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Greetings from those who make Front Forty a farm!
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I'm sorry I didn't get around to posting yesterday. It was a long, trying weekend here in our corner, and I just didn't have it in me to do much writing. A bit of relief came yesterday afternoon, so I grabbed the opportunity to snap a few photos of the other half of Front Forty Farm. My eldest daughter also captured a few animal moments, and I thought it would be fun to share them with you.
We begin our introductions with our four Billy goats gruff (well, maybe a bit more silly than gruff), Oscar, Snickers, Manny, and Diego. These characters have made life interesting to say the least. One spring they found themselves close to finding a new home, though, when I discovered they had snacked on my blueberry bushes and ate every single blossom on all of the bushes. I did eventually find it in myself to forgive them, as long as Hubby worked on goat-proofing our fence.
Moving down the pasture, you meet Jacob and Isaac, our pair of Jersey oxen. I am often reminded of Ferdinand the bull when I see these two lazy cousins in the pasture, lazily basking in the sun. It's hard to imagine that ten years ago they rode home in the back of our suburban. We had gone to a local farm to purchase some chickens and ended up coming home with more than we had bargained for, one week old Jacob and four week old Isaac. What a ride it has been with our two bovine friends!
As we enter the barn, you are greeted by the chickens (which weren't being very photogenic, so I have no photos of them today), the goose, and our flock of guinea hens. We also have three very sweet bunnies that roam as they please. I keep trying to photograph them, but they are very camera shy...hopefully you will get the opportunity to meet them soon. We have more cats than I care to admit to having, and, as you have probably already noticed, I like sneaking a photo of them in here and there.
So there you have it...the other half of Front Forty Farm. I hope you enjoyed your introductions and have a great day.
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I love your blog!! I am saving to one day afford a small farm to call home myself. I am trying to be frugal and thrifty this year and save every penny I can! Such cute barn animals too!! Do they all reside in the same barn area? or are the chickens in their own little coop?
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Good for you on saving up for your own farm. I hope you achieve your goal soon. All of the animals live in the barn, but they all have their own space. The chickens have their own room with a little door to their yard, and the goats and cows each have their own stalls with individuals doors to the pastures. They come and go as they please during the day, but we bring them all in at night and close the doors.
DeleteThey are all so lovely!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I didn't know you had so many animals! What do you do with the oxen? Their facial markings and horns are so comical! And what type of goats do you have - Nigerian dwarf? Are they "just for fun"? Love the goose head peeking up! Do your bunnies just roam around the barn? I love our free ranging house rabbit, but can't imagine him making it very long outside.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a bunny that could free range in the house. Your bunny must be litter trained. Ours love to be outside. They used to have their own stall in the barn with lots of room to run and burrow in the hay, but they decided to burrow out of the barn. They dug out under the barn and come and go as they please now. They stay in the yard and go in at night, all on their own. I was a bit nervous about this at first, but they have done really well, and are really thriving on their freedom. One amazing thing is that they haven't touched my vegetable or flower gardens at all. They tend to stay in the pasture and near the barn. It's so cute to see them hopping around.
DeleteTwo of our goats are Nigerian dwarf and two of them are a cross between dwarf and a full size goat...and yes, they are just pets. :)
Our rabbit is semi-house trained. I'm probably the only woman vacuuming up rabbit pellets before 7:30am every day! They are mostly contained to the laundry room and bathroom. That is an amazing story about your rabbits - I cannot believe that they stay there and that they are still alive!
DeleteOne of our bunnies, a lion head, has come in for the winter. She is living in the basement right now. I would love to let her free range upstairs, but she is not box trained at all. The other two bunnies LOVE their freedom, and even on the coldest winter days, I see them hopping around in the yard.
DeleteHow fun! And, ARGGHHH! Our goats ate the bottom off one of my blueberry bushes, too! I only have two bushes, so I was not happy! That was the end of their free wandering out of their fence. They ate up most of my rosebushes, too. We have a Nigerian dwarf/pygmy mix. He is so sweet. He is "uncle" to our twin Toggenburgs, and loves it.
ReplyDeleteI love the animal pictures. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous animals and great photos. I love the one with the sticking out tongue! Your daughter's a good photographer. My dream is to have a goat one day and make my own cheese. Oh and bees too.
ReplyDeleteHopefully I won't have to wait too long.
Happy days.
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