🎂🥳Happy 16th birthday Enchanter!! Here’s a little video of Enchanter and Jess sharing some birthday cookies!
❄️We’ve had quite a few snow days in Saskatchewan this winter! Some animals love it.. others not so much!
🥶What do you do on a snow day?
✨Starring Pheobe, Sophie & Fynnley
🐶Special guests: Everest & Oscar
#canadianwinter#snowdrift#bouvierdesflandres#husky#shihtzu#bloodhound#snowdat#saskweather#coldwinter#katskritters
💕We finally have babies!!!
I’ve been waiting to post about them for a while now, as we haven’t had much luck this past year and I didn’t want to get my hopes up.
🤗But on December 14th our beautiful Sephora delivered 4 beautiful healthy babies! She’s an amazing first time momma! And these babies are now 2 weeks old (unfortunately no recent pics) and they are HUUUGGEE! Chunkiest holland babies I’ve ever had!
🥰Very proud of K&L Sephora and Hoppy Acres Buttercup!
🤔Who let the horses out??
👇Comment who you think did it!
Enchanter, Jess, Beauty or one of us (me & family)? I’ll reveal who the culprit was later!
🐴Didn’t get to uploading this yesterday for #nationalhorseday but here’s a throwback from summer!
🐎They enjoyed their run. They don’t get out often, but when they do, they make sure to do it when I have somewhere to go and am already running late 😅
💕They sure keep us on our toes and make us laugh! We also love seeing old Beauty have fun and play too! Was going very slow in the truck because I didn’t want to make them run more, but they insisted!
#wholetthehorsesout#clydesdale#tenneseewalker#painthorse#horseofinstagram#sillyhorse#countryroads#katskritters#hobbyfarm
🐣Sometimes chicks need assistance. It’s hard to watch them struggle and take a long time to hatch, but patience is key. I knew this one wasn’t hatching properly, and other eggs in the nest actually got to the point of externally pipping but later died. Sometimes shrink wrapping can occur when the membrane starts to dry out. This was the case for this chick! It’s important not to peel away the shell until they externally pip (they have to make the hole for outside air, if we do that then it can shock them), and STOP if you see blood! There are still blood vessels from the egg to the chick, and if you break the blood vessels the chick can bleed out. 🤔Wondering how to help if you see this? 1) Keep the membrane damp. When it dries it’s very tough for chicks to get out. 2)DO YOUR RESEARCH! I’ve been hatching chicks with an incubator and broody hens for nearly 10 years. 3) if you need to assist, be extremely careful, little bits at a time, and let the chick rest. It will be exhausted. I decided to put this one in the incubator for 24 hours before putting it back in with the hen. He was the only chick to hatch, so it was very lonely and the hen wanted her baby back. #chickshatching#agvocate#hobbyfarmer#smallfarm#chickensofinstagram#educate#helpfulchickentipoftheday#katskritters
🥰Our Hollands! Can’t wait to see them all in a few days!! Posted on the story but figured I should add it here too! #hollandlopsofinstagram#bunniesofinstagram#katskritters#hobbyfarmer#missingmypets#boopthenose
🐽Piggy moments
🐷Reba our potbelly pig has been a taxi service for the chickens & kitties that ride on her back, she’s the warmth for the kritters who snuggle up to her on chilly nights, but this… this is new.
🐈I walked into the barn today to see the cat going for a ride, perched on piggy’s back as she went over to the heat lamp. She tried to go for her afternoon nap but Steve Jr wanted to play. She was very patient, sleepy, And surprisingly unbothered. (I did shoo the cat away after she didn’t try to get him off since I didn’t want him to accidentally hurt her)
🐽How do I know she’s unbothered? Because when Reba is grumpy everyone knows. Just yesterday I ran into the barn, preparing for the grunts and ruckus to be piggy fending off the barn from an attacker! Nope! It was one of the junior silkies trying to share food in the big dish. Which Reba usually does just fine, but yesterday she was not having it. Grunts, growls, opening her mouth and shoving the poor silkie out of the bowl. There’s multiple food dishes, but eating with their favourite girl just seems better 🤦♀️❤️
🐥🦆Remember when we put call ducklings eggs under a broody silkie? Here’s the result! This baby is now 1 week old today! Still so tiny!! Unfortunately only one baby made it out of the 2 that hatched. None the less, this hen has her wings full! This baby is always on the go, and doesn’t listen when she’s clucking to show him/her food! We’re thinking there might be a language barrier 🙊 #callducks#silkies#broodyhens#surprisebaby#hobbyfarm#katskritters#itsherbaby#dontjudge#beardedsilkies#silkiesofinstagram#ducksofinstagram
International Dog Day
🐶 Yesterday was #internationaldogday and we didn’t get this uploaded in time, but better late then never!
💕Phoebe, Sophie & Fynnley
Trying to take Bunny family photos
📸 Just wanted a cute family photo of Sage and her babies...
🙃Good thing these little ones are cute! They’re sure trouble makers!
🥚How to tell if your hen is broody..
🥚Well it’s that time of the year again...
🐥Just kidding, Silkies are broody all year round and at this point I’m just shocked at how they survive. Although I’ve told them and explained to them that we have no rooster in with them, there’s no possibility of their eggs being fertilized, they insist. So we try to help, we give them fertilized eggs, we pretend that they hatched their own chicks, give them ones from the incubator. But noooooooo they don’t want those ones!
🐓But when they do finally hatch their own chicks, THEY’RE ALL ROOSTERS!!
❄️ -50 and everyone’s by the heat lamps... where’s the Silkies?? Oh in the coldest corner of the barn sitting on eggs that aren’t fertilized. Or when it’s +35, and all of the animals are enjoying the nice breeze outside, where’s the Silkies?? Sitting on eggs. Missing a silkie, where could she be? Oh trying to steal the cats kittens and fighting with the cat over them.
🙃So we smile, and try to move them off their nest, take all the eggs, try to prevent them from going broody. What do we get in return? We get pecked, or squawked at, sometimes attacked as it’s a full out race to the nest before she gets back...
The Teenager stage of bunnies
🤎Mars Bar x Bambi litter update:
🤯They’re teenagers now! Almost 3 months old and these bunnies are living it up! Constantly demanding food and water, no matter how much we give them they never seem to be full!
🧹The cleaning is never ending- whether it be shavings, poop or pellets that fly from their binkies and need to run full speed everywhere.
🚽fortunately they’re litter training amazingly!
🥰But look at how cute they are! No matter how crazy and rebellious they may be!!
🤭Dont worry! We’re not going to be empty nesters quite yet, Sage, Blue Belle & Fuzzy Peach are preparing for more babies!! We’re gonna have a full nursery!!
Winner of the give away!!!
🎉Congratulations to our winner Sidney Benwell!!!
💕Happy Valentine’s Day and happy family day!!
💜This pail of goodies is going to be sent all the way to Quebec!
🤗thank you so much to everyone that participated!! It means so much to have people follow and like our pages and we were so excited to give back!
Enchanter 💙
🎵One thing right- Marshmello & Kane Brown
💕Really missing the show days, the 4-h days and all of our trail rides. Some pictures from over the years! One of my goals for 2021 is to rebuild my confidence & trust with Enchanter!
🐴Made this tiktok quite a while back, and watching the Disney version of Black Beauty reminded me of It!
🍎Snack time!
🦆Captain enjoying some bits of apple!
💧Although all animals need access to water at all times, this is very important for ducks and chickens! They need water in order to eat and wash down their food. Ducks & chickens don’t have teeth, therefore they rely on water and grit (small rocks, dirt etc) to grind their food up. Poultry have a very unique digestive systems. Ducks also need to be able to have a water dish that is deep enough to dip their whole bill! This allows them to clean their nostrils.
🧱We put bricks in our water dishes so Reba the piggy 🐷 doesn’t spill them! In winter we go out with water 3-4 times a day to make sure that it’s not frozen.
Helping baby bunnies nurse
❓Did you know⁉️
🍼Rabbits only nurse their young for about 5 minutes a day!
☀️They often only nurse 2x a day in the morning and at night.
🐱Unlike cats, you may not see a momma rabbit nurse her young! It all depends how comfortable the doe is around you.
🍼Baby bunnies nurse on their backs as the mother will lay over the nest, unlike in this video.
🤎It’s been a week since this video and the babies are doing great! Will post update pics soon!
🧐What’s happening in this video?
🐰We’re helping the smallest baby out by letting him nurse by itself! At 3 days old the babies weren’t as chubby as we would’ve liked, so we brought Mars Bar out, carefully laid her on her back, and she sat patiently while the baby ate. We let each of the babies nurse after that one was done to make sure they were all eating properly!
🤲🏻We have to be careful when doing this, if the mother rabbit kicks or jumps the baby can get injured. We gently held her feet and she was super easy to work with! Another method is simply bringing the babies out and placing them underneath the mom (allowing her to sit or lay normally) and just making sure she doesn’t move away. Healthy babies should be able to easily find a nipple!
First litter of the new year! Bambi x Mars Bar
💕First litter of the new year! Born on January 5th! (Video taken January 10 at 5 days old.)
🦌Holstien’s Hops Bambi and 🍫Holstien’s Hops Mars Bar are very proud parents!
🤎5 beautiful babies!! 4 chocolates variations (for sure an otter and possibly a marten as well,) and 1 lilac!!
😍We’ve never had a lilac or chocolate babies before!! We are very excited!!
New kritters of 2020
💗Fortunately we had more hellos in 2020 than goodbyes!
🥰We welcomed some amazing animals to our funny farm!
🐴Beauty
🐱Zelda
🐰Hoppy Acres Sage & Buttercup, Chai, Holstein’s Hops Mars Bars, Blue belle, & Bambi, Cutie Patootie Orange Sorbet, Fuzzy Peach & Hawaii
🐔3 Salmon Faverolle hens & rooster
🐶Pheobe
🐰5 litters of bunnies
🐔8 batches of chicks
😊Excited to see who we meet in 2021!!
As we enter 2021, we wanted to reflect on 2020. There were some tough goodbyes, and some recent ones we haven’t posted about yet. There’s some teary eyed moments reflecting on old photos, but also so many smiles! For every kritter that has been part of our lives, we miss you all. We are thankful for all of the memories! 2020 also brought some incredible hellos, (next post). This isn’t a sad post, just a little tribute for the ones that got me through 2020. Happy new year everyone!
Christmas Wish List 🎄
🎅What do you want for Christmas this year?!
🎁Anything for my kritters!
👇🏻Drop a comment about what you want! Do you have any of these items on your list as well?
