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!

For Sale
This is the bred doe I rescued. As soon as she kids, I'll be selling her...having 1 horned goat and the rest dehorned isn't working out on our farm. She's a great goat, but needs a home where there are other horned animals. I'm asking the $125 that I paid for her. She's an unregistered nigerian dwarf. If anyone is interested, message me.

My gram and I made our first batch of homemade spaghetti sauce on Sunday...I can't wait to try it! We have at least 2 more batches to make as soon as the tomatoes are ripe enough and a batch of pickles (I haven't decided what kind yet). We'll also be canning carrots. I had hoped to do a lot more canning this year, but lost most of my garden to a neighbor's dog tearing through it :( There's always next year...

Our birds are at the Farmington Fair. They'll be there until Sunday...if you get a chance stop by and see how they did in the bird show :)

I'm ordering the siding today for the goat barn...I've waited long enough! We've been trying to get the best price possible, but fall/winter is coming and I have 3 bred does that need a warm place to have babies. We're getting this thing done...hopefully before the first week in October ( It's Emma's 2nd birthday & we'll be away at the Fryeburg Fair). Wish us luck!

I can't seem to keep my does in their pen lately! I'm going a little crazy chasing them back in their pen several times a day. My husband just needs to add more cedar posts to make the fence lower to the ground so they can't slip under and add electricity to the play yard so they can't go through the electric fence. He works a lot, so he'll get to it when he can. In the meantime, I've got to figure something out! Any ideas are welcome :) On the positive side...it's Friday!