Jamison got out of work early yesterday because of the storm and decided to go to the auction. He brought a bunch of roosters, so it seemed like a good idea...until he came home with 2 pigs! One is supposed to be for a family member, but if he doesn't take it Rosie will have 2 new friends. I don't mind having a "little bit" of a farm, but what did I get myself into?

We're still waiting for 4 does to kid...hoping Stella goes soon, I'm very anxious to see what she has!

We're preparing for a very busy weekend of carving pumpkins for the 2nd Annual Pumpkin Lighting on the Tucker Rd in Wayne. We did it last year, but didn't get much of a crowd. We've advertised a lot more this year and are hoping that Hurricane Sandy doesn't keep the crowd away again! It's a lot of work but a lot of fun to get a group together to carve all of these pumpkins...it's dissapointing when you've worked so hard to put on a good pumpkin lighting and the weather doesn't cooperate and people don't come out to see them. So let's hope it passes by us and we have a good turn out :)

If anyone is interested in carving contact me for more info: (207)320-1866. We're carving today through Tuesday. We'll have the pumpkins, carving tools, stencils and food for all carvers!

The 2nd Annual Pumpkin Lighting will be held Tuesday, October 30th & Wednesday, October 31st after dark. Please turn on your parking lights ONLY for the best view of the pumpkins. Have a Happy & safe Halloween ALL :)

The pig is doing well and has been named Rosie! We've decided to try and breed her when she's old enough to have piglets.

There isn't much else going on around here except we have Jamison's cousin's Nubian Doe, Lily, here to be bred by RM. Nothing exciting has happened yet...I don't think she's in heat, so we'll have to wait a few weeks and hopefully she leaves bred :)

Yesterday afternoon Meredith and I went to pick up the new pig. It was a stinky, but short ride home and we fed and watered her as soon as we got home. She seemed very hungry and thirsty! She didn't appear to be as big as she should be at her age...I don't think the previous owners knew how to raise a pig/wanted to raise a pig. She's in good hands now! We pick up 2-3 buckets of pig slop a week from the Fayette Country Store and cows milk from my inlaws dairy farm, plus grain and hay...sounds like we'll have a happy pig :) At 3-4 months old I think it's safe to name her...any suggestions?

As most of you know, we ended up losing the piglet late Thursday night. I blamed myself for everything that could have gone wrong, but in reality her body had been shutting down and I just couldn't save her :'( Thank you Tammy for coming over so late to help try to save her!

My pal knew Emma and I were sad about our piglet. She was offered a free young pig a friend had caught at the Monmouth Fair pig scramble, but isn't able to take it right now. She told us about it a couple of days ago and brought us to see it yesterday. It turns out the lady giving the pig away is my cousin from Fayette, what a small world! So we're going to pick the pig up today. Wish us better luck then we've had so far, with this pig! She's a Duroc Pig: red in color, growing faster than most pig breeds. I'll post pics later.

This is the week old piglet we've been caring for since Tuesday night. She's doing much better today, eating on her own and quite active for a piglet that is the runt and had been stepped on :) Jamison wouldn't let us name her in case we lost her. Any name suggestions?

We didn't get much accomplished on the goat barn this week as we were at the Fryeburg Fair. We camped at the fair and helped Jamison's family take care of and show their beef cows. All of our birds placed top 3.

None of my does have kidded yet...it should be soon though. Even though we didn't plan on having fall/winter kids, I'm pretty anxious and excited!