than I did last year for things I need to keep my herd healthy, like routine yearly exams, since I can't call any of the area veterinarians because their practices "don't see or no longer see camelids".

I'm tired of worrying about that alpaca that is going to find a way get injured in the pasture they have been going in their whole lives, because I can't call the veterinarian whose practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids".

I'm tired of worrying about the alpaca that might decide to poke a hole in an eye, because they can't be quickly seen by the veterinarian whose practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids".

I'm tired of worrying about the possibility having to transport a critically ill, possibly dying animal to the closest teaching hospital 3 hours away because any local veterinarian practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids".

I'm tired of not being able to make a quick call and have the contribution and advice of a veterinarian because their practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids", when an alpaca looks perfectly normal one day and is down the next day.

I'm tired of having to throw everything you have at them (heart and soul included) and everything you can think of into them and having it still being inadequate, because you don't have input from the veterinarians whose practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids"

I'm tired of worrying about needing to win the lottery to pay for an out of area vet to make a simple farm call for a CVI (because the out of area vet will charge will a ridiculous amount of money). Cant even get a simple CVI from the local area because of so many veterinarians whose practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids".

I'm tired of making calls to veterinarians and having them not returned from the veterinarians because their practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids".

I'm tired of hearing "we didn't get very much education on camelids in school" from the veterinarians whose practice "doesn't see or no longer sees camelids".

I'm tired of worrying that I need to find a place for these babies with someone else, someone who actually is lucky enough to have a veterinarian whose practice includes caring for camelids.

I'm tired of the alpacas getting the short end of stick from veterinary education.

I'm so tired."

09/08/2024

*Me trying to get anything done*

"We'll Help!!"

07/04/2024

Just a momma and her boy 💕
Jack and Reba

07/02/2024

06/06/2024

😂

05/30/2024

And goats. And chickens. And ducks. 🤣

05/01/2024

*sold*
This beautiful little doeling was born 4/29/24 so she will be available to take home the end of June if anyone is looking to add to their herd.

04/29/2024

For those of you that guessed twins, technically you were correct. Unfortunately Rollie's birth experience got really complicated. Baby 1 sadly didn't make it, I had to pull her around midnight, I'll save yall from all the traumatic details but she was poorly positioned and not advancing down the birth canal. So with lots of hollering and crying and pushing and pulling ,from both of us, we got her out. I didnt know if this was the only baby so i let Rollie clean her off since thats what she needs to do naturally. But An hour later I pulled the second poorly positioned baby, whom I thought was dead, from his exhausted momma. He made the slightest gurgle noise, I was shocked!!!, and worked for over 10 minutes to get the first "cry". It took about an hour to get him cleaned up and standing but momma had no interest in nursing him probably due to exhaustion and shock (me too girl!) But I couldn't go to bed without him getting some colostrum so I milked Rollie to get half a syringe full to feed him. I finally went in at 2:30am hoping that I was going to come back to a healthy momma and baby, so far so good this morning. But 6:30 came really quickly lol. That was easily one of the most traumatic experiences I've ever had!! Just me, a momma goat, and baby goat all 😭 in an otherwise quiet barn in the middle of the night.
Anywhoooo.... there's a peek into the hard parts of "farm life". But also, looook at that sweet little baby boy 🩵

04/23/2024

Rollie has a bit of discharge, so today could be the day 🤞🏼
Any guesses as to how many hostages she's harboring???