02/20/2025
It has been awhile.
The farmers have been taking some much needed time to reflect, reset and reconfigure a few things.
Last year was a hard year. A really hard year.
This year no matter what happens we will make the best of it.
We are rounding the end of our first kidding season - we have 46 kids on the ground with a projection of 60, good Lord willing. These kids will be market ready for Easter!
Our second Kidding season will begin in April and Lambs will drop in May!
We welcomed a new Katahdin ram named Dagby to the flock. We are very excited to see the impact of his genetics on the flock.
Along with an influx of adorable bouncing baby goats comes the tough decisions of who to keep as replacement stock and who to let go. With keeping our current plans in mind and a tight leash from Farmer Larry… we have made a few selections for future herd successors.
Our next project comes in March - we are going to take in about 25 bottle kids and raise them up for a few fun projects! Farmer Larry has a pilot project in mind with using these critters as natural ladscapers, a few boys will be sold off as future herd sires and im sure one or two may worm thier way into our hearts as life long residents at LLLEL.
We have acquired two new herd sires for Laynes project - operation goat milk soap! Last year Farmer Larry secured some perfect dairy goats for this project and together we have purchased two very handsome dairy herd sires for these ladies.
This year our name theme is Vikings. Siktrigar and Ragnar started us off. Some of our replacement ladies include Brida, Gisela, Cleopatra (because Farmer Larry picks names too) and Critter.
We have been making new plans for our egg layers - specifically a new coop and a whole new flock to start laying in the fall. We will be hatching some chicks from our current flock really soon.
The spring we will also be raising a new creatures on the farm. Farmer Larry won me over - PIGS ARE COMING and we are low key excited!
We are also making plans for mobile chicken tractors to raise meat birds - stay tuned for our progress and updates. We plan on raising about 30 at a time to process and be ready for the freezer in about 8-10 week increments.
We are envisioning a big beautiful garden this year from veggies to flowers! There are also plans in the works for an orchard.
The long day herbs have been started in the grow room and have begun to come in strong. There will be plenty of starts available for purchase when the season comes around.
Big plans and even bigger dreams are unfolding at the farm this year. We are so happy to share our journey with you all! Stay tuned for more updates.
