Whenever we do herd health here there are inevitably any number of jokes made at the expense of our weanling/yearling males. They are after all going through some ongoing process of simultaneously missing their mothers while also discovering their independence (and their sexuality) with the added edge that only an influx of testosterone can offer….
Please note: if you live someplace warm you can go ahead and ignore this entire post, it really doesn’t apply to you, at least in this context. If on the other hand, you are one of the silly fools that has chosen a life in the significantly chillier north, please read on. As one of…
Sorry but this has NOTHING to do with alpacas. I have to cut back my coffee? Really? *@@#%%%!!! This is what happens when you go and get a checkup. All right, so maybe 4 daily large mugs of high-test was a bit much. As a relatively healthy 39 year old I had avoided going to…
So this morning I did (facilitated would be a better word) what should be the final 2010 breeding within the CCNF foundation herd, that is females which we own whom will most likely be birthing out here in 2011. In recent times we have tried to get more and more disciplined about trying to constrict…
I’ve had it in my mind for a while now that when things slowed down in the off-season that one of the things I could do would be to make a virtual tour of the farm’s major structures in pictures and maybe even some video. This is definitely something that is only possible because of…
I have to say that hearing a rooster crow here at CCNF has been a really nice addition in 2010. It certainly has made things feel even more “farmy.” Back when we first got our chicks in March they went from living in a box with a heat light in Jen’s office (they literally arrive…
