So, I am getting these posted a little late this month. What can I say… It’s the start of the busy season. Here are the “other” pictures (the photographs that weren’t the “picture of the day” from our 365 project, but were still posted to our Instagram during the month of April). To follow the images from the farm in real time follow us on Instagram @Thefreckledfarm
People are always asking us how our Canine Shampoo works. It’s in bar form, like all of our soaps, and most people are used to working with liquid dog shampoo. Does it lather well? How is it applied? Does it rinse clean? Does it work on long haired dogs? So I wanted to do this post to show it in action…
Last week our two dogs, Frankie and Annabelle, got out and ran away. They were gone for two days and it was awful. When we finally got them home we noticed that they were completely covered in ticks. I spent time picking the ticks off, but when it came to Frankie getting the ticks out of his hair was nearly impossible. I removed any I could on his stomach, but we were going to have to find an alternative for the rest of his body… So we used our Goat Milk Soap Canine Shampoo on him. For the rest of the evening ticks were practically falling off of him…
Our Canine Shampoo lathers great, as you can see in the pictures below, and it rinses very easily and clean. It’s applied by rubbing the bar directly on the dog. This avoids waste. With those liquid soaps, at least in our experience, you end up using half the bottle in one wash. You pour the soap on their back and have to pull it all over their bodies. You end up using a lot more than you need. With our soap we have only used one bar on our dogs since we debuted the soap last summer. That would make for four or so washes with two dogs and the bar is still not gone. It leaves Frankie’s hair, who has a long wire hair, soft and clean!
The first round of 2015 kids will be ready to go to new homes in the coming weeks. Any goats that are available for sale can be found here. If you are interested in coming to see our available kids or purchasing a goat please feel free to contact us.
Goat Pricing:
All goats come with papers and can be registered through the ADGA. Our American Does are phenomenal milkers. Our Pure Bred Does come from outstanding milking lines, but are first fresheners, so we can not speak to their milking habits as of yet, however they are currently producing well above average. Ruth is giving us over a gallon a day, and Sonia is giving us about 3/4 of a gallon…. both as first fresheners.
If you do not already have a goat or at the very least another companion farm animal like a donkey, horse, llama, or alpaca we require that you purchase two goats. This can be two does, a doe and a wether (a castrated male), or two bucks. Goats are social animals and do not do well alone.
The kids will have received one dose of BoSe, both doses of CDT, and a coccidiosis and worm prevention treatment. The kids will also be disbudded their first week of life and tattooed before pick up. We send all kids home with a week of feed. If you do not plan to use the same feed that we do (Sunrise Farms Goat Feed) this should be enough to help you transition them to their new feed. We will also give all purchasers a list of suggested suppliers and suggestions of how to care for their kids the first few months in their new home.
Another month down! April was amazing. Spring blossomed, the babies grew, the garden really started to come together… Below you will find a round up of the April photographs from our 365 project, A photo a day from The Freckled Farm. To follow our 365 project in real time follow us on Instagram (@Thefreckledfarm)
We had an amazing kidding season this past March. Three of our girls kidded a total of eight kids! Two sets of triplets and one set of twins. Four bucks and four does. Four of these kids have already been sold, although they will remain on our farm until they are weaned, one doe was retained by us, and we still have three bucks available for sale. Meet these precious kids below. If you are interested in purchasing one of our available bucks feel free to email me.
Gouda – Buck – Pure Bred Nubian – Sold to Money Pit Farms
Feta – Doe – Pure Bred Nubian – Sold to Chickenberry Farm
Buck 2 – Buck – Pure Bred Nubian – For Sale – $150
Amelia (Millie) – Doe – Pure Bred Nubian – Retained
Buck 3 – Buck – Pure Bred Nubian – For Sale – $250
Cheddar – Doe – American Nubian – Sold to Chickenberry Farm
Buck 4 – Buck – American Nubian – For Sale $150
Brie – Doe – American Nubian – Sold to Money Pit Farms
And now…. Pictures of goat kids being goat kids….
Kevin is in the middle of that goat pile:
The months are just flying by! March was amazing. Between babies being born and the garden we had our hands full. Here is the look back at the March images from our 365 project. Get ready for lots and lots of pictures of baby goats!
To see the daily pictures from our 365 Project “A picture a day from The Freckled Farm” follow us on Instagram @TheFreckledFarm
Check back next week for all of the “other” pictures from March.
Every month we take and post pictures to our Instagram that are outside of the 365 Project “A Picture a Day from The Freckled Farm” but like with the 365 Project we don’t want those who don’t have Instagram to miss out on all of the fun pictures from the farm. So here are the “other” pictures from February… There aren’t as many as there was in January, but I know there will be a huge number for March because of all of the baby goat pictures! Follow us on Instagram to keep up with the pictures each day.
I can’t believe another month has already gone by! Here is a round up of the 365 pictures, A Picture a Day From The Freckled Farm, for the month of February. Enjoy!
Follow us on Instagram (@TheFreckledFarm) to see the pictures each day. Baby goats are days away and things will be blooming on the farm before too long!
Happy Birthday Kevin!! … Not only is it Kevin’s birthday, but it is also his first day as a full time farmer. Yesterday was his last day at his “day job.” I am so excited to finally be in entering into this new chapter. I now get to work side by side with my favorite person every day! We have been working our butts off to get to this point.
The next few months are going to be an adjustment as we try to get into a routine. Hopefully we won’t be pulling super late nights anymore… or maybe just less of them. I am extremely excited about all of the projects that we will have time to do, now that Kevin will be home and extra 60+ hours a week, like building the green house, greatly expanding our garden (by a quarter of an acre!), and so much more. It’s also going to be so nice knowing Kevin will be around during kidding time in March. The next year is going to be an awesome adventure.
Oh my goodness it has been an amazing year. I am so proud of what we have accomplished with both of our businesses and I am incredibly grateful for our wonderful, loyal customers, who allow my husband and I to work together, build this farm, and live our dream. I cannot wait to see what 2015 has in store for us as we start our journey of both Kevin and I putting a full time effort into both of our businesses… It’s certainly going to be an adventure.
Stand out moments of 2014
Thank you for all your support in 2014! I can’t wait to see what 2015 has in store!