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Waits River Homestead Just trying to keep the tradition of small scale farm life alive. Raising heritage and crossbred cows, other livestock, poultry and gardening.

The last few days our waits river valley has had the blessed sighting of a young moose. Causing many people to stop by t...
04/03/2025

The last few days our waits river valley has had the blessed sighting of a young moose. Causing many people to stop by the side of the road for photos and lots of calls to VT Fish & Wildlife. This moose appears to be a youngster possibly even last years calf who could have been chased away by the mother after weaning.
He/she looks to have found some forage along the river banks and is doing what nature intended. Living the life in Vermont by daily foraging and waiting for spring to come.

Here are some Moose facts:

Male moose is called a Bull
Female moose is called a Cow
Baby moose is a called a calf

Moose are VTs largest animal standing at 6' tall or taller at the shoulder and weighing between 600-1200lbs

Moose are excellent swimmers and in the summertime you can see them frequent swamp lands and ponds eating water Lillie's and other aquatic plants high in sodium which helps promote good calf growth and antler growth.

In the wintertime they browse on woody twigs such as maple, aspen, willow, hobble ect and while hard to digest and not very nutritional they rely on the fatty reserves gained from summer feeding to get them through Vermont winters.

Moose can run up to speeds of 35mph.
Being a dark color they are hard to see at night and in New England around 500 vehicle accidents each year involve moose.

New calves are born May-June usually being a single calf though it is not uncommon for older cows to have twins as long as they had adequate forage throughout the summer and fall.

To learn more you can visit the VT Fish and Wildlife website.

Did you know molasses is a great source of iron and calcium? Mixing a little bit with warm water helps encourage drinkin...
02/03/2025

Did you know molasses is a great source of iron and calcium? Mixing a little bit with warm water helps encourage drinking by tasting good.
I like to mix a bucket full and then divide between everyone a couple times a week to help encourage drinking in the winter. The chickens always run over to grab a sip before I divide it out.

🐂 From pasture to plate.Huey has served his purpose of being a herd sire for going on 7 years and while he did an excell...
26/02/2025

🐂 From pasture to plate.
Huey has served his purpose of being a herd sire for going on 7 years and while he did an excellent job, it was time for a new purpose in life or lack of to be precise.
Now he fills our bellies this winter helping to feed the whole family with beautiful grass fed steaks, burgers, roasts and more! 🥩

A little about Huey, he was a Dexter bull going on 7 years old. He is the sire of this years calves that are due in a few months. He had a sweet personality and loved to play with his younger herdmates and would help keep a watchful eye over the calves. Quick to see something new or strange going on and had a strange fascination with trying to be friends with the pony.

A little about the breed.
Dexter's are known for being a small, hardy, dual purpose breed of cattle being used both for milk and meat making them a great homestead animal to raise. Having a gentle easy going temperament, you can't help but fall in love with this Dexter breed.

Mid winter check in! I am absolutely terrible at keeping up with posting and will try to do better. Feel free to comment...
25/02/2025

Mid winter check in! I am absolutely terrible at keeping up with posting and will try to do better. Feel free to comment things you would like to see.
With the sun out a bit longer each day you can feel spring is coming helping to chase the winter blues away.
🦚 Here's a photo from the other day of Eugene and I.

This years calves are growing so well. Highlander x Dexter cross. Excited to see how they both mature.
13/11/2024

This years calves are growing so well.
Highlander x Dexter cross. Excited to see how they both mature.

The leaves are starting to change 🍂🍁Everyone is starting to get the winter fuzzies 🐮
21/09/2024

The leaves are starting to change 🍂🍁
Everyone is starting to get the winter fuzzies 🐮

Just a little cow love to brighten your day. The heifers and calves are growing like weeds this year.
30/07/2024

Just a little cow love to brighten your day. The heifers and calves are growing like weeds this year.

The last week of high heat and humidity has had the cows soaking in the brook during most of the day and grazing at nigh...
13/07/2024

The last week of high heat and humidity has had the cows soaking in the brook during most of the day and grazing at night. A lot of times they will be fully laying down but I never seem to have a camera on me to snap a photo. 😅

Trudy, Daisy and Petunia stick closer together then peas in a pod.
29/06/2024

Trudy, Daisy and Petunia stick closer together then peas in a pod.

28/06/2024

Vermont Dairy producers alliance put this out.
That’s 44.9% lost dairy farm in VT lost in 10 years. 🤯🤯 we need to make a change or there’s not going to be any left in the next 10 to come.

Grass is so tall you almost can't see the calves.We do four sections of pasture that get rotated to help ensure good gro...
25/06/2024

Grass is so tall you almost can't see the calves.
We do four sections of pasture that get rotated to help ensure good growth of the forage wothout being over eaten and plenty of feed for the cows without them getting to picking having everything at once.

10/06/2024
Yesterday was national egg day and I missed it! Fun fact-egg yoke naturally has Vitamin D in it.What are some your favor...
04/06/2024

Yesterday was national egg day and I missed it!

Fun fact-egg yoke naturally has Vitamin D in it.

What are some your favorite things to make with eggs?

Blondie & Red the Highlander cows with their calves.
04/06/2024

Blondie & Red the Highlander cows with their calves.

I spy two little snouts 🐽🐽Bobbing for gourds in milk is a favorite this time of the year.
21/10/2022

I spy two little snouts 🐽🐽
Bobbing for gourds in milk is a favorite this time of the year.

🐛Monarch Caterpillars in the yard. Over 100milkweeds grown for them this year.
03/08/2022

🐛Monarch Caterpillars in the yard. Over 100milkweeds grown for them this year.



Baby buns that are ready to leave mom! Mixes of standard rex, flemish, new zealand and some with lionhead sprinkled in. ...
01/08/2022

Baby buns that are ready to leave mom!
Mixes of standard rex, flemish, new zealand and some with lionhead sprinkled in.
Soft fur and some have a very rex like coat. A couple are extra fluffy thanks to that dash of lionhead.

25🥕 each
Multiples get a discount.
Willing to meet at Tractor Supply locations: Bradford, VT Montpelier, VT and Lebanon, NH. If a couple are going at once I can even do Plymouth, NH.

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