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In like a lion, out like a lamb.....
March sure started with a bang here, we had over an inch of snow last week and the misfortune to lose several of our animals to pneumonia, despite them having all their immunizations. They say if March comes in like that, then Spring will be gentle and mild. I sure hope so, we are ready to get our garden started. All our seeds are bought and ready to go to ground as soon as everything is dry enough...
This is also the time when we renew our yard with fresh baby chickens.. Because they don't have a coup (We let them free range), we don't see many eggs, but you can always tell when you have several hens setting because they disappear for days at a time, before disappearing altogether and then suddenly appearing with a gaggle of colorful little ones.
I hope that everyone else is having much better luck than we are here on the farm. It seems that no matter how hard we try, we end up losing those animals that are most precious to us. This week it was our baby pig, and one of our baby goats, and then yesterday with no warning our Saanen nanny disappeared, only to be found with the end stages of pneumonia. One thing I have learned in my three years of goat keeping is that goats are much more susceptible to human disease and germs than any other animal. You do not know when a goat is sick until most of the time, it is too late. This was the case with PollyAnna.
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| PollyAnna ~ Rest in Peace |
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