Iced In

So I woke up this morning to check on the goats and rabbits (as they are due to have babies soon). The pond was iced over almost completely except for a ten foot circle that the ducks were keeping clear. I guess we are going to have to keep the ducks in now and take the boat out so we can let the pond freeze over so we can go ice skating. Which is one of our favorite pastimes.
Have Fun and Enjoy

Happy Thanksgiving All

Lemon Meringue Pie

Wishing everyone a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving. I am very thankful for many things but most of all I am thankful for my fiance Amanda even if she was right about the meringue.  Have Fun

Pictures say a Thousand Words

Wool Away

I was looking though my pictures the other day and came across quite a few of me shearing so I decided I would do a post on sheep shearing. My dad has been part time ever since I was three years old. Not long after I started going with him and holding the cord and giving him the oil can. I started shearing when I was twelve and over the past few years I have started to get my own clients as well as shear with my dad and younger brother. I avg about seven minutes a sheep which is far from fast by sheep shearing standards (the best can do them in under a minute) the most I have done in a day in 31. It is more than a little extra work here and there it is a hobby and a passion filled with experiences and stories to tell. Here is a step by step of me shearing

 

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Natey Trimming hooves

The Four Hooved Clover

Jazzy Clovers grandmother

I thought I would share some pictures of our youngest Doe Clover. She was born last march and is a mix of alpine, Lamancha, Toggenburg, and Nubain.

Roy Clovers Father

Clover and her mother Treasure

A few days old

Clover and ME

Clover and Katrina

Clover now

Its SET!!!!!!!

Me and my adorable fiance have finally decided on a date!!!!!!!!
We will hopefully be getting married on april thirtieth 2011 :)))))))))))))))))

New Animals etc......

This picture of Manda I just felt was way tooooo good not to share right away

A Golden Laced Polish Cockerel

Now here are a few pictures of some of the new animals I picked up yesterday

Guinea Hen

Baby Angora  Rabbit

Female Duck

I went to the Livestock Auction yesterday with my two younger brothers and my wonderful fiance Amanda. As usual I came home with something. This time it was two Banties, a golden laced polish cockerel, two angora bunnies, a guinea hen , and two ducks.

 My Sister Alevia and Honey

My little sister with her sweet mini lop named honey just so cute

three days, two walks, one place,with my love = lots of pics

The weather has been beautiful here the last few days, I have been enjoying it after work with my favorite thing in the whole world at one of my favorite places. So I thought I would share some pics with you.

Day one

Day two

Shadows

My Superangel

Reflections

My Love

goats goats goats

Jasper, Alevia and I

The Herd

Firefly

The Herd Eating Old Produce

We currently have four does at Deer Path Farm, FireFly ( a pedigreed Lamancha Doe), Suzie (a mixed breed dairy), Treasure (a pedigreed Toggenburg), Clover ( Treasure's kid and my old doe Jazzy grand kid a mix of Toggenburg, Alpine, Nubian, and Lamancha). All of our Does are currently bred to our purebred Lamancha buck, Jasper. Jasper is currently being used by another farmer to breed their does. I will post more about each goat in the future.