Roaring Creek Farm

Roaring Creek Farm Working on restoring this beautiful land and the lives it came with!

Ok...maybe this year we will have chickens😆Just laid down the mats on my last visit. Thinking we are going to use the de...
04/29/2023

Ok...maybe this year we will have chickens😆
Just laid down the mats on my last visit. Thinking we are going to use the deep litter method 🤔
We plan to offer the girls free range but keep them safe in the coop at night. They will also be used in our garden space for pest control, fertilization, end of season clean-up, and more I'm sure!

-Kristin-

A couple of horse videos from last week. It was sooo quiet with the snow I could hear every hoof beat and the whinnies e...
04/27/2023

A couple of horse videos from last week. It was sooo quiet with the snow I could hear every hoof beat and the whinnies echoed.💓
Our Sugar girl has been letting Joe scratch and brush her..which is amazing!
Sugars two babies are hangin out with Joe. We call them The Blaze Family. Sugar, Danser, and Cinco are the only 3 with the white markings on their faces.

The View from Uncle Joe's Office. Lucky guy.Kristin here. Been up here for a whole week! A rainy, snowy, cold week but s...
04/21/2023

The View from Uncle Joe's Office.
Lucky guy.

Kristin here. Been up here for a whole week! A rainy, snowy, cold week but still getting work done. I'll be sharing some photos of current projects and overall farm status. You'll hopefully be hearing much more from us at Roaring Creek!

We repurposed a tractor tire and turned it into a pedestal of sorts for the horses to step up on. The colts grasped thi...
08/13/2021

We repurposed a tractor tire and turned it into a pedestal of sorts for the horses to step up on.
The colts grasped this quickly and stepped up on the first ask.
The fillies, not so receptive. It took Joe three days to get Danser to step up and we still haven't gotten Willow or Phoenix up there. Someone has suggested that the fillies just don't see the worth of stepping up... or, they are just being difficult females, LOL.

So, our little TK, (tough kitty) has been back with the family for about a week now and is doing fantastically. I've add...
08/13/2021

So, our little TK, (tough kitty) has been back with the family for about a week now and is doing fantastically. I've added a few pics of his first half hour back at the barn.
His wound is pretty much all healed up and he is keeping up well with his siblings. He greets me every morning, with a yawn and stretch and his little meow, asking for food.

Belated 1st Birthday - PhoenixShe's been here a year and has added so much to our herd. She is the smallest, not becaus...
07/30/2021

Belated 1st Birthday - Phoenix

She's been here a year and has added so much to our herd. She is the smallest, not because she is the youngest, but her momma isn't large and Phoenix (Fee) has always been a very petite lil thing. Her two brothers, Cinco and Duke, love to roughhouse like colts do, but Miss Fee, she likes to run! She tries to out run everyone, but her legs are too short! But, she seems to have a good turn of speed, and is never the last one of the group!

When she was born, and her first few weeks, I despaired of ever getting a hand on her as she was so skittish. But, time and her natural curiosity won out, and we were able to touch her. She is still a little hesitant about new things, and will pull away if it's too much. We respect that and step back and try the new thing in smaller tidbits, so she can get comfortable with whatever we are asking.
I am looking forward to this next year and to exposing her to more and more new and different things!

It's been a bit of a hectic week on the farm. Last Sunday was the last birthday of the year, for Phoenix, however, I did...
07/30/2021

It's been a bit of a hectic week on the farm. Last Sunday was the last birthday of the year, for Phoenix, however, I didn't make her birthday post (yet) due to a small emergency.
Seems one of the kittens had gotten stuck in the wood pile in the loft. He was stuck for at least 4 days, no food, no water. We had heard him crying, but thought that it was one of the new kittens that are about three weeks old. Joe went upstairs on Sunday to find this crying kitten and discovered Moon, with his head wedged and unable to escape. Joe freed him and he wobbled downstairs. Scooped him up and brought him home, to try to get water and food into him.
He made it through Sunday night, wrapped in a towel, sleeping on my chest. Monday morning took him to the vet where he was evaluated. 2 pounds (little dude), no fever, open wound on his cheek. He got a penicillin shot and a weeks worth of amoxicillin. He also got wormed, with a second round that I will give him next Wednesday. Monday, he slept. Monday night, he was perking up a bit, but still spent most of his time sleeping. By Tuesday I was starting to worry about him eating and drinking. But, he stepped up and started doing both. As of today, Friday, he is eating at least one full pouch of wet food and has free choice hard food. No more sleeping on me, nope, he is scooting around like a deranged lunatic, chasing flies and ants! Climbing everything, including me and chewing on everything, including phone charging cables. We are working on that! He has learned the word NO, and I think, is learning that the cable and myself are not suitable chew toys.

His wound was pretty knarly and I won't post a pic of it, as it gave me the wi***es and I've seen some gross wounds. It is draining well, and no more pus. It is still quite deep, but, needs to be kept open, so it will heal from the inside. If it didn't, it would abscess and create a different problem.

Joe decided to rename him... his new name is TK (tough kitty), because... he is.

Day two of the electric/water line installation. It rained overnight. Rain and clay are not a good combination. It didn'...
07/15/2021

Day two of the electric/water line installation. It rained overnight. Rain and clay are not a good combination. It didn't stop our electricians though. The project wrapped up on July 7 with a new breaker box in the barn with a 100 amp service (yay!!), and no more electric poles in the barn yard, blocking the view!

Another step closer to having the farm set up the way we wanted. July 6 and 7 we had the electric and water run from t...
07/15/2021

Another step closer to having the farm set up the way we wanted. July 6 and 7 we had the electric and water run from the new Load Center across the road to the barn and electric to the garage. Next step is to run the actual water line to the barn when the holding tank gets put in on the south side of the road. These are pics from July 6.

Another Birthday post! This time it is Miss Willow. She is officially a two year old. She has grown so much in the last...
06/28/2021

Another Birthday post! This time it is Miss Willow. She is officially a two year old. She has grown so much in the last year that it is becoming difficult to distinguish her from the older mares. She is as tall as them and the same color as them. One of the few ways we can tell her from the others is the length of her tail. The three older mares, Duchess, Sugar and Spice, all their tails reach the ground. Willow's tail isn't that long, yet.
She is definitely her mother's daughter, slightly skittish, with a stubborn streak a mile wide. We love her even if she can be a bit mule headed.

Sailor came to Roaring Creek courtesy of our Amish contractor. Sailor stopped pulling one day, just up and stopped. So, ...
06/04/2021

Sailor came to Roaring Creek courtesy of our Amish contractor. Sailor stopped pulling one day, just up and stopped. So, because keeping a horse that can't/won't work isn't practical for a people that depend on horses, the plan was to send him to auction. There he most likely would have gone to the meat man, as he wasn't really sound and quite underweight. Joe, not one to pass up a deal, did a little dickering and bought him. So, Sailor joined the Roaring Creek herd. We kept him separate for several weeks, to let him have his own food, with no competition. He shared a fence with the herd and was able to socialize with them whenever he wanted.
I spent an hour or so several times a week grooming him.

He had and still has a bit of an attitude about anyone coming up to his head, especially with a halter in hand. He didn't want to work, and he would pin his ears flat back and put on an ugly face, to try to scare you away. It is something that he has done for a very long time, as it's become a habit, and he does it every time he is approached. I will try to get a little video of this, cuz it is kinda cute and sad. Every day I put horse cookies in every feed pan. With Sailor I offer him a cookie first, and inevitably he will pin his ears and give me an ugly face, to scare me away from his pan. And then, his ears come forward and he tentatively will reach for my hand and his cookie. He has a habit of not reaching forward for his treat, which I am working on getting him to reach forward and stretch his neck.

He has become the lead "stallion" of our little band. He will herd his mares away from a perceived danger - like the neighbor's new horse, who might steal Sailor's mares! - he disciplines the colts and has been teaching them correct equine behavior and herd manners. He flirts shamelessly with every mare that comes into season, and will keep her away from everyone else, while he woos her. He has added so much to the Roaring Creek herd and I am so happy he has landed here. He makes me smile!

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