Category: Animals

February Lambs 2012

February 21, 2012 Posted by Issa under Animals
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I wished that Big Mama would birth her lamb before I left for Blissdom on Wednesday. I got my wish twice over! Saturday morning there were two new lambs! They are the cutest lambs I’ve ever seen. Well, I’ve only seen three other lambs, so there’s not a lot of competition. But, Jeebus and Jake weren’t this young, and Jeebus 2 was bigger since he was a singleton. These tiny little fluff balls are cute… Keep Reading

Buying a Pig From The Wallow

January 24, 2012 Posted by Issa under Animals
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Last year Joshua and I raised extra pigs to sell to our friends. It completely delights me to be able to help more people get meat from animals who are raised in non-industrial conditions. And it makes me happy that I get to have more pigs! I’ve just started talking with people about this years pigs, and I thought the information I’ve compiled for my friends might be interesting to someone else out there, too.… Keep Reading

The Seesaw of Life

January 10, 2012 Posted by Issa under Animals
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I think my experience of life and death in food production is more like a seesaw of life than a “circle of life”. In Barnward Irony, Gene Logsdon talks about his troubles trying to keep broilers alive in the heat – a problem we had at The Wallow in 2011, our first year raising broilers. We are in a record-breaking heat wave as I write this, and as we are learning, these broilers have very… Keep Reading

Surprise Mice in the Compost

December 20, 2011 Posted by Issa under Animals, Nature
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I was outside with Joshua the other day as he turned the compost from one bin to another. Part way into the pile, he exclaimed at what he had found: Baby mice. Or some other kind of rodent. I rescued them from the compost as he kept turning and kept finding more babies. Then, he uncovered a stash of pristine corn: Mama mouse had been swiping corn from the barn and socking it away in… Keep Reading

Sheep Back Together Again

November 29, 2011 Posted by Issa under Animals
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I previously posted about our ram troubles. Joshua and I had sequestered Buck in his own enclosure so he couldn’t bother the ewe who wasn’t wanting his attention and so he couldn’t be aggressive towards Baby Jeebus 2. One attempt to move Buck back in with the ewes didn’t go well. Joshua and I had been talking about our options but hadn’t come to any conclusions yet. Then it rained all day Sunday and the… Keep Reading

Ram Troubles

November 7, 2011 Posted by Issa under Animals
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A couple of weeks ago, Joshua noticed that Buck (our ram) was butting at Jeebus 2 (the lamb) trying to run the baby off of Mary (Jeebus’s mom) so Buck could have her all to himself. We were worried that Buck would hurt Jeebus 2. And since Jeebus 2 is still nursing, Mary really shouldn’t be bred again yet anyway. So we moved mom and baby to the barn, leaving Buck and the other ewe… Keep Reading

Around The Wallow

September 19, 2011 Posted by Issa under Animals, Nature
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I’ve got some longer posts coming up soon – promise! I’ve been spending a lot of time enjoying my Tiny Baby and getting ready for Alchemy, so I’m a bit behind on everything else. I’m spending a lot of time outside right now, so last week I took a few minutes to walk around The Wallow and photograph some of the things in my life these days. When I walk out my back door I… Keep Reading

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