Serenity Acres Now

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Month: April 2012

  • Baby Goat Time!

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    Nerdbilly

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    This is Nutmeg. She’s part Nubian, Alpine, and Saanen. We think she is adorable! I am posting this from my phone. Here is hoping it works! Related Images:

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  • Our Little Preemie Goat

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    Nerdbilly

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    We were surprised with the delivery of a little doeling on Tuesday morning, who was premature and weighed in at only 1.5 pounds! Her mother is a first freshener and was quite bewildered with the entire birthing process, and was having difficulty understanding what her maternal role encompasses. I waited as patiently as I could,…

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  • Get your meat chickens here!

    Get your meat chickens here!

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    George

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      We are happy to announce our first round of meat birds for the season! These birds will be raised on grass pasture (similar to our egg-layers), however, they’ll be in mobile coops so that they can be rotationally grazing instead of digging holes in one patch of earth. As Joel Salatin says, they’ll be…

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