Windy Acres Homestead

07/25/2026

Can’t wait to catch a video to share of the kitties enjoying their new adventures together outside! 🥰
They love it and are now able to come in and out as they want. I keep food and water in the house so I can keep checking on them but they are so much calmer with each other. Now, this doesn’t mean I condone everyone doing this. We are VERY far away from the road in a rural setting and have 97 acres of land. We also have a fenced in area for our domesticated animals. This is not a recommendation for everyone by no means. We are blessed to provide this space for our animals and still monitor them closely. We just needed them to have more space to burn off some energy since we have 18 cats and 5 dogs as well as our barnyard babies. This has truly been a labor of love for our rescues and I wouldn’t give any of them up for anything! 💙

It’s been awhile and I do apologize. It’s been really quite eventful here but this is today’s episode!

Day 1 of kitty training for indoor/outdoor. They did great! Tomorrow they are learning to use a specific window to go in and out. Eventually we are installing a pet “door” for the window that will lead out to a catio for the winter. Their litter boxes will be there and a propane heater. We are utilizing a part of a hay wagon for the floor and walls.

Some of the kitties have opted out. Monkey for example. She got to the door and heard the guineas, then bolted to her hiding place. She is still traumatized from the time she escaped and was stalked by 8 Guineas. She clawed up our storm door trying to get back in. 🤣

05/08/2026

Had such an unexpected and gut wrenching tragedy the day before yesterday. I so thought we were past the point where Scout was in danger of passing unexpectedly due to his rough start. I had even contacted the vet about him getting his first rounds of vaccines and he had literally just started eating fresh grass and a little solid grower grain. He was on a special puree of timothy and alfalfa pellets with purina goat grower and goat minerals for the last 5 weeks as part of his weaning process and was doing great. He was on day 2 of solids but still mainly his bottle purée when he started going south overnight. I thought the solids were bothering him so we went back to just the purée. Then he started the seizures. He had one about 7 pm then 10 minutes later 2 more. The last one took him from me. Devastating does not even begin to describe how I felt. I tried CPR but he was gone. It’s going to take a while for me to get over this one. He fought so hard and I was fighting right along with him. All my babies are special and take a piece of me with them but Scout found a new part of my heart and took it with him that I never knew I had. I will never forget you my little Scout. 💙

05/03/2026

RIP Ollie. My sweet little boy. 😢💔😢

04/28/2026

04/28/2026

04/27/2026

Been a while since I posted and I do apologize. It’s been a rough few months here but between yesterday and today I managed to band (castrate) the last few 8 intact bucks. And I did it myself! This is one of many battle scars in my endeavor. The worst 2 were Dasher and my last one Dick! 🤣
Dick was one of triplets that were born in the “D” year so I named them Dick, Dora and Dodie. God he was a little pi**er to catch! Mom and Dad were probably laughing their butts off watching me! 🤣