01/31/2026
Hello everyone…. Pics are for attention… just speaking from the heart… One of the hardest parts of farming is losing one of your animals… Either from sickness or injury, or because they are so stoic …sometimes they just drop, and you have no answers as to why, unless you do a necropsy… That being said, the next hardest part of farming is picking which animals are going to being sacrificed to feed families… I love ALL animals with every ounce of my being… It even hurts me deeply when I see roadkill. because that Animal died needlessly…When a farmer’s animal dies needlessly, it hurts our heart and takes a little piece of us everytime … we feel the same way when we choose which animal goes to market to feed families… It is very difficult to raise an animal, get it to trust you, learn their habits & individual needs. They learn your habits as well… They become part of the family… Although I try not to get complacent with death… I feel that I am doing a good thing, raising healthy animals without harsh chemicals without additives, and without force feeding them to get to size … Although, it still makes me cry when I bring any of them to the butcher. Each animal, like each human has its own personality …
But, through pictures videos, and our fond memories of each and every one of these outstanding creatures is how they live on… And I am feeding my family and other families very, very healthy food…
Yesterday, I brought four Goats to market so that we can have them processed to feed our dog healthy food… That’s the part that makes me happy. knowing that my puppy is going to eat healthy and be strong… I know what went into the animals for their whole life… They are processed USDA… And my wife and I cook and prepare it with mixed vegetables & rice… We also vacuum seal it and put it in the freezer until we need it… I absolutely love what we do. We also breed all of our animals, we are there for the birthing process, helping the mother raise their offspring for the first few weeks of their lives … It is a wonderful treat, and I feel more than blessed to be a part of that.
When we raise an animal that will be food… We treat it extra special because we have to make sure it doesn’t get hurt, sick, injured etc. etc.… So we have to gain its trust so we can do up close & personal wellness exams. The animal is either very small or very very large. Every day we inspect the animals ears eyes nose etc. etc. we are looking at urine and f***l as if we were getting paid to do so… ha ha ha
Essentially, we are their caretakers on many levels… But they give us back so much in return and then some… Aside from having a full-time job… I am thankful that my wife has the same drive and passion that I do because we are an extremely good team… if it’s 100° in the shade or if it’s -6 and windy…. if it’s raining snowing whatever ….every single day without fail we are out there caring for them, cleaning up mud holes & filling them in, shoveling snow making walkways and paths for them to get through the area… In the most recent storms, we are thankful that we have a big enough barn to move all of the animals into. The donkeys have free range of the yard and they come and go into the barn… We built the Alpaca boys, their own mini barn with a metal roof and they stay in there and that’s where we feed them and give them water…Our pig miracle stays in her 3 foot deep bed made of straw, hay & shavings. As for all of the other animals, they are in the barn, safe and sound, secure and dry… It is crazy at times… it’s hectic other times…. Some days I want to quit… BUT, I would be lost without these animals in my life… whether I rescued them, or they rescued me whether I bred them or someone bred them for me they are all a part of me and they will continue to be a part of me as long as I breathe the air… until I am pushing up daisies, I made a solid pact with each & every one of my animals that I would take care of them for their entire life… I hope I can live long enough to take care of my donkeys because they will be alive until I am in my 80s… I’m not sure how many people are aware of this but I have my class a CDL drivers license and I drive tractor trailer for a living… My current job I work overnights, which is wonderful because there’s no traffic and I’m glad that I have Wi-Fi cameras, and I can check on my animals with my own eyes… but I also like when my wife or my daughter, send me updates and pictures lol. My Farm is a big part of my life which is why I don’t really have much of a life, but I am very very happy with what I do between my wife, my daughter and my animals along with the love and support of my family, our friends and customers. All of this is worth it… the sleepless nights, the freezing cold, the super hot. all the hard decisions and let’s not forget piles and piles of money to pay for the food and the hay and the medicines etc. etc. and then the cost of the fencing and of course the animals… My mother loves the farm but constantly reminds me that I would be very wealthy, and I could travel if I didn’t have the farm, ha ha ha ….so I just explain to her that if I didn’t have the farm, I would be empty.
I could go on and on and on forever about my animals but I won’t bore you… if you have read this far I thank you very much… I also want to thank each and every fan, friend, Customer, helper and coworker that has helped us along the way, to build our dreams… The only thing missing here is the aesthetics. If I hit the lottery, all the fences would be the same & All the housing would be the same, but on a nickel and dime budget all the animals are overly taken care of to the best of my ability, I honestly don’t give a Flying fornication what anyone thinks about how OUR farm appears to them. We give every ounce of our beings, ALL of our energy & every dollar THEY need for our animals that we CHOOSE to have… nobody forced us to do this. This is the lifestyle we wanted. Good, bad or indifferent… we stay strong, slow & steady. Always for the greater good of our entire family…Animals included.
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