Vierck’s Family Farm

13/12/2021

Hey guys sorry I haven’t been posting much!! Between swaps, goat breeding season and just trying to get stuff done during the weekend. And add more animals to the farm 😂

13/07/2021

June test weights.. doing one tonight before the heat and humidity return in force.

16/06/2021

Didn’t get a picture of Lady this morning.. but Mudslide and Rosie this morning on 11 odd hour intervals. Started to feed a new feed for lactate does and it’s showing already 2 days in..

01/06/2021

Truth 😂🤷‍♀️

01/06/2021

The other day Elijah took a page off of mama book.. yes both Brian and myself were within arm reach if she got up fast.

And yes we would have gotten him of right away but he literally got of soon as I took the picture.

01/06/2021

Saturday night we went and basically doubled our herd. Going to be crazy in two years for kidding season.. they aren’t going to be bred this fall since they are going to be still too young.

01/06/2021

Moved the breeding bucklings into where the older two girls were and moved them into the dry doe pen.

01/06/2021

Kidding is done for the season

28/05/2021

Miss Nibbles, finally had her babies!! A buck and doe pair. The doeling is the tan color baby with a few moon spots!! Everyone is doing great.

27/05/2021

Go figure, cool raining, later on, day . And farmer Ashley got to cover a route. She might finally kid.. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

25/05/2021

Still waiting ☕️☕️☕️

25/05/2021

Not the best photo, toddlers always moving 🤷‍♀️, farmer Elijah trying to help out by carrying a bottle to help feed Carmel two babies

24/05/2021

Hot noon check, was able to cache Cream, no change.. nibbles, picture below, still slightly sitting by herself yet and had some discharge. But no signs of impending baby(s)

24/05/2021

Got the lights put up in my shed. Probably got to get one more pack. But be helpful come early morning or late night checks and helping if I need to help mid wife

24/05/2021

Then we got miss wild cream, been pawing the dirt and gravel like crazy lat 12 hours so probably the next two odd days.

24/05/2021

Still waiting on nibbles.. thinking we’re getting close but yeah.. STILL WAITING!! Basically the human equivalent of 38 weeks and 4cm dilated but the baby still up high.

19/05/2021

Still waiting for this girl to kid. Was hoping for her to have her kids during the cooler weather.. but didn’t happen.

19/05/2021

Sometimes walking on cow p**p is like walking on snow that got ice under it. No mater how much scrapping or wearing anti slip shoes you still slide.

This picture looks like we are mistreating our cow. But, in fact we are doing everything we can to help her.

Cows are large heavy animals that p**p a lot. This cow is at another facility that house a few of our animals. Even though this barnyard is scraped often with all the cows there is always p**p.

In case you aren't aware of it, p**p is slippery. It's sadly a common thing that they slip and slide in the p**p. That is one reason we are diligent in keeping the barns cleans. And we have grooved cement for traction.

Sometimes when they fall they can't get back up on their own. Have you ever tried to get a 1500 pound critter back up on her feet? It is tricky to say the least.

We halter her and tie her to one of her back legs to confine her so she doesn't hurt herself or us when we are trying to help her. She will try to attempt to get up or move while we are doing what we are to load her. One swipe with a hoof and it's a broken arm or leg for one of us or worse.

This gal was scooped up into a bucket of a skid steer and then gently placed into the cattle trailer.

We brought her back home where we put her in the hospital pen where she is hobbled - back legs tied so they can't spread too far apart, and fed by hand. We can keep her protected from other cows and watch her closely while she heals.

So everything we see isn't what we think it is. We all need to be mindful to seek the truth before jumping conclusions. This includes myself especially in areas that I am not familiar with nor live with.

19/05/2021

Since there’s no gorgeous sunrise out of the barn door here’s my view at 5 am. These girls have been in milk production since January and are still milking a combined 15+ lbs twice a day yet.

17/05/2021

Miss Carmel had her babies last night. A buckling and doeling combination 🥰

14/05/2021

Last night baby check of the girls..

12/05/2021

This girl, who will be having babies any time now. Are enjoying their new digs. Bought a shed from Menzel’s Amish Shelter and Fabrication. And this past weekend finally got the Fence and gates up to get them moved in before they kid.

10/05/2021

Holy smokes it’s been a while! Things have been going good on the farm! Halfway through goat kidding, had a few bunnies born yesterday, and hatching chicks like crazy. Hopefully by June we will have bunnies and chicks to sell at swaps.

14/09/2020

So far Caitlin been a good mom with all 8 babies 🙏🙏🙏

10/08/2020

Ms Lovebug is in the early labor stage 🙏🙏🙏🙏