I can't sneak up on my animals because if one sees me they 'talk' to each other and lets each other know I'm coming. My big boar is growing tusks. They may be dangerous, but I want them to remain as they were made to be. I just have to be careful when I love on him. I try to race the pigs to their feed bowl to feed them and I do the same thing with the cats, but Danke knows how to beat me! KuneKune have such wonderful personalities. I love them. I have fashioned a handle for my sliding doors on the pole barn that is both strong and functionable. It works and is heavy duty, yet super easy to install and use. I have a mouse that lives in the coop that runs out when I water the chickens. When you feed your animals, remember to stop and love on them and give them attention. Romeo is a super small goat relative to his parents.
Every day my family and I are learning what it means to run a hobby farm. We started with chickens then added myotonic, or fainting, goats, and eventually kunekune (kune kune) pigs. Throw in some Guinea fowl and turkeys and cats and dogs with a creek and tons of wildlife and you start to get an idea of what our hobby farm is like. Hobby farming is time consuming and hard, but rewarding and fulfilling. There are daily chores that never stop. The animals need to be fed and watered. Pastures and pens need to be fenced and built. Goats and pigs need to be rotated in their pastures to give them fresh food and to rejuvenate the land. Food is planted and grown for the animals. Medicines are given orally and injected to prevent and cure sickness and combat parasites. Hooves need to be trimmed. Babies need to be raised. At any given time we have gilts, sows, boars, piglets, bucks, does, kids, chicks, chickens, keets, guineas, turkeys, etc. that need our attention, love and care. Follow along and we’ll learn and grow on this adventure together!
12 сен 2024
