When I first went out today, it was late morning.  The heat was mounting and the animals were in a sedentary state.  The goats rested in a thoroughly shady spot under a cluster of trees in the yard.
The sheep have decided that one of their favorite cool spots is on the cement under the back porch. [...]

Sara from Farmama documents her first experiences with Nigerian Dwarf Goats.  You can also read about her endeavors to become self-sufficient, including raising honey bees.  Very cool.

“The winds of change are at first a breeze and then a whirlwind,” Kit pronounced quietly, but forcefully, with the dignity of a queen who had been exiled, but expected a prompt re-enthronement from a fate sympathetic to her plight.  She was confident, but worn down, wearing this fatigue on her tired face.  Not the [...]

The last few days have been sunny and warmer than average.  Today we hit 60 degrees.  After such a long, cold, and snowy winter, all of the animals (including me) are happy to get a glimmer of warm hope.  Spring is coming and you can already see the hyacinth and daffodil stalks emerge from the [...]

Brie is a good goat.  She is sweet and calm.  She isn’t pushy and respects the other animals in her herd, namely Kit, Kaboodle, and Eliza.  Brie wasn’t always like this.  When she was younger, she was the herd leader.  She bossed everyone around as if she were queen of Piscataway Acres.  She was a [...]

Eliza is one of the two Nigerian Dwarf Goats at Piscataway Acres.  She was purchased from Hearts-N-Hooves dairy goat farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland when she was just over a month old.  She is a character and a handful.  Her favorite activities include jumping over fences, breaking into feed containers, knocking over feed [...]

The snow has started to let up.  It has been snowing for 28 hours and my last measurement had about that many inches as well.  It is a lot of snow.  I worked this morning to clear a path for the pigs.  They squealed and squealed, but I think secretly kind of enjoyed playing in [...]

For the last week, the weathermen have been calling for a “major snowstorm”.  For us in the DC area, a major storm is anything above 3 inches.  However, I would say that this looks to be a major storm anywhere.  We are expecting 24 inches of snow within the next 24 hours.  This picture was [...]

Let there be no doubt about it, my animals are spoiled. Although all of the animals are treated well, most of them are treated too well. As any animal owner/lover knows, each animal has a distinct personality.  Even the chickens.  With each personality come different wants and needs. However, I am afraid that the animals [...]

A hobby farmer tells her tale of breeding Nigerian dwarf goats at CK farm happenings.
Our Nigerian does, Brie and Eliza, have also been in heat, but I consider it an adolescent heat.  They’re still under a year in age and are too small to have babies safely.
One lesson you learn more profoundly raising animals or [...]