Finally we have added a ram to the flock...Rip Tide. He is young and a bit small, but I expect he will perform. Hoping for 4-8 baby lambs in the spring. Rip is a gem; not a mean bone in his body. Loves a good scratch under the chin.

It looks like you have to copy the links and then paste them on your address bar at the top of the page.

Here are a couple of links that may be interesting. The first is a video from our farm's Shameless Commerce Division. The second is a video about our guard dog and his friend the duck. The third is a second video my daughter did, also about the dog and the duck.They are becoming quite the celebrities. Enjoy.



http://galleries.paulfoley.com/Sequence%201Bqt-desktop.mp4

http://theday.com/section/MEDIA01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMAERLeP19Y

Second school field trip. Not exactly higher education.More like touchy education, holding the chickens, patting the timid sheep, chasing baby chicks. It's a start.

So here are Wheler and Buster. Wheler is the an old Great Pyrenees, and Buster is a duck.I got Whe;er as a rescue dog a few years ago to guard the chickens. I was told he was 11, but he was actually 14, so now he is 16. That is old for a Great Pyrenees, but he seems to be content, lying around and looking at the sheep and chickens. I don't think he guards much. The duck was dropped off at the farm a month age. Now, he and Wheler are fast friends. They wont go anywhere without each other. The duck usually fowwows around, but I am sure they enjoy each others company.

In the process of purchasing a ram. I need one with a good temperament (don't want him chasing me down), good wool, and good sized cojenes. Hope I find just the right daddy. I will post pictures of the winner.

Well, fall is certainly here. The garden is pretty much tilled up and planted with winter rye. There are few sad looking row covers with cloiflower, cabbage,beets, broccoli, turnips and sugar snapp peas inside. Not wure they will go beyond childhood before the winter sets in. Mother hen still takes her chicks outside even with the chilly wind, although you can see they like to stay close.