THE LATEST NEWS ON THE FARM
2023 LAMBS!
17 February 2023
In less than 2 months, we will have a lovely crop of lambs born here on the farm. Please check back for photos of available lambs for sale. We have begun to accept deposits. Drop us a note for more information!
2022 LAMBS!
1 May 2022
Two handsome ram lambs were born here this April. They will both be evaluated over the summer, but I'm expecting that they will be as fine-fleeced and amiable as their parents.
BROILER CHICKS
29 September 2021
The Cornish Cross chicks are growing up fast! They're 4 1/2 weeks old here. I'm keeping a close eye on them to determine when best to start processing them for the freezer.
CHICKEN PROCESSING
17 July 2021
Our shepherd has learned some butchering skills. Susan took a class at Smokehaus Farm in Doylestown, PA to learn how to dispatch and butcher meat birds. Looking to get some broiler chicks in the near future to raise for food. Just another checked box in our goal for self-sustainability.
A NEW COOP
21 April 2021
An Amish-built coop was just delivered, and the baby chicks have been moved from their brooder in the kitchen, out to their new coop. They've grown so fast, and can now enjoy scratching and pecking for bugs and grass.
2021 LAMBS ARE HERE!
4 April 2021
The last of this year's lambs have been born! We've got 9 brand new babies on farm, including a set of triplets. Everyone is happy and healthy and the moms are content and proud. From March 25 to April 4, what a nice, tight grouping!
BABY CHICKS
13 March 2021
The first of the baby chicks are here. From left to right, a Welsummer hen, 2 Welsummer roosters, and a Buff Orpington hen.
A NEW ROOSTER
8 August 2020
We took in a rooster, whose owner had hatched him from an egg (!), and could no longer keep him. He's a Japanese bantam, just a tiny thing, who has decided that pasture living was simply not for him. Instead, he prefers to hang out in the flower beds, scratching for bugs, and snoozing in the cedar tree right outside the library window. He has been sleeping in, but does give us some wonderful cock-a-doodle-doos around 6:30. Which is fine with me.
