Archive for the ‘dogs’ Category

It’s been so busy recently, I haven’t had the time to post about all the amazing things we’re doing! The posts will come, I promise. Still, I wanted to spend a few minutes sharing some homestead things I love right now. Roll Out Nesting Boxes If I could go back in time, I would have […]

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Tick season is in full swing here, so I thought I’d repost a review of the best tick protection that we’ve found for our dogs. We’ve continued to use these collars with great results, and they’re the best value, too. We get them on Amazon for $21.50, and that’s 6 months of protection! Product Review: Scalibor […]

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Goat Kids We have an adorable addition to the homestead, two goat kids! They are Alpine does, which we purchased from George’s Mill Farm. If you’re wondering why their ears look green, it’s because they were just tatooed before I brought them home. The lighter colored one was born on March 9th and the tan one on […]

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Happy Friday! As we wrap up the week, it was cold, but productive. I posted a lot of this week’s activities earlier in the week, but there’s a bit more to talk about today. The Cold! Right now it’s a whopping 9 degrees outside. That’s so cold, it’s a hand warmer day! There’s just nothing like […]

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Even though it’s winter, we’ve been very busy around the farm! Here’s a summary of just some of the activities from the past few weeks: New Dairy Goat! Hello, my name is Adrienne, and I have a livestock problem. If you’ve been with us for a while, you may have heard us say 2015 is […]

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As we enjoy the cooler fall weather and prepare for winter, there have been a lot of fun happenings on the farm! Whiskey found a butternut squash from a volunteer plant that must’ve grown from compost.   Apparently butternut squash is Whiskey’s idea of a dog treat! We have also seen several walking sticks around. […]

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We save the hearts and livers when we process chickens. We’re pretty big on fully utilizing everything on the homestead, and with animals we’ve processed we feel that’s especially important. With this batch we decided to dehydrate the hearts and livers to be used as dog treats. First I sliced each one so it was thin […]

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We often refer to the dogs as our “four-legged chickens” when they try to sneak into the chicken run for a snack of chicken feed.  Well today was a first: Noah the dog learned to drink from the chicken waterer!  Now those poor chickens really have to watch out, the dogs try to steal their food and […]

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