I sit here watching the snow fly...AGAIN. There's a fierce wind blowing it sideways. Deep. Heavy. Sigh. Yes, the farmers need the moisture. I'm all for the farmers getting their precipitation. But why oh why does it have to be in the form of snow on April 22nd??? (I am such a whiner.) When the flakes began falling, I started writing this long boring post about how weather became really … [Read more...]
Doink and The Goats
Doink the pig and Brandy the goat were raised together from birth and came to Happy Mama Acre in 2012. We're pretty sure they don't know they're not the same species. Doink is our resident curmudgeon/comedian. For this we are eternally grateful. We affectionately refer to them as "the poats".
Jessie arrived at the barnyard a year later. I thought Brandy would appreciate a playmate. I was wrong. A year later, I got Sammy and Kenny. Because you can never have enough goats!
Doink – A Pig With Personality
April 14, 2013 by
Doink. I wish I could say I came up with that name. But no, his first parents named him. He is a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. He is black - from head to toe. There are no "whites of his eyes". All black, all the time. We adopted Doink with his life partner, Brandy the goat, almost a year ago. I got tired of bacon jokes almost immediately. There's a lot of mis-information about pet … [Read more...]
Sick Chicken In the House – The Amazing Part
March 12, 2013 by
I had to take my sweet Sofia, a hen we took in from a neighbor last year, into the vet yesterday. I had been keeping an eye on her for a few days. She was not getting off the roost in the morning and was looking listless and keeping to herself more than usual. I call her Short Beak because (you guessed it) her beak is clipped. She's a total sweetie, but is definitely an outlier in the barnyard. … [Read more...]
Last Snow, Emergency Room and A Big Party
March 9, 2013 by
With a heavy sigh I accepted we were getting another boat-load of snow today. Forecast was for 8-14" and it started snowing steadily about 4am. The storm is now over - we don't have that much on the ground, but it has been good, wet snow. The farmers will be happy. O.K. farmers - I get the need for moisture, but I'm done. I'm calling it the LAST snow of the season. Very Excellent Husband … [Read more...]
Snow Day In The Barnyard
February 27, 2013 by
We had two snowstorms come through this week. After living in Colorado for thirty years, I've learned to love the storms that blow in and dump a bunch of snow one day then quickly leave so we have brilliant sunshine the next. That's much better than deep cold or the relentless winds that make everyone and everything miserable. I checked on the animals a lot while the snow was falling. They … [Read more...]
Doink and Brandy – A Kind of Love Story
February 20, 2013 by
I went out to the barnyard today to get things ready for the approaching snowstorm. As usual, when I approached the gate everyone gathered round, making it next to impossible to gain entry. I started my chores and the chickens quickly wandered off in all directions. As is the routine, Brandy followed me around and Doink followed Brandy, within steps of each other. They almost always … [Read more...]
Pigs Need Nests, Too
January 17, 2013 by
Around here, it was REALLY COLD for over a week. Like sub-zero and single digits at night, warming up to the teens and low twenties in the daytime. For some people in other regions of the country, this is not that cold. I probably seem like a wimp to them. Well, I AM a wimp. I grew up in Texas. I had no idea what cold was until I moved to Colorado. I have a love/hate relationship with … [Read more...]
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