Fall Fun!!!!!

The first newborn Dexter calf from our 2020 crop.

October is an exciting time around the farm. Our Dexter cows have started calving and we currently have four healthy calves on the ground. We are checking the herd daily as 18 more cows should be calving in coming weeks. The herd is rotated to new pasture paddock each week. Each paddock is rested 26 days between grazing to keep pasture recovery and nutritional levels high. 

Barney is hard at work in his first breeding season. He is exposed to 17 ewes.

Fred was happy to join 23 of our Katahdin ewes for his first breeding season on our farm.

Breeding season arrived for our Katahdins at the end of September. Our rams Fred and Barney are hard at work servicing our ewes. The rams will be removed from the ewes at the beginning of November and our flock will be reunited. Fred will be used for clean up duty in case any ewes don't breed up during their first exposure. We are excited about the potential of this upcoming lamb crop.

The farm has added some new animals over the summer. Cole has shown tremendous interest in the farm over the past year and decided to try raising rabbits, turkeys, and chickens. He has done a great job caring for all the new animals. His turkeys are huge and will be great for upcoming holidays. The rabbits are becoming tame and all the kids enjoys spending time with them. The ISA brown chicks are growing well and will be producing lots of eggs in the future. With successfully raising poultry this year we are considering raising meat chickens next year.