Chubby Goat Farmhouse

08/12/2026

RIP Stella 🐓❤️

This family was here a couple of months ago and fell in love with the last of our Covid flock of chickens. They named her Stella ❤️

Stella passed away yesterday at about 6 years old of natural causes. She was the only one currently that would let you carry her around. She was my second oldest hen.

This has not been a great summer on the farm! 🌈

08/08/2026

Maverick (Rick) warming up to his new friends!

08/05/2026

So many emotions bouncing off of one another. Our sweet boy Maverick🐮 has made his move to where he will be called Rick 🐮. This has been a hard month. Gracie 🐮🌈 left us on July 9th, so unexpectedly, and now our Cow Owning Era has come to an end.

In the midst of the sadness is profound gratitude 🙏 for having been chosen to have the honor of caring for these two beautiful beings for about two years. For the outpouring of support and kindness when Gracie died.

For the New Bolton Center in PA never sending me an invoice for Gracies care and euthanasia because they are subsidized for livestock to encourage farming in the area.

Farm life is HARD. Our animals are our pets. We have 15 other farm animals that will each take a piece of our hearts with them one day (not counting dogs, cats, and chickens). There is also the sense of peace 🕊 knowing Maverick is in amazing hands and will receive tons of love, treats, brushings and visitors.

The moment you have livestock you start to form a community. There are so many people who helped us on our journey along the way. Tara and Ron Emley for their cow guidance. Annemarie from Magnolia Farms downtown. Kit & Lyndsey for reaching out to me when Gracie died and helping direct me to rescues; and of course where Maverick got his start.

Gracie and Maverick brought us new friendships, brought joy to many people and children, and lit up the neighborhood. Check out Mavericks new homecoming

07/31/2026

My goat vet will be leading this program! If you ever wondered about having goats this is a great opportunity.

🐐 Ever wondered what it takes to care for a goat? 🐐

Join Dr. Riegel during our 15th Anniversary Open House for a fun and interactive look into the world of Goat Husbandry!

Whether you're a current goat owner, have always dreamed of having a backyard herd, or simply love meeting these curious, lovable animals, this is the perfect opportunity to learn from one of our veterinarians.

🌿 You'll learn about:
• Daily goat care and nutrition
• Common health concerns
• Hoof care and preventative medicine
• Goat behavior and handling
• Fun facts about these amazing animals

🐐 **And yes... there will be LIVE GOATS!**

Bring your curiosity, ask questions, and spend some time getting to know these incredible animals up close.

📅 Rancocas Veterinary Associates 15th Anniversary Open House
We can't wait to celebrate with you on August 22nd! 💚

07/21/2026

The emotions are real…I’m profoundly grateful to Howard and Debbie at Muddy Paws Farm Rescue for opening their hearts to Maverick (soon to be Rick 🐮) but I’m also in tears 😭 typing this post.

We love our big sweet guy, but as I said when Gracie 🐮 first arrived, “our cow needs a cow” and we are not in a position to bring in a new cow at this time.

I’m sharing their current fundraiser here because he needs safety and a shelter before we make this big move.

I’m so sad over this entire turn of events - we never imagined being in this position, but I feel great relief knowing how loved he will be, and that he has a future friend in Wasabi! 🐄

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07/13/2026

Our sweet girl had a massive tumor in her chest. Most likely lymphoma.

It doesn’t ease the pain but it does ease the guilt and second guessing.

I met her at yoga and little felt like I HAD TO HAVE HER. What an incredible blessing that we got to experience her very short but special life?

She made many children (and adults) very happy. She made many events special. She was our daily dose of sunshine racing across the paddock.

This little bit of closure helps.

🌈

07/11/2026

I wanted to hop on and thank each and every person who has commented about Gracie- or texted me- sent me pictures - all of it.

I usually try to reply to every comment but I can’t get through them without losing it.

She was SO joyful. She bounced around the yard and would run to see us. She loved hay time and would do a little Gracie dance and then plow her horns into the hay.

She gave Maverick confidence and made him social. She was the sunshine in our yard.

I’m forever grateful that we’ve had this unique experience of cows for pets - but I never imagined it would end this way.

We adore Maverick and are working hard to find him a home in a sanctuary where I know he will be loved and cared for forever. It is just not in the cards for us to be able to get another cow right now. It’s better if he’s in a small special herd so we never have a singleton again.

Cows really need their cow companions.

Thank you again to everyone- I’ll update here as I learn more about what happened to Gracie and as we make very hard decisions about Maverick.

Love our little Gracie girl to the moon and back.

07/10/2026

Our sweet Gracie is gone.

We are crushed.

She had an extremely severe case of pneumonia and was in multiple organ failure 😞 🌈

She was barely 2 years old.

07/09/2026

UPDATE: Gracie 🐮

The vet loaded her with antibiotics, probiotics and fluids.

She had a very high fever and bottle jaw (fluid surrounding her jaw and throat); panting, drooling and clearly uncomfortable.

Had a few ideas in mind of what could be wrong.

The extreme heat flipping quickly to days of rain and a 60 degree drop in temperatures stresses animals systems.

- If she had parasites this stress could cause an explosion in her system

- could be hardware disease- when cows eat hay they eat anything in the hay- they can swallow a screw and it can perforate one of their stomachs causing a slow bleed

- it could be that one of her four stomachs flipped

- it could be a bleeding ulcer

- Also her rumen stopped churning which is very bad for cows.

Bloodwork shows internal bleeding from somewhere. She was clearly in severe pain and distress and I don’t think she’d have lasted the night here.

Thanks to the village (as usual) our friends with a dairy farm loaned us their trailer (way better than ours and open to the air in this weather) and helped us get her on it for the trip to the New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania.

Jim just called me (7:40 pm) and she is being unloaded right now.

Keep her in your prayers (and poor Maverick is just circling the paddock looking her her).

Will update when we know more.

07/09/2026

Gracie 🐮 is very sick- she could use some prayers 🙏🏻 Getting IV treatments and antibiotics but may be heading to emergency vet in PA.