We are halfway through our kidding season! It has been an exhausting emotional rollercoaster.  We have had the joys of new life and the sadness of death. It is paralleling what is going on in the world right now.

We had a kid born this week with an intestinal defect. We did the best we could to save him but he passed in our arms. His twin brother was just not up to normal bouncy kid behavior so we took him to the vet. A low grade fever was easily treated and he is back to a normal hyper baby goat. The vet recommend pulling him off Mom, which as a dairy we normally do at about a week, so he is now an indoor bottle baby. Once the weather warms up he will go to goat daycare with one of our older does.

Our family was very upset about the death of the kid, but life had to go on the other baby needed us. There are a lot of times in farming where you have to push your emotions aside and just keep going. The other animals on the farm need you and there is no time to sit around feeling sad.

This week we also received chicks for a new sustainable meat bird flock. We are going to start breeding and maintaining a meat bird flock so we don’t have to continue buying Cornish crosses. With the events happening in the world right now we are doing everything we can to be sustainable. That means we probably are going to add some sustainable turkeys as well. However, we are still researching the perfect breed.

Two of our does are due to deliver any day now. We know it will happen in God’s perfect time. Once kidding is over we can take a deep breath and transition into milking and bottling. It does not mean less work, just different. This time of year keeps us very busy!

I pray this post finds everyone healthy. Let me know how your seedlings are doing. They should still be inside and the cardboard outside on your garden plot creating perfect soil. Feel free to ask questions about this process in the comments below.