Rolling Acres Ranch

09/01/2026

We love being able to adopt healthy feral cats, and give them a chance in life on our farm. Over the last 11 years, we have adopted numerous cats from local shelters and rescues in and around the county we live in. This time we adopted three cats from the Humane Society of Marathon County. Every animal needs a chance of having a great life. Plus it’s nice not having mice.

If you find your farm is in need of a couple good hunters, reach out to your local shelter. There are a number of County’s that have a barn cat program, where you can adopt an altered and vaccinated cat for your barn. Sometimes they stay, and other times they decide to move on, and that’s ok. They get their freedom, without adding to the feline population.

As if right now, HSMC has six barn cats in need of a barn to call home.
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How amazing! 3 barn cats adopted today!!

Congratulations to Mailbox, Old Mother Hubbard and Space Cat on their new home!

07/03/2026

Our new calf from yesterday afternoon. Oreo’s marking are so unique and cool looking.

06/09/2026

Always look for the good in the bad
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We lost a calf on Saturday evening. Wisco was trying to push out her baby and the calf was presenting with both legs, but the head was flipped back. Don, Quin and I worked at least an hour trying to get the calf out. Our Vet came to the farm and was able to retrieve the calf and save mom. Sadly the heifer had died.

Early that morning, Don saw Wisco with a new calf. A search was done, no calf found. We chalked it up to he was seeing things.

Sunday morning I am woken to Don yelling,” I told you I wasn’t seeing things.” Sure enough, Wisco is in the barnyard with a new calf. Time to go to work.

It didn’t look like the calf got on, so we gave her colostrum even though the window was possibly closed. Got to try right? Later, we did have to pull the calf in the evening to make sure she got milk. Wisco was not happy, and we could hear her all night bellering.

Last night, with the help of Quin and Jamie we brought Wisco and baby back together in the barn and got baby on Mom’ t***s. She needs a little guidance, including us making sure she has a full belly. To quote Quin, “This is so cool.” So the next couple days we will assist and monitor the two.

This heifer needed a powerful name. So meet Patience.✨
Wisco hid her calf that morning. Nothing but God watching over and protecting her. She had to be patient for mom to deliver her twin, recover, and come back to her.

The Good✨in the Bad:
Saved Wisco
First calf healthy
Wisco letting us help Patience
I need a calf snare
Maternity Pen worked beautifully

No matter what, always try to find the good✨in the bad.

06/07/2026

It’s a beautiful day on the farm. Sun is out, and the cool breeze makes it a perfect day. As you can see, mom and babies are content💕🐄🐣

And of course Forrest❤️❤️❤️

06/04/2026

After a hard days work, everyone deserves ice cream.🍨

Frosty Freeze

🎉 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲!! 😃🍦

We’re continuing to put the spotlight on our amazing team and the treats they love most! This month, we’re featuring Quin! 👋

🍌🍫 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻’𝘀 𝗚𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗦𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗲

Creamy vanilla ice cream layered with fresh banana slices, chunks of Snickers, and rich hot caramel, then topped with fluffy whipped cream and a cherry. 🍒🍦

🍨 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵: 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗟𝗘

Classic vanilla ice cream swirled with rich chocolate fudge, gooey caramel, and lightly roasted, salted pecans. 🤎

Stop in this month to enjoy our delicious Turtle scoop flavor and give Quin’s Snickers Split Sundae a try while it’s here! 🍦✨

06/03/2026

This years calving season we have been busy and blessed. 37 babies running around and driving their Mamas nuts. Lots of calf racing along the hills, kicking and loving life. Now only 16 more cows to freshen.

These babies are just adorable🌷🐄❤️

05/30/2026

Last night we finally were able to install our newest investment to the farm, a maternity pen. With this pen, we will finally have a safer way to help cows with difficult births.
Before we would use chained gates, ratchet straps and halters to secure the mom. It wasn’t the safest for us, but it worked. Macgyver farming at its finest🫣

Here is how it works: The gate to the right of the head gate opens up so the cow can walk in. This pen consists of a circle gate from the front right, that follows through to the back left. We close the gate, which has 2 fail stops that doesn’t allow her to push the gate back toward us. We just continue to guide her to the self catching head gate. There is a rear gate we can enter that allows us to tend to the Moms birth. After, we release Mom and allow her to recover with her new baby in a secure area.

This pen can also be used for other medical needs, such as our Veterinarian assisting a difficult birth, evaluating a hurt cow or bull and pregnancy checks. Another is safely administering medication to the animals.

This is a huge game changer for us and excited to use it for the first time. Farming and having big animals is one of the most dangerous occupations a person can have.

Upgrades are not cheap. However reducing harm or death to someone is priceless. ❤️🤠🐄