JK Herd It All • JK Shrunk The Kids

09/04/2026

In today’s update to our endless adventures, because we aren’t already stressed to the max, we acquired two feral kittens today.

Jess ran outside in the middle of a downpour to grab a package when she saw an orange flash bolt away from the porch.

It was a tiny soaked kitten!

She tried to coax him to her, but a giant crack of thunder sent him running again. While she was looking for him, she heard a tiny mew from under our car.

A second kitten!

Jess couldn’t find the runner, but was able to lure the car kitten somewhat close with a can of cat food. Not close enough to catch, unfortunately.

So we set a couple traps and left them alone for a bit.

The car kitten was caught within a few minutes. Since we already had a vet appointment today for Rue, they let us bring him along. They estimated he’s about 6 weeks old, dewormed him, and said he’s terrified but young enough that we should try to socialize him.

We got him settled at home and went back to check the other trap. His brother was inside chowing down, but he was too light to trigger the door.

Jess raced over and snapped the trap shut - but the little guy is so tiny that he was able to squeeze through the gap!

Jess grabbed him before he could bolt, which in retrospect, might not have been the best idea - he chomped down and clawed her trying to get away. Ken the valiant hero grabbed him and ended up bitten straight through his fingernail, but somehow managed to hang on long enough to get him inside into the crate with his brother.

Soooo then we got to spend our evening at urgent care getting antibiotics. Because he’s an unvaccinated feral kitten, we also had to file a police report and now Little Psycho gets a 10-day, 3-vet-visit rabies quarantine.

The good news is both boys are safe, warm, fed, and together.

The bad news is we absolutely cannot keep them. We already have 6 cats, 3 of which are super seniors, and we are way beyond maxed out.

So… anyone local want a pair of tiny orange boys? 🧡

They’ll need to finish quarantine first, and we’ll work on socializing them in the meantime. One is terrified but we can tell he’ll be sweet. Ken says that the other is very attached to people, basically Velcro 😅

08/19/2026

In today’s exciting adventure, because we can never get a break, Tiramisu transected about 1/4 of her tongue. Our vet must either love or hate us for all the crazy cases we call about 😅

We noticed that she was foaming at the mouth and eating really weirdly - at first, we thought it was choke, but then we opened her mouth… and holy moly! There isn’t really any blood, so it might have been like this for a while 😬

08/15/2026

We won’t go into details, but we’re pretty sure we’ve aged 50 years this week 👵👴

Just bombarded with stress from every possible direction! And people talk about Silkie and ND drama, but lordy… you don’t even know 😅🫣

Luckily, we’ve been able to lower our blood pressure while watching this cutie and his friends raid the thistle we let grow near our kitchen window. At least one questionable landscaping decision is paying off 😂

08/07/2026

It’s been a while since we last posted!

We’re all still alive… minus one of our oldest Buckeye hens - she was almost 6 and it looks like being broody just took too much of her energy 💔

We’re still struggling with our hernia girl’s infected sutures. She’s happy and bouncy, though, so we’re carrying on fighting for her.

All the other goats are gearing up for breeding season - our sweet boys are once again starting to lose what little IQ they had.

And we don’t post our plants often because that’s not this page’s niche, but one of our Thai Conns just unfurled this sweet new leaf 🌱

07/28/2026

🎉 It looks like we might finally be able to remove (*M pending ADGA) from our assorted doe records! We massively appreciate the work that the ADGA team has done to get things running again 🙏

🎉 The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here!

ADGA Production Awards are officially being released! Owners should begin seeing updated awards and eligible production records appear in NG within the next 24–48 hours.

Be sure to check your email for important details about the release and how to view your records. A follow-up email will be sent with information on what to do if something does not appear correctly.

Thank you for your patience as we reached this exciting milestone!

07/27/2026

A must-have in a poultry care kit that not enough people talk about: chick leg hobbles!

It’s pretty rare for us to have a chick with splayed legs. This little guy was totally fine when he hatched, but at some point during the severe thunderstorms today, he managed to hurt his leg somehow 😩

Thankfully, we keep these little hobbles on hand! They help keep the legs properly positioned while the chick heals and are SO much easier than trying to DIY something tiny enough.

We use these ones: https://amzn.to/4wqHQdR (affiliate link)

07/26/2026

We’re finalllly on our way home with Vani and her moral support! Vani has to be on Draxxin for about a month and wear an e-collar & belly band for a couple weeks. In a month, we’ll bring her back to see how she’s healing and whether she needs another surgery 🤞

07/26/2026

It’s so hot and humid today that both llamas melted 🫠

07/25/2026

Our hidden hen hatched her chicks today! There are waaaay too many for her to keep track of alone, so another hen borrowed one and we gave a few to another broody who hasn’t been successful.

If anyone local is interested, these chicks are available! A few Svart Hona, a few Fibro Easter Egger, a couple Black Ameraucana, and one Self-Blue (aka Lavender) Ameraucana.

07/24/2026

Seelie says, “I KNOW you’re not coming near me with those clippers!”

And she’s right, we’re not … at least not yet 😇😈