Chestnut Creek Family Farm

03/30/2026

I want to highlight the "runt" of Ermintrude's litter. We always root for the underdog and this little girl has earned a special place in my heart for her tenacity! These little guys are 4 weeks old, but she's just now the size of a week old piglet. Although petite, she is a chunker and I couldn't be happier that she is thriving!

Olivia's and Fat Matilda's babies are never out when I feed in the mornings, so hopefully soon I can share pictures of them.

03/16/2026

Spring brings new life on the farm! Now that the days are longer we had a busy weekend. One of our sweet church families bought a dozen hatching eggs to let their little ones incubate. Six of the twelve hatched and came back to us a week later. Our seriously broody mama Little Red has hatched a couple and is still actively sitting on a nest. Our sow Ermintrude had six piglets (not pictured) two weeks ago and Olivia, who's been on baby watch for a month just farrowed last night and had ten wee babes!
Two barrows (castrated males) 8 weeks old went to their new home as well. It's always hard to say goodbye and I hate that part, but such is farm life.

03/14/2026

02/14/2026

My heart was so happy yesterday morning when this girl showed her face. Her name is Coconut and she is the first offspring of Little Red. Three mornings in a row she wasn't there for feeding time. She kind of hangs back because she's lower in hierarchy, but she always shows up. After the 3rd morning, I was getting concerned, but hoped that she was maybe laying eggs those mornings or building a nest.

Praise the Lord, yesterday, there she was! My heart was so relieved and happy to see her.

02/13/2026

Thankfully, our two new sows are chill and I don't have to watch my back as closely to sneak a picture or two.

These babes are chunking up. 🥹

02/09/2026

Here are some updated pictures of our wee bairns! They are so fast that it is hard to get good pictures of them sometimes. Our newest piglet is a boy and he is precious! He has made friends and is learning all things pig from the older two.

02/09/2026

Monday, February 2
We had one more day off work due to the amount of snow/ice on the roads. We ended up getting a third snowfall on the following Wednesday which brought another half inch.

It was fun to see the different animal tracks in the snow. They were mostly deer and rabbit tracks.

I busted the ice up in the sled waterer that our chickens and ducks love. A bunch of Robins discovered the water source and took advantage.

02/02/2026

Sunday, February 1st

02/02/2026

Saturday, January 31st

01/31/2026

This little one needs an introduction because, well just look at it! From Day 1 we have raised Mulefoots which are a heritage breed of pig that are only ever solid black.

Imagine the shock and awe when I went to feed yesterday morning and see this little precious! What in the recessive gene is going on here? 😆
On top of it being so strikingly different, it is a big baby! It is bigger than our two piglets born two weeks ago!

01/31/2026

January 20-31 Sleet was in the forecast so we spent an entire day prepping for that and now a week later we're currently getting snow!