A few photos of our last storm...gearing up for another one Thurs-Fri!

 

 

 

I picked up the new bunnies Saturday! They seem to be settling in nicely :) Yesterday, Jamison helped me trim the goat's and sheep's hooves and I wormed everyone before the wicked storm we got...we got a foot of snow! After a cup of coffee and the baby goes down for a nap, I'm headed out to shovel! Jamison will snow blow the rest when he gets home from work. Enjoy the snow everyone! And I'll try to get some pics of the snow to post later :)

I picked out 2 new bunnies with pedigree today! I know I'll breed them for Easter bunnies, but not sure if I'll show them or not. I'll pick them up right after Christmas and I'm SO excited!!!
 

 Harlequin Mini Lop Buck

 Daphne (Mini Lop Doe)

Since my last post we've lost Charlie (alpine/nigerian dwarf) buck and Patrick (nigerian dwarf) buck :'( The vet believes it was due to too many parasites in their systems. We wormed them, but apparently with the worm/parasite problem this year we needed to double or triple the wormer dosage. A lesson learned the hard way :( We don't have any more bucks on Little Bit Farm and I'm thinking about keeping it that way for a while! We may try again next year, but for now we just have 4 adult does and a sheep.

Jamison worked hard the end of Nov-beginning of Dec to finish the barn so my horse could come home, only to find out we couldn't find anyone to trailer him home. So he and Sundance (my sister's paint) will stay at my grandparent's till next fall. We'll move to my grandparent's for 2 months, while they are in Florida to take care of them. Emma will enjoy seeing them everyday and helping take care of them!

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! It's that time of year where we bundle up to go out and do chores, thaw water buckets and feed out lots of hay! No stall for Buddy yet, as my husband has been trying to get a deer. Today is the last day of hunting, so fingers crossed he gets a deer and starts my stall! I REALLY want Buddy home before snow is here for good!!!

If you are local and need a Christmas wreath or tree, visit my pal at Broken Oak Farm in Fayette! She's open every weekend till Christmas (I believe) with plenty of wreaths, swags, Christmas trees, hot cocoa and plenty of critters to visit!

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!