Montana Misfits Farm

08/01/2026

》We Are Finally On the Mend!《
(Featured flockmember: Perdita the Erminette)
Another summer update!
On the personal side, we are both recovering decently and slowly getting back to more active day-to-day tasks!
We've been caught in this severe summer heat dome that most of the US has been fighting and we have quite a bit of smoke in the air. Both the sun and moon look orangish-red these days.
We have had to dispatch multiple raccoons this year already and haven't been able to trap any of the coyotes that like to show up randomly, yet. These predators have taken 8 birds so far this year and the raccoons also eat the bird feed if we forget to turn it around before bed.
We still haven't been able to do a crazy lot in regards to bird setups, but we are slowly making progress. Other than our meat turkeys(slate/bourbon cross) and meat chickens(American Bresse), we haven't done much with the birds other than sell eggs for consumption due to the trials of this year. We are working as well as we can to get things slowly caught up, set up wise. The guineas, however, are doing a great job with snatching up the pests so our bug population hasn't been as much of an issues this year.
We now have 4 rex rabbits. Our buck and one doe are pedigree and will be bred for 4H kids and anyone else looking for good temperament and lineage. The other 2 does are not pedigree and will be bred with our buck for meat purposes. We have a few things in the works, but I cannot share details at this time.
All other livestock and animal plans are on hold until we catch up with the ones we have. We will not get animals we are not prepared for and cannot give an ETA at this time.
We appreciate all the prayers and your patience during these setbacks. Much love & God bless, y'all! ♡

06/17/2026

》MID-YEAR UPDATE《
We had a LOT of plans for this summer. Projects on the farm to get done for the business.
..Well, God had other plans.

Tony decided to break himself in the most simple way possible....squeezing fencing pliers. Yes, you heard that right. No major accidents or falls. Just doing a simple task while installing a new gate. Even the surgeon was surprised by this fact. This happened in March.
After dealing with good ol VA timing with community care referrals, he finally got an MRI and to speak to a surgeon mid April. Turns out he snapped the ligament that holds the wrist bones together. Something that usually happens from things like motorcycle accidents or construction workers falling off scaffolding. Yeah no...he squeezed pliers... 🙃
May came and we finally got the surgery in place. After surgery he went home same day in a double splint wrap(2nd pic). He had enough tendon left to reattach, so they set the pins in place to keep the bones from moving(3rd pic), a carpal tunnel release to help with his nerve issue and burned the nerve that would eventually send arthritic pain.
Two weeks later, a hard cast(4th pic).
Fast forward to this past Saturday morning. He slept wrong tweaking his wrist and was in a high amount of pain. Called the on-call surgeon, who said to take ibuprofen and Tylenol and told us to monitor it. Go into the walk-in or ER if needed.
Yesterday came and we both got concerned with him not getting relief. We called his surgeon's staff and they prescribed him better meds and moved up his follow-up from this upcoming Monday to today.
Pics 5-9 are from today. The pin below his thumb was loose and trying to come out. The surgeon removed it, cleaned up the ulcer that formed and he is now in a brace. He still has 1-4 months of recovery to go. Which means...the rest of the time Montana typically gives us decent enough weather to get our list of to-do's done.
As for me, compensating with farm chores and my own medical gunk...I'm very tired. However, I wouldn't change things, because I love my husband and he's worth it. ♡
We would appreciate any and all prayers for his recovery.
God bless, y'all!

05/18/2026

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A courteous reminder to all supporters and followers that access to the farm near our breeding pens is strictly prohibited. This policy is in place due to our NPIP/AI clean status. Consequently, handling of our adult birds or chicks that we list available , is not permitted until they have been paid for in full. We are more than happy to address any inquiries and can provide additional photographs or videos upon request. However, minimizing potential risks from external sources is essential to protecting our farm. Of course if you want to pay for the birds in person if you’re local pickup that is 100% okay & preferred. Due to restricted access to and handling of our breeders & breeding pens as a precautionary measure, we typically meet with individuals off-site for any & all purchases.

Thank you to everyone who supports our farm!🫶

05/12/2026

》Howdy friends. I figured I'd give an update.《
Since the last post, Tony injured himself while working on some fencing. Turns out he snapped the tendon in his wrist that holds the bones together. He had surgery this past Friday where they put pins in to hold the bones while the tendon heals, they stretched his carpal tunnel to help the nerves and also burnt one of them to prevent arthritic pain in the future.
I have had issues with the cubital tunnels in both elbows, which I have been working with a PT on for the past few months. My Endometriosis has also gotten more severe. I have a more in depth laproscopy for that in July.
On top of all these issues, being in a new area we are learning how to deal with new wildlife and predators, as well as elemental differences. All the above has caused set backs with getting things better set up for the property and the business. It is just Tony and I, so many things will continue to be slow coming. All in God's time. ♡
With that, we have been doing a lot of thinking and trying to figure out how we want to do all this. We have a lot to still figure out, so we appreciate everyone's patience.
On another note, no matter what we decide to do, we do plan to have livestreams of the animals where subscribers can feed them and other things we haven't set in stone yet and may do an occassional Q&A with us. We have a profile on Twitch with the same username and may *potentially* branch out to other platforms as well. Cameras still need installed so no livestreams have happened yet.
As for the pictures on this post, this here is Blanco. A sweet and silly bantam cochin roo we got from last fall. Go check them out! ♡
Much love, y'all. ♡