baby is here

  Lily finally had her baby on may 23 at 11 pm.  We missed it by minutes.  I moved her to a grass pasture around 9:30 pm, and by the time I checked on her again she had had him.  She didnt give any indication she was going to have him, so I think she waited for privacy.
  She had a chestnut colt.  Anybody want to buy a mini in a few months ;)

Today I had to have the farm vet out.  Gjeli has had a huge lump on her face for a week.  Sometimes it was alot smaller.  She also was born with a nerve problem on that side of her face that makes her eye ear and lip sag.  I was worried it might be something that needed medication or tooth care.  Turns out I paid $180 to be told she is getting food stuck in her cheek and no worries, just yank it out every now and again.  At least her teeth got floated while he was out.  It didnt help though because the food wad is already back by this evening.  Oh well.  Here she is tranqued!

We also rescently had last springs wether lamb butchered.  The butcher was impressed. 

it is really good!  I will probably be posting pics of newborn lambs in a few weeks.  The sheep were bred late this year but better then none.

Riley helped put in the garden, and Brian dragged out the manure in the pasture to keep flies away.

Pig moving day and a pregnant horse

Today we finally moved the pigs from the horse trailer to the temporary pen.  Not easy to move 50 pound piglets but we did it.  We are going to build them a really big pasture pen when they are a little bigger.  They really like even the smaller pen, they are already rooting and eating dirt.

This is where the big pen will be, probably 32 feet wide and 64 feet deep.  Lots of grass and roots for them to eat. 

Lily, Rileys mini pony, was sold to us pregnant.  Only told bred for a summer foal.  Im not sure she can get any bigger.  That's her with Gjeli the Norwegian Fjord Horse.

Wide load

We also got a puppy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever named Libby.  Ive liked this breed for about 14 years.  Hopefully she will be a hunting dog some day!  So far she is very birdy but not in love with water.  She is an excellent house dog.  Riley just loves her.  Libby is from Tollchester in British Columbia Ca

Nice day for dogs and horses

I ordered a portable electric fence, Galagher smartfence.  It is easy.  Here is Gjeli in it, she is a good one to experiment with because she is gentle and even if she got out, she would probably just come knock on the door to let me know.

Dogs had fun today too. 

And just for fun some 2 week old baby bunnies.  Begian hare/rex X tan.

The run in shed

This is our run in shed, after paying a couple of amish boys to dig it out.  That is how much can accumulate in about 3 years.  I think we will have some good fertilizer this year! 
They worked hard to dig it out and they didnt even want to take any money.  Amish neighbors, are good neighbors, at least here.  I made them take the money BTW.  It took them 5 hours.
This shows how deep it was.  This duck is setting on eggs in the corner and they left her alone.  I think it looks like a flamingo nest.

Spring piglets

Meet Frank, Pork, and Beans.  Frank and beans are purebred berkshire piglets, and Pork is a berk cross.  Berkshires are known to be the best quality pork there is, more like beef, and has nice marbling.  They also are very calm and gentle compared to our past pigs!  4-5 months from now they will be some GREAT homeraised pork!
  The pig pen isnt done so they are staying in the horse trailer for now.  They will have a 54' by 24' pen with grass and trees to dig up and eat.