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Some Examples of our Sheep

Blog: Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Wednesday October 28, 2009   -   By Anne

The ram on the left is a January, English-type Suffolk ram, that has not seen grain since weaning and has been on pasture until being brought in for this picture.  The ram on the right is a May Ile de France/Dorset cross ram that was born and raised on...

Triplets!

Blog: Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Monday October 05, 2009   -   By Anne

I wanted to share a picture some of our gorgeous new fall lambs.  These lambs are in a jug (small pen) with their mother to help her keep track of them for the first 2 days of life.    

Lambing Season Again

Blog: Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Monday September 21, 2009   -   By Anne

Well its officially the last day of summer, and our ewes have started lambing!  About a third of the flock was officially bred to lamb this fall, however the ewes bred for late spring were run with clean up rams to catch any girls who didn't take....

More and More Tech Savy

Blog: Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Wednesday September 09, 2009   -   By Anne

New photo gallery for Kyle Farms!!  We're getting more and more tech savy every day :-) photos.kylefarmsnys.com  

Helping babies in the heat.

Blog: MM Livestock Co   -   Wednesday September 09, 2009   -   By Megan

We're still lambing and the weather has been fierce! we have misters up for the animals but babies can't regulate their body temperature for the first few days of life. Over 80 can be tough on newborns but when it hits 100+ its really dangerous. No laughing...

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more youngsters, dutch oven fun

Blog: MM Livestock Co   -   Sunday September 06, 2009   -   By Megan

This has been a BUSY week! More lambs and goat kids have been born, 20 lambs and 3 kids. Everyone is doing well. This weeks dutch oven class was based around beef. We did some large roasts over the coals and grilled up some steaks just for fun. Everyone was...

births

Blog: MM Livestock Co   -   Monday June 15, 2009   -   By Megan

We have 3 new Belted Galloway calves since my last post. A bull calf and 2 heifers. My "friend" calls them cookie cows because they are black on both ends and white in the middle. So in honor of him we named the bull calf Billy. The kids are having fun with...

Farm is growing

Blog: Sheltie Meadow Farm   -   Wednesday June 03, 2009   -   By Miana Ruiz-Ryan

Sorry for my delay in writing in our blog.  Moving, building fencing, lambing, rescuing an alpaca and a llama has kept us all busy.  We have 14 lambs so far this year with three ewes due really late, immature ram had trouble breeding.  We have 4...

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Seedling Trauma and Stunt Pigs

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Wednesday May 13, 2009   -   By Emily

Well, last Friday we planted a few seedlings in the garden.  Some of the heritage zucchini, squahes and melons were getting a bit crowded on the kitchen window sill.  We put down black fabric to cut down on weeding and put the plants in.  A...

Yep, winter is finally over!

Blog: Alaskan Hen House   -   Tuesday April 28, 2009   -   By Terrisa

Our snow and ice is completely gone. But we are deep in mud right now. It seems to be everywhere and completely unavoidable. Cleaning up the pen yards has been trecherous with it being so wet but a definite necessity. Our teens and their friends are making...

April ? spring

Blog: Ramble N Shetlands Farm   -   Monday April 13, 2009   -   By Sherry

It's early April, yet the snow just melted off long enough for my first lambs to arrive. I have a lovely HST- ram lamb.(head, (head, socks, tail) He has a black body with a white head, 4 white socks and a white tail. But the added detail that sets off...

Baby Animals in the Barnyard

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Sunday March 29, 2009   -   By Chris

Here are some of the much anticipated photos of our baby farm animals.  We've been quite busy getting things prepared for their births and arrivals, as well as with sugaring, but here are some shots of the recent additions to our farm. Moments after...

Bunnies!

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Friday March 27, 2009   -   By Emily

Hello to everyone online!  I've never blogged before, so please be gentle :) Signs of spring are popping up everywhere on the farm these days.  This morning, we have a new litter of baby bunnies! A quick check of the nest box revealed 4 new...

Twins! Well, sort of...

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Saturday March 21, 2009   -   By Chris

We had our first lambs this morning.  I was out to check on the animals and had to chase the ducks out of my workshop in the barn.  Messy things, ducks. After that I was checking in on the other animals and noticed what I thought was another...

Leaping Lambs

Blog: Sage Moon Naturals   -   Saturday February 14, 2009   -   By Michael

It's been a busy couple of weeks with lambs being born right and left.  I do need to say that I didn't intend to be lambing in frigid weather but Cowboy, our Gulf Coast ram, and the ladies had other ideas. As of today I have 31 new lambs cavorting...

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Introduction

Blog: Whimsical Farms   -   Thursday November 06, 2008   -   By Trebs

Thanks for visiting the Whimsical Farms blog and for all of your support this year! We have had a fantastic harvest season and despite half a dozen nights of hard frost, the herb garden and a few tomatoes and pepper plants are hanging on. As an...


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