We added Bantam Chickens to our farm this year. They are much easier (lighter) for the kids to work with in Showmanship. Bantams produce small eggs, about half the size of a large egg. They are proving to be a nice supplement to our regular eggs, two bantam eggs equals on regular egg. With Easter […]
It is that time of year again. Fair season has begun and the Perseids Meteor showers are peaking! The Perseid meteor shower, one of the brighter meteor showers of the year, occurs every year between July 17 and August 24. The shower tends to peak around August 9-13, this year the evening of August 11-12 […]
We had a scare the other day, our goats got out and into a small amount of Hosta! Googling the topic can lead to total panic since many people are of the opinion that Hosta is poisonous to Goats! I prefer a little deeper research followed by a flesh & blood expert opinion. Here is […]
Here is one you may not have heard about…most people haven’t heard about it yet. The Veterinary Feed Directive goes into effect Jan1, 2017. What is the Veterinary Feed Directive? You will wish you hadn’t asked… Last year, the Food and Drug Administration implemented the Veterinary Feed Directive, or VFD, which will require farmers to […]
The ACSH, American Council for Science and Health finally realized that eggs are good for you! What so many of us who consume large amounts of farm fresh eggs knew, the cholesterol in eggs does not significantly increase your cholesterol levels! The real culprit are all the processed, junk food so many people eat! This […]
On April 18, 2015, my family and I got three new additions to our family farm, JNRfarms, three kids (baby goats)! The breed of all three are Alpine; we chose this breed for a couple of reasons. For one, they produce great milk. The milk tastes great and tastes practically the same as cow’s milk, […]
Look at all the time spent in the virtual world doing largely useless things. Alright google searches are usually useful and often educational if you are searching for things relevant to real life! But the following dashboard gives you a real-time glimpse of how may people are disconnected from the physical world. The Internet is […]
Watching the chickens try to find there way back into their coop reminded me of this! They may not be smart but when it comes to finding bugs or for that matter anything that moves, watch out!!
Where we live West Nile Virus is a real problem (Thanks Plum Island!). If you want to be outside then you have to worry about being bitten by Mosquitoes! Since we like to enjoy the outdoors we found this affordable Mosquito trap to defend ourselves. This homemade trap helps keep you, your family and friends […]
Our farm is growing!! Our family has been discussing getting goats for a while now. Well our parents finally relented and we purchased 3 baby goats…called kids, which will be coming to our farm in the next two weeks. Here is introducing… Josie and Chloe are sisters and were born on March 29th. May […]
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