Laffing Goat Farm and Wetland Preserve

Laffing Goat Farm and Wetland Preserve WE DON'T KILL OR SELL ANIMALS!! Our animals are strictly spoiled PETS. Our page is to share the fun at the Farm. We are a HOBBY farm. We do sell EGGS to eat.

We don't offer any "services", our goats are all NEUTERED males. Our email is [email protected] Sweet little hobby farm outside of city limits with 5 (4 men and a little lady) goats, 34 chickens (more or less), 17 ducks, 3 African geese and a bunch of cats. Numbers vary, especially with the ducks and chickens -- as ducklings and chicks are always being hatched through spring and summer. George i

s a city boy, but this was always my dream, to have a little farm with animals and subsistence gardening, do my own canning and preserving. Both of our parents would be amazed at what we have done. When I have extra I share with my community, and we sell eggs at the front door -- these critters eat a lot! Half our property is protected wetland, which we have and are restoring as it was badly abused before, and the adjoining wetland west of us was “developed” by a local car dealership, so we are doing our best to protect what we can of this beautiful space. It’s work, but it feels good, and the animals are restful to watch when we aren’t doubled over laughing with them.

ALSO: if you have your own fruits or berries or even tomatoes you would like to have preserved like this (shelf stable 1...
07/28/2026

ALSO: if you have your own fruits or berries or even tomatoes you would like to have preserved like this (shelf stable 18-24 months as long as they remain sealed and in a cool dry place and not stacked -- never stack home canned jars) I am happy to do the work for you for $3 per jar. I have the jars (pints and half-pints) and canner and rings and sugar and lemon juice -- You need to provide the lids (only Ball or Kerr, unused, as generic brands buckle in the canner and/or do not seal and lids are never reuseable) and sure-jel low/no sugar pectin only in brand new unopened boxes because moisture damages the pectin if it is opened. (except for tomatoes which don't need pectin just a pinch of salt) -- regular pectin requires way too much sugar and rarely sets properly so I won't use it. If you want seasonings, ask and I will try to find a safe recipe for that.
For reference 6 pounds of tomatoes makes 4 pints of stewed crushed tomatoes. It takes about 2-3 pounds of most fruits (pitted) to make 4 half-pints of jam or jelly. You will know for sure your jam is 100% pure and organic with no preservatives or colorings.

Goose eggs available, come get them before they expire (I feed them back to the chickenz when they do). If you are inter...
07/28/2026

Goose eggs available, come get them before they expire (I feed them back to the chickenz when they do).
If you are interested in homa canned jams and jellies. LMK what kinds of jellies you would like and I'll start making small batches on request. I have berries in the freezer and more on the vines, just haven't started the seasons canning yet.
If you have sewing, mending or upholstery projects you need done, now it the time to hit me up, I'm available.

Meat spots in eggs are harmless protein deposits or small pieces of tissue that break off from the hen's reproductive tr...
07/24/2026

Meat spots in eggs are harmless protein deposits or small pieces of tissue that break off from the hen's reproductive tract during egg formation. They appear as brown, red, or white specks. These spots are completely safe to eat, though you can easily scrape them out with a knife if you prefer.
While rarely found in commercial eggs due to automated candling lights, spotting them is quite common in fresh, backyard eggs or brown-shell eggs. They are not an indication that an egg is fertilized or unsafe.
Meat spots are just small pieces of tissue, such as bits of the oviduct lining or blood spots that have oxidized into brown or grey specks, which break off during egg formation.

Although the AI disagrees, I do find them more often in my duck eggs than chicken eggs, and I do candle all my duck eggs when I box them. I attribute this to the fact that I have several drakes, and drakes have a p***s which penetrates and can damage the duck hen's reproductive tract, whereas a rooster (chicken) does not have any kind of p***s at all. Chickens mate by way of a "cloacal kiss": A cloacal kiss is the mating process for about 97% of bird species, as well as most reptiles, amphibians, and monotremes. Since they lack external s*x organs, male and female birds (except ducks and geese) press and rub their multipurpose rear openings (the cloaca/vent) together for just 1 to 3 seconds to transfer s***m.

As Mo Rocca would say: "The mo you know" :)

Our Newman kitty went to the vet today. Years ago he had (twice) mast cell cancer of his face which was treated and he h...
07/23/2026

Our Newman kitty went to the vet today. Years ago he had (twice) mast cell cancer of his face which was treated and he has been fine since then until a couple weeks ago. We thought he just had a stroke, tongue sticking out so we started him on special soupy diet and helped him with grooming. His mouth at that time looked fine no dental issues (he had most of his teeth removed over the years w routine dental care at vet) and he wasn't acting sick. Then yesterday as I was washing his face I noticed a huge swelling that I swear was not there before, so off to the vet. He has a mass under his tongue extending under his jaw and neck. We're running bloodwork etc but the vet says it is inoperable. We don't want to make him suffer through chemo and radiation that won't save him anyway, and since he appears otherwise comfortable and happy for now, we are opting for comfort care and lots of snuggles until he lets us know otherwise.
Rocky is over his UTI so he's all well.
Smokey is ongoing treatment for cardiac disease and seems fat and healthy and happy on his current meds.
The joy of having senior cats :) We love all our kitties!!

Smokey is doing much better! Had a scare over the weekend and had to wait till Monday to get him in to the vet (VCA). Wa...
07/15/2026

Smokey is doing much better! Had a scare over the weekend and had to wait till Monday to get him in to the vet (VCA). Was having breathing problems and wasn't eating or drinking. Turned out to be we -think- congestive heart failure/pulmonary edema due to enlarged heart on the xrays. Vet started him on diuretic and an appetite stimulant, sent home with IV fluids for subcutaneous injection if needed but only very cautiously because of the pulm edema and heart issue (we could not afford to have him admitted for inpatient care at Pilchuck) but I am a nurse, I can give fluids and meds and watch him. So stayed up with him all night Monday (as well as Sunday and Sat night). He made it through Monday night and took a little bit of food and water and even peed yesterday morning, so no subQ fluids needed. Did even better all day yesterday started purring, breathing better and peeing normally, and last evening he was even playing with his toys, rolling over for tummy rubs and demanding attention. He doesn't especially like being confined but that's going to be his situation for quite a few weeks. He is used to being outside with the barn kitties but his new life will be strictly indoors with our other spoiled brats :) I got sleep last night at last!

PURE boric acid powder (NEVER EVER to be confused with laundry BorAX). It is used in your eye drops and eye wash, topica...
07/14/2026

PURE boric acid powder (NEVER EVER to be confused with laundry BorAX). It is used in your eye drops and eye wash, topical antiseptics and even vaginal care products. It is also ant powder (like $10 per ounce in little puffer bottles) and Flea-Go or Flea-Flip in 1 pound shaker bottles for around $20 per pound. It is used by farmers worldwide as a safe, non-toxic management of fleas, mites, ants and other insects. Do not put it directly on your animals: sprinkle a light dusting in your nesting boxes, coops, runs, enclosures and on bedding and carpets. My birds never have mites, my cats never have fleas. The goats, well they get mange mites, very different (Ivermectin pour-on works for that on goats).

Again though this is emphatically NOT the same as laundry borAX, which is caustic and will burn your skin and blind you if you get that in your eyes. Pure BORIC is about as toxic as table salt. I get 10 pound bags of pure BORIC on Amazon about $25 for a 5 pound bag, I reuse the Flea-Go shaker bottles which is exact same pure boric but sold in 1 pound shakers for about the same money as the 5 pound bags.

It is summer and the bugs they will be a-hoppin'. Good to get ahead of it now.

The Little Free Pantry is doing well sustaining itself. I brought some opened items up to the house a week or so ago to ...
07/09/2026

The Little Free Pantry is doing well sustaining itself. I brought some opened items up to the house a week or so ago to repack and reseal, and did this again today with some other items after carefully inspecting them. Photocopied the original labels and divided them into smaller lots where necessary. George will vacuum pack these ones this evening and I'll put them back out there. Want it all to be safe for people's families.

GOOSE EGGS!! 4 eggs $5 come and get them! They are huge! one goose egg is at least 2 duck eggs which themselves are 2 ch...
07/08/2026

GOOSE EGGS!!
4 eggs $5 come and get them!
They are huge! one goose egg is at least 2 duck eggs which themselves are 2 chicken eggs. I cannot even eat a whole one. Cordelia is laying about one every 24-36 hours (a little more than one every other day) and her "season" only lasts a couple of months so when she stops she's done till next year.
They are delicious, similar to duck eggs so slightly richer than chicken eggs with a wonderful dark orange yolk.

Found my cherry pitter! I have ranier cherries and dark tart cherries, just have to get a ladder and pick them. The Rani...
06/30/2026

Found my cherry pitter! I have ranier cherries and dark tart cherries, just have to get a ladder and pick them. The Raniers are lower and easier to reach but they are all wonderful for making jam now that I found the pitter.

Shoulder is acting up today so I'm laying low and doing some more canning of a bounty of berries George brought home yes...
06/30/2026

Shoulder is acting up today so I'm laying low and doing some more canning of a bounty of berries George brought home yesterday. Also portioning out and vacuum sealing some bulk dry goods he got so we can restock the little food pantry at the end of our driveway. A few ppl have donated opened packages and we bring those up to the house to inspect and vaccum seal those as well. THEN I have some sewing/upholstery/craft projects to do that don't require a lot of use of my right arm, so getting it done :)

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