Serenity Acres Now

Chronicles Of A Family Farm

  • Saturday Surprise!

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    Nerdbilly

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    Yesterday morning, I had an outpatient surgical procedure requiring general anesthetic. I’m pretty achey, sore, and slow-moving as a consequence (but so very grateful for my prescription painkillers!), and suffered a big ole bout of insomnia in the middle of the night. Hence, when I finally got to sleep, boy, did I sleep! I only…

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  • Coop Progress Photos

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    Nerdbilly

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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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    Nerdbilly

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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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