I’ve written about the calves a couple of times recently, but – honestly – it wasn’t until we were looking at them all this weekend that I realized just how huge the original Chucks have gotten. Our 3 newest baby Chucks are only a few weeks old. They’re currently living in the pole barn in the indoor-outdoor kennel that was left behind …

Our herd of goats is honestly the most ridiculous, yet epic thing I could have ever imagined bringing to the farm. Growing up in the local farming community, I knew mostly of crop farming. My extended family farms thousands of acres of row crop each year. They run some cattle, but everything is mostly crop. I remember have 2 chickens …

A couple of weeks ago we put the new chicks in with the rest of flock. We think the chicks are about 11 weeks old now – so it was really time to start the integration process. For a few days, the chicks would simply go outside in our chunnel pen so that they could peck through the grass while the …

Our house was up and kicking well before sunrise in hopes of getting Archie back into the corral today. Isai went to his Grannie’s house early so that we could get going on the ultimate chase. My dad was up and at it with Aaron – scheming on just how we were going to pull this off. The two of …

I seriously cannot leave this gem of a story off of our site. I will want to remember this for decades to come – and I’m going to bank on this post reappearing in my social media memories for the rest of forever. About a week ago, we picked up a handful of new nannies from our friend Brian. These …

Cooler breezes seem to move in everyday. The temps have been absolutely perfect for outdoor chores, fire pits and, apparently, Fall calving. Much in the way we acquired the first 3 Chucks, we have two new ones. They’ve randomly appeared as momma’s in the fields pass or abandon their newborns. This pair happened to be pretty sick for a few …

Today, we’re saying goodbye to Penny. Yesterday, she was lingering behind the the herd. Being quite a bit smaller – it was typical to see her as the last one running up to our calls. However, what Aaron was seeing was different. She was lethargic. At the very least, she was still eating and drinking – so I picked up …

With Archie in the corral, we noticed some quick changes in the calves. Everyone had runny noses and seemed to be breathing pretty hard when we checked them. Archie – it turns out – is quite the wrangler. Taking note, we set out to move the corral to fresh grass, get the cows a bit more shade to beat a streak of …

The goats are officially enjoying their home, the Goat House. After the chaos of introducing the goats and Archie to their new area among the Goat Trails, we ended up tucking them away into the pole barn for a couple of days while the fences were repaired. Now – though – they’re back. And they love it. The whole herd followed us …