It's a Dirty Job

This is just too cute not to share. I had a first grade class come to the petting barn on a field trip. One little boy came up to me and we started talking about my goats. I told him that I milked them. He got excited and told me that I could make soap from goats milk , but "it's a dirty job." I told him that I DO make soap with my goat milk. He went on to explain that you need lots of other ingredients to mix with the goat milk...but "it's a dirty job." I told yes, I do put in different oils & scents to make soap, and I asked him why was it a dirty job?  He replied "do you know Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs?  I watched a show about making goat milk soap....it's a dirty job!" I just busted out laughing.  Now I know why making soap is a Dirty Job!

Life is good.

Life is good, here at Triple K. Mark & I have been putting animals out to pasture, buying a few new ones, and opening the petting barn. The warmer, longer days are busy and seem to go by fast....

We got all the cows & heifers fly tagged and put out to pasture. They are enjoying the green grass & big area to explore. We are excited for our Herford, Bailey to calve in July. We raised her from a calf & she is one of our favorites.

 Our mama sheep & their lambs have all gone outside, in the pasture  across the road. We put up a shelter, so they can have shade & a place out of  the rain. It's fun to see the lambs running around. There's a lot of noise outside. The mama's are constantly calling to their babies, checking up on them.

K1 brought her horse, Ranger here. We set up a round pen for her to ride in. Ranger has been sharing a small paddock with his new friends, the ponies.

Our second batch of meat bird are now two weeks old. We moved them out of the barn & into the mobile coop. The last few nights have been really windy & last night it rained hard. I wake up in the middle of the night, worrying about them, but so far they are all doing great.

Today, Mark is working on getting the piglets outside. Remodeling a shed we have to make it mobile and then checking the fence. It's a constant shuffle of moving animals, building fencing, and making sure everyone has shelter.

We made a day trip to Bradford, VT to pick up our new buck- N'ver E'nuf Cash. Here he is, enjoying the new area we set up behind the barn for the goats. He's sunning himself after eating his fill of grass.

  We went to Hinesburg to pick up a boar piglet, and Starksboro to pick up our female piglets. With any luck, next year we will have our own piglets to sell.

Petting barn is open on the weekends until June, than we will be open Wednesday - Sunday. We spent quite a few days cleaning & doing a little paint touch up to get the barn ready. We had our Spring Fling, which was a great success. We had 125 people, plus our family & friends that helped us.