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.
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