SKYFEST - Here We Come!

We are going to try something new this year. Normally we are vendors at our local farmers market from May to October - well, we try to get to as many as possible! This year we have been asked to vend at the local - regional air show - VERY EXCITING!

So next weekend you can find us watching the planes and serving up some of our home grown burgers and pepperoni!

How are the pigs doing?

So the pigs are doing awesome! The three Berkshires are growing really well - the boys are getting chunky in all the right places :)

The 6 piglets, we call them the "Pinkies" are growing okay. We got them when they were five weeks old and it took the first couple weeks for them to really adjust to the new feed. They really seem to prefer having some vegies in with their grain. The transition to the grain feed seemed to take a little longer than normal with these guys, but they are really enjoying the grain now that we have started to add their eggs and vegies to it. As they are getting older their personalities are really starting to show and they are enjoying learning how to dig.

The new pens are going great and I"m looking forward to getting the third one built this fall. But we have some new animals to show off. A couple shots of our new llamas, a couple new ewes came with lambs at side, and we had a baby lamb born a few weeks ago. The smallest lamb we have ever had born. It's now almost a month old and the size of a normal newborn. But she is a determined girl and we named her Rosey.

Chick Update

So the hen with the 5 chicks is doing really well. The chicks are growing and "mom" is keeping a close eye on all of them. With all the construction work going on they are having a good time checking things out.

Their wings about all feathered out and they are starting to get back feathers now - and they are getting big!

Pig Pen Paradise

It's been a great few weeks. Lots of great family activity and BBQ season is in full swing at our place. We have also been working on our new pig pens over the past weeks.

So we brought home Celeste and her two brothers a few weeks ago and they pretty much found every way they could to escape their pen. Nothing impresses visiting family more than herding pigs! So everyone got into it and we now have two fantastic pig pens.

One pen Celeste and her brothers will be moving into and the other will be for the new weiner pigs that are arriving next weekend. Still a few things to finish off on the pens but they are so gorgeous I couldn't wait to share pictures of the process.

Step 1 - Clear area that you are fencing. In this case we also
made a gate so that the pigs can have their own pasture to roam in.

Step 2 - Dig a trench around the fence line. Pigs like to dig down
so the first board is halfway into the trench and then a
log is buried in front of the board.

Step 3 - This is what the fence line looks like with the
buried log. Then you fill the dirt in around the log
and then place your fence boards at regular intervals.

Step 4 - Make sure you make all new gates conneting everything.
And then they have to line up with current structures.

Work progressing

Getting there.