Spirit Wind Farm is my little hobby farm that currently consists of 7 horses (plus any foals that are for sale each year), 7 Nubian dairy goat does, 3 Nubian bucks, (and whatever goat kids I have for sale each year), chickens for eggs and meat, sometimes pigs for meat, 1 Anatolian Shepherd Dog, a Doberman Pinscher, a Cane Corso, an Australian Shepherd, and 5 barn cats. I've always been passionate
about horses and bought my first horse, Spirit, in 2005. I bought my second horse, Gunner, a year later. I lived in town so I had to board my horses for 2 years until I found a place in the country. I am legally blind and was a young widowed mother so my horses were my therapy. The 4 acre property I bought came with a horse, Shade, so my little herd grew to three. The huge bank barn was complete with a rooster so I bought a few more chickens. I was devastated by a horrific barn fire at the end of my first winter here in which I lost that beautiful barn and all my chickens and several cats. God blessed me and spared my children (who had just been playing in the barn), my horses (who I had just let out of their stalls), and my dogs (who I was able to get out of the kennel attached to the barn). I had one other large empty pole barn so the horses still had shelter. I rebuilt another small barn as those old bank barns can never be replaced! I remarried in 2010 and my family grew from 2 kids to 4 and my furry family grew as well. Some horses came and went although I am not someone who buys and resells horses, I found homes that needed rescued and once they were ready or if a horse I bought ended up not being a good fit for us, I would find a better home for them. My first horse, Spirit, passed away from chronic colic after having a foal in 2014 and ended up going septic. When I added goats to my farm and needed to come up with a herd name, I named my farm after Spirit. I looked into registering as a non-profit organization with the government and becoming a 501(c)(3) but this is my personal home and farm and registering as a 501(c)(3) business gives the government control and if the business ever "went under" they could force me to sell my barns! Plus it costs over $1000 ($1800 if I have someone do it for me) to register a business and become a 501(c)(3) which I can't justify doing. I would rather put that money toward the animals! I no longer am able to take in rescues as 1) Every penny comes out of my own pocket and I can no longer afford the expense to rehab horses who are emaciated and/or with health issues. 2) Wish the addition of our breeding stallion and foals each year, I don't have room for more. I will still offer transport for rescues to a rescue facility as I have a large 4 horse trailer and hope to one day be able to rescue again, Lord willing. Animals I now own are-
7 horses: Gunner (1998 dun, cowbred Quarter Horse gelding); Gambit (1994ish dark bay/white, Tennessee Walker gelding); Pneuma (2014 palomino, Tennessee Walker/Haflinger/Quarter Horse cross mare); Raine (2009 registered blue roan/gray, solid Paint mare); Storm (2014 dark bay/white Tennessee Walker gelding); Legend (2016 registered Fewspot Appaloosa stallion); Tahnee (2013 registered solid black Appaloosa mare).
7 Nubian Dairy goat does (some of which are for sale=FS): Courtney (FS), Ebony (FS), Reckoning, Parris, Raider, Heaven (FS), and Beauty (FS).
3 Nubian bucks (one of which is for sale=FS): Blud, Heat (FS), Trip.
4 Dogs: Dangleberry AKA Berr (registered apricot Anatolian Shepherd neutered male); Phantom (registered cream and white neutered Doberman male); Reckless (registered black brindle Cane Corso neutered male); Zoey (rescued blue merle Australian Shepherd to be spayed female).
5 barn cats: Jet (striped neutered tabby); Jo (black and white spayed female); Vodka (lilac point Siamese spayed female); Jolley (black and white neutered male); Jacklyn (orange spayed? tabby)
Layer Chickens of various breeds.
