Jamison was busy this weekend putting up gates and switching Rosie (pig) to a new pen, in preparation for Buddy (horse) coming home. We still have a lot of work to do before he can come home, but I'm anxious to be able to see him everyday, brush him, lunge him, ride him whenever I want!!! I miss spending time with my boy I'll post pics as he makes progress on Buddy's stall and the inside of my barn!

I'm am officially the worst blogger in the world!!! I can't believe I haven't posted since July!!! Anywho...I'll try to catch you up...

We sold all of Rosie's piglets, so she's on her own now (which she seems to enjoy). Jamison's planning on breeding her again VERY soon for Spring piglets.

We're down to 5 goats (4 does and 1 young buck) and a young wethered sheep. We lost 3 baby goats over the past few months to parasites :( I swore I was going to give up, but a couple of my goat pals (Meredith and Tammy) suggested that I try one more breeding season and go from there. So I will...I've had my buck in with the does since he was young and have never seen him overly interested, but you don't always see anything and the next thing you know your does are pregnant! So again this next Spring/Summer, I'll have NO idea who's bred and when they're due...it'll have to be a surprise!

Jamison did well showing all of his chickens and ducks at the fairs this year! He sold over 20 birds to cut back for winter. He still has a winter coop to finish!

And we found out my horse, Buddy, is coming home for the winter. He'll go back to my grandparents for Spring/Summer/Fall so he can graze and we don't have to feed hay. We don't have the pasture they do! We have a lot to get ready before winter...wish us luck :) I'll try to post more often!

We have piglets...10 of them!!!

Contact me to reserve yours...they're going fast!

First off, I'm SO sorry for not posting in ages! I have a lot to catch up on!!!

I sadly said goodbye to my little Pepperanne, a week ago last Thursday, to what a goat friend believes was an overload of worms/parasites :'( I had wormed them, but with all of the wet/humid weather we've been experiencing in Maine it wasn't enough! I encourage everyone to make sure you worm VERY regularly and make sure to give them extra vitamins and fresh water every day. I was giving fresh water, but wasn't scrubbing my buckets with bleach or offering electrolytes (which are important for any animal in that kind of weather)! I've learned a lot, but am VERY sad I had to learn the hard way!

On a happier note, Rosie (our pig) was due to have piglets on the 26th and still hasn't had them yet...anytime now! I'll be sure to post pics as soon as she does! We've raised pigs before, but never had our own piglets.

Emma and I picked our first 3 cucumbers from the patch yesterday and a quart of blueberries! We're bringing some blueberries to the bakery where we get pig food from in exchange for a blueberry pie...YUM!

I'll be posting more often and posting some recent pics of Little Bit Farm soon :) Thank you to those who follow our page!

The critters and I aren't liking the rain, exept the ducks of course...it's a great day to be a duck! Speaking of ducks...our broody chicken hatched 5 more ducklings!

 

We've decided Peachy wasn't really bred, so no more kids this spring :(  We're hoping Patrick and Charlie are old enough to breed our does this fall for spring babies for 2014! Our little lamb, Chevy is doing great and he's finally eating grain!!! When we got him he would only take milk...no grain, hay or water. Hope you all make the most of this rainy day :)

Look what our broody chicken hatched on Tuesday!

Emma and her lamb, Chevy <3