tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30022660900164158942024-03-13T23:51:25.231-07:00Hickory Haven's Family FarmWelcome to the window of our little Hobby Farm. Here you will glimpse a family's endeavors as we raise children, goats, chickens, a few other animals and attempt some gardening on our small homestead.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-19796261435483354772019-04-29T17:19:00.003-07:002019-04-29T17:19:37.517-07:00July 2018 Tree Frog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-9593987419314077252019-04-19T09:18:00.004-07:002019-04-19T09:18:30.961-07:00June 2018 A Little Bit of Squash and ZuchinniWe grew a bit of Squash this year. We let the grass overgrow the garden area, but still had some harvest and were able to share with friends and people at church. We also got a few potatoes and some pumpkins that came up in the compost area. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ivory is our Saanen/Alpine mix doe. She is very patient with the girls as they learn. She holds pretty still as long as her feed bucket is filled with grain. Grain is a goat's candy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm very happy to tell you we've finally got SWEET MILK! No more nasty buck milk. We moved the stinky billys across the property so they cannot come in contact with the females. We also increased our goat's alfalfa consumption. Something worked and I couldn't be more pleased! We will take this milk in the house, filter it and immediately put it in the freezer for 30 minutes to chill. The faster it chills, the sweeter it will taste.</span> </span><br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-56474688562790855122018-05-18T10:11:00.001-07:002018-05-18T14:36:14.093-07:00May 2018 Chicken's Scratching and Goats Grazing!We are LOVING the Green of Spring! I let the goats out in the chicken pasture today and they just loved nibbling on the trees, weeds and all the new blooming vegetation. <br />
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Daisy is not due until June. She has another month to go!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My girls named the two white bucklings Target and Ozzy. They are white and adorable and SO BIG compared to the
Nigerian Dwarf kids we are use to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivori, their mom,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We kept these boys
for just one week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again I wanted
to keep them longer just to enjoy them, but babies sell so well I just didn't
dare keep them longer for fear of missing out on a sale. Plus if they accidently bred
with any of my Nigerian Dwarf girls it would be life-threatening for the
doe!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Little Arrow was bucky at just one week old! I didn't want to risk it with these boys. </span></span><br />
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together and the family that picked them up was so excited!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will be good weed eaters and pets (both wethers) to two
little children and their parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
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We picked up two new Bunnies for a 4-H project this year. My oldest daughter choose the black bunny and my middle girl chose the while one. The black one is pretty, but nervous. Her name is Raven. The white one loves attention and is named Aven. The girls will take care of them and get them all tamed up and use to handling so they can show well. <br />
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<br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-13548210518389067232018-05-17T11:09:00.000-07:002018-05-17T11:11:24.031-07:00March 2018 Baby Goat Updates! Juneau and ArrowThese two babies grew very fast and both found homes within a couple of weeks. Arrow went first and I was sad to see him go. I didn't get to spend enough time with my baby! But we couldn't keep another buck, so we needed him to go while he was still small and cute. Juneau went a week later. <br />
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Here Arrow is meeting and challenging Blossom. He showed her the "buck" lip and know I believe that some kids are born ready to breed! </div>
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Before Juneau left he made friends with a foster dog we had named, Boe. The two would follow each other around whenever I let them. Juneau was hungry for company after Arrow was sold, so he gladly accepted Boe as a friend.</div>
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It was hard to say Good-Bye to Juneau when they came to pick him up. My girls snuggled him one last time! </div>
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Here Daisy is smelling Juneau. She is expecting herself- so I think she was just checking- to make sure he wasn't hers. She still has 3 months to go in this photo.</div>
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When we put the goats in at dark I could tell Ebony was in labor. She had a long string of discharge coming out and was acting off. My awesome husband helped string a heat lamp out to the barn. This winter has been the coldest one since we came to Oklahoma and the forecast for the night was 28 degrees F. I don't like the idea of a heat lamp in a barn (fire hazard), but I also don't like the idea of frozen babies! <br />
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Every hour I went out to check on Ebony's progress. At midnight I climbed out of bed and went out to find her pushing and ready to deliver. She took her sweet time as I sat shivering in the new hay I put out just for her. I was very grateful for the heat lamp and tried to stay under it with her as much as possible. <br />
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Around 2am I decided I had to help her. She had been in active labor with little progress now for 2 hours! I reached in and could touch the nose and found a little hoof. I pulled the hoof out slightly as she had a contraction. Then I found the other little hoof and pulled it when the next contraction hit. This was all she needed. The baby had tried to come out head and shoulders first and had blocked the opening. With the new adjustment of pulling the legs one at a time, the kid slid out on the next contraction. <br />
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He was a beauty! But he wasn't moving and barely breathing. I had a towel waiting so I quickly cleared his nose and mouth as best I could then I rubbed him in the towel to dry him so he wouldn't chill. Under the heat lamp, his mother inspected him and finished cleaning him. <br />
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The next baby was born within 10 minutes of the first. He slid out so fast and was so very tiny! He was also not moving. I picked up the lifeless body and knew I had to get air into him fast. I took him out and spun him as best I could- keep in mind he was the size of a kitten! The gunk flew out his mouth and I immediately wrapped and rubbed him in the towel. Ebony smelled him but didn't clean him like she did the first. I wondered if this meant he was not going to live. <br />
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I sat with momma and kids for about 30 minutes, waiting for them to eat their first meal. Arrow, the first born, drank from his mom, but Juneau, the second born, couldn't even stand up. It was just too cold so I wrapped them both up and took them in the house. <br />
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The next morning, I took the babies back out to Mom, but she wasn't well. She had not finished delivering the placenta like I thought she would and laid shivering. We rushed to the vet in an effort to save her! The vet said she had hypothermia and did a ultrasound to make sure their were no undelivered kids. With some shots of steroids and some medicine for infection, she pulled through, although she was very week for the next few days and gave very little milk. Both kids had to be bottle fed until she gained her strength. The vet also looked at Juneau and told us to keep up feeding him, but he was so tiny- just 1 pound 10 ounces- that he would be very fragile for a while. <br />
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Juneau didn't stand up for his first day, but was making attempts on the second day. His mother did not accept him for the first 2 weeks. <br />
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His name: Juneau, was given by my daughters because he was so small. Last year our runt was named, Alaska Star. So this year they named our runt Juneau because we have been studying States and Capitals.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-86783044570503870002018-04-22T15:30:00.000-07:002018-04-22T15:30:27.722-07:00 March 2018 Chicken CatOur cat found a great place to keep watch for mice that try to sneak into the chicken feed. However, the roosters don't appreciate her guard duty.<br />
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Hatching Season is well underway. We started incubating and hatching in January this year and have quite a few already growing out. </div>
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More and more keep hatching so we combined the bigger birds with the smaller ones. At first the big ones were a bit mean, so we put a divider up so they could see each other but not peck! After a few days, the big ones broke through the divider and accepted the little ones into the little flock. It was pretty cute to see the teeny chicks peeking out of the feathers of the half grown ones! What are big brothers and sisters for anyway! <br />
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Below are our Black Copper Marans. We sold the pretty rooster- so he is gone, but not before hatching a bunch of his chicks. He was a mean rooster who liked to charge the fence every time he saw us. He had a really pretty brother, but it was eaten by the hound.</div>
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To the left here is one of our Cream Legbar Girls.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-26116469137344997912018-04-14T04:28:00.001-07:002018-04-14T04:28:30.300-07:00February 2018 A Bit of Ice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We didn't get snow this year. It got cold and stayed cold a long time, but no snow. These little icicles are the closest we got. They look pretty on my bird feeder, but I would rather have a white blanket to let the kids play in. <br />
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I also learned the sad and hard way that poor quality hay is very hard on goats. This winter my goats have been plagued with more parasites and ills than the last 2 years combined! It is one thing after another. Upon thinking about it....I bet it all stems from the poor diet of this crummy hay! I feel awful that I didn't just discard the hay when it was first delivered. <br />
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We almost kept this little guy. Our friends got him for Christmas and it wasn't working out for them. They gave him to us right after we contacted the foster agency here in town: Saving Tails Animal Rescue or S.T.A.R. When STAR found him the perfect home, we let him go, hesitantly, only because Kayla was showing signs of being allergic. Yet, that still didn't stop her from loving on him.! <br />
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This large dogs found our home and the Hound just couldn't resist biting into one of our roosters that like to jump the fence. I chased him into the woods and pried the chicken from his mouth, which amazingly lived! We took the hound to the pound (sniff sniff) after trying to find the owners. However a week later....guess who shows up again? And this time he brings a friend! </div>
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Puppy Mill Dogs. These guys were so timid when they first arrived. But warmed up with love and patience. They really liked my kids. Boe is a daschound mix and Sassy is a Toy Fox Terrier mix. Boe was adopted by someone in Kentucky and had to be shipped. Sassy is still here, for now, and is our only foster dog at the moment (April 2018)<br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-36976781592615098402018-04-13T16:04:00.002-07:002018-04-13T16:11:10.504-07:00December 2017 Christmas Tragedy<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_9dZNoFSTo/WtE2znB4D0I/AAAAAAAAeN0/pGMLO_xFIm0scqIub3eSrfuWxSLjl3LeACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20171223_162410397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_9dZNoFSTo/WtE2znB4D0I/AAAAAAAAeN0/pGMLO_xFIm0scqIub3eSrfuWxSLjl3LeACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20171223_162410397.jpg" width="240" /></a>Two days before Christmas little Two Spot took ill with pneumonia. We had a cold, wet storm come through, and he got what I thought was a little cold, but by morning it was life threatening. We took him indoors and he stayed in a dog crate in my kitchen for two nights. I thought he might pull through when he got some energy back and began to eat and drink on the second day and walk around. But Christmas Eve he seemed to go down hill and refused to stand up or leave the crate.<br />
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Christmas morning I checked on him before turning on the Christmas tree lights and awakening my daughters to see what Santa and brought. Two Spot was alive but weak. He looked at me with wet eyes. He did not raise his head. I pet him and tried to get him to drink, but he didn't want anything. Still, he looked peaceful, almost smiling, like he was saying, "See, I made it to Christmas morning."<br />
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I heard small voices, so I left him and soon was preoccupied with delighted children, Christmas music and the opening of gifts and presents. After the last gift was unwrapped and the girls settled into playing with their treasures, I slipped into the kitchen to check on Two Spot.<br />
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He was gone. He had passed away while we opened our gifts. He had only lived long enough to hear the sounds of his only Christmas morning.<br />
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My heart sunk. I felt tears on my face. And I wondered why my girl's joy was now going to be interrupted by grief. My girls had been hoping for this little guy's recovery. He was one of their babies.<br />
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Instead of a Christmas miracle, the girls dressed warmly and went outside to help my husband bury the little buck. They didn't cry loudly. Just a few quiet tears of wonder and heartache. My oldest hugged me strongly and sniffed away her hurt when she returned inside before going back in to see her gifts. <br />
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As I pondered all of this, I couldn't help but think about the true meaning of Christmas. The marvelous gift of our Heavenly Father to each of us born as a baby predestined to die for our Salvation. The gift of his son was a sacrifice that was going to end with the death of our Father's only Begotten. Our Lord and Savoir Jesus Christ, our greatest gift. <br />
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Merry Christmas Two Spot...and Thank-you.<br />
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However she is not a big hit with our goat Daisy. Daisy acted quite upset that this new stranger was getting in on her attention from the girls. Daisy is usually the friendliest and the favorite of our herd, and she nudged my daughter from behind to remind her of that. <br />
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Next Ivori decided to go meet my second daughter, who was playing with the kids. <br />
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Ivori looks so happy as my daughter pets her for the first time. However, Daisy is once again photo-bombing and pouting to my oldest daughter about the newcomer.<br />
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Ivori then gave her a greeting back. (And look how angry Daisy looks! ha ha, poor girl!)<br />
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Here all three girls are giving Ivori a bit of grain, to seal the deal that little girls and the best!<br />
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<br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-43434549115429795272018-03-11T11:01:00.003-07:002018-03-11T11:01:54.298-07:00November 2017 Meet Ivori! Our New Alpine-Saanen NannyI found Ivori online and went and picked her up in Missouri. She is an Alpine Saanen mix and I have great expectations for her and plan on milking her in the spring. She is 3 years old and already bred to a Saanen buck. She is the first goat on my property that is not a Nigerian Dwarf. This last year my Nigerians did not produce the volume of milk I desired so I hope she will increase our supply.<br />
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She was kind of shy the evening we brought her home so I only let my oldest daughter in with her. Maybe tomorrow we will introduce the rest of the girls.<br />
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Curtis weighed the Toms at 43lbs last week! How did that little poult grow so big in just a few months??<br />
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<br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-34837111232895030412017-11-02T21:06:00.000-07:002017-11-02T21:06:03.459-07:00Why my Goats enjoy the day after Halloween!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212608818170897166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002266090016415894.post-14189233656142260742017-11-02T20:48:00.003-07:002017-11-02T20:48:47.231-07:00Cats like Goat's Milk too! October 2017I think these photos speak for themselves. Tippy now follows me to the barn every time she sees me with the milk bucket, hoping I will put it down for a minute. <br />
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