Some of what we have missed blogging is the loss of a lot of chickens - 14 were taken in 2 days over a month ago just as all the pullets were starting to lay. A neighbors livestock guardian dog killed a fox shortly after, so we assume foxes are responsible. The poor chickens have been up in their coop and run since the 2nd hit. We hope to take care of the fox problem so we can let them back out. In the meantime we have acquired some beautiful Americauna chickens as well as Speckled Sussex so Ben has been working on a coop up by the house for the Americaunas. And over the weekend we have hatched 28 chicks from our existing flock. Now if we can just keep them from getting eaten before they all lay!
The goats are all doing great - we introduced Shevy but have since acquired Annabelle and Replica. Our new girls are very sweet - Replica is glued to us when we are in the pasture - still adjusting to the big change but they all are enjoying the amenities - lots of grass and good hay.
This beautiful girl is Lone Palmetto TG Replica - she is 8 months old and came to us last weekend as a result of our new fence - Ben traded the old fencing and we got her in return!
This little sweetheart is SGM Annabelle - she is 1 1/2 years old but tiny, and she is a real love too. We got her earlier in August in a trade for one of our doelings, Binder Ridge Moonstone. We heard another family visited Ashley at SweetGumMinis with her young daughters last week and they fell in love with Moonstone and took her home. Now she lives in Westminster.
So this is just a little of what we have been up to - I hope to post more this week, but it's a start!
