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  • Herd Shares and Flock Safety

    Herd Shares and Flock Safety

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    Nerdbilly

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    These are exciting times around the farm! It seems that Spring may have finally arrived – and I know I’ve said that before, but that’s because I fell for the “psyche!” that it pulled on us a few weeks ago. I’m hoping not to get weather-wedgied again this season, and I’m sure you feel the…

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  • Dog Attack On Our Flock

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    Nerdbilly

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    Sometime between around 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm tonight, our neighbor’s dog attacked our flock. Again. The attacks were not made by anything hungry – the birds were just bitten, shaken, and dropped. We lost five hens today. Three of them ISA Browns, and one a Black Star, the breeds we rely upon for frequent…

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  • Another Dose of Baby Goats

    Another Dose of Baby Goats

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    Nerdbilly

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    A week flies by here on the farm, and we’ve felt time accelerating like a Shinigami (AFAS) or an A-Wing fighter. It’s been unreal. The arrival of the babies, and subsequent milking of the mothers, as well as bottle feeding the babies, has just kept us on our toes, which is why it’s been over…

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