Well, we had another opportunity fall in our laps with all the future challenges that will surely entail. Some friends of ours are wanting to move to town from the country and needed to find a new home for their animals. They asked if we would want them, so we went to see them a couple of weeks ago. Here is what we saw:
A very pregnant la mancha (goat) doe
A tiny Shetland sheep
A full blood la mancha (goat) buck
10 chickens
The doe will have her babies any day now and we've agreed to take them also. Our friends are going to keep them until May when we move back to the farm. At that point, we will have somewhere between 2 and 4 goats, one of which should produce a gallon-ish of milk a day, a sheep and 10 chickens. The farm is going to get a lot more farm like it appears.
The upside of this arrangement is clear - these are all very healthy animals that will provide us with meat, milk, pasture mowing and eggs for many years to come. The downside is equally clear. They require daily care (which I'm looking forward to) and we now have to build a place for them to stay. We have some ideas for the future goat and chicken house(s), so stay tuned to see how that works out.
Another chapter in our crazy lives.
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