Serenity Acres Now

Chronicles Of A Family Farm

Author: Nerdbilly

  • Coop Progress Photos

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    We’ve been working on the new coop as time and the weather allow this week, and I took a few shots of it only moments ago. This shows the partially completed north-side wall: We’ve also started the south wall framework: And part of the east wall is up. We will be putting the human door…

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  • Taking Goats Temperatures

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    One of the responsibilities of keeping livestock is maintaining their health, and since we just added new girls into our herd, we decided it was a good time to insure that they all have temperatures within normal range. Just as in humans, a fever can indicate an infection, and so on Sunday morning, we ventured…

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  • Bringing Baby Goats Home

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    Yesterday I promised to explain how we brought home the new babies. You see, we do have a truck, but it is twenty years old, in need of some TLC, and really is only meant to be used for plowing our driveway. We do use it to pick up lumber, and other over-sized items, but…

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