Our Miniature Horses

Loess Hills Aces Black Tie, aka Captain, April 2019

Carrie, April 2019

Carrie and Lily, April 18, 2020

Captain and Carrie came to live with us April 10, 2019.  Captain was born May 10, 2010.  Carrie was born about April 2016.  Carrie was very shy but has overcome a lot of that.

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Our Miniature Donkeys

Babies September 2016

Rudy March 2017

Gypsy March 2018

Rudy and Gypsy came to live with us in September 2016.  Rudy was born March 16, 2016.  Gypsy was born May 24, 1916.  We decided to keep them as pets only and had Rudy gelded.
​They have been a constant source of entertainment and are about as sweet as any pet could be.

Our Chickens

Lily, a light brahma

Chicken Little, a bantam cochin with her chicks, Fred, Red and Donna

A few of our new additions in 2018

Gentle Giant, a buff brahma

Donna, half Ameraucana, half bantam cochin

Goldie, an Ameraucana

Conner June 2019

We started off with different pure breeds but it quickly turned into a regular barnyard flock.  So, we have a mix of Brahmas, Bantam Cochins, Ameraucanas, Welsummers, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks and thanks to a gift after our rooster died, a Leghorn rooster.
Our chickens are free range during the day and put up at night.  We gather eggs twice a day.  We usually have extra eggs available for sale, for eating or incubating.

Our Geese

Bippity, Boppity and Boo January 2017

Mother Goose and Baby Boop, May 2017

Baby Boop, August 2017

March 2017, One of our yearly visitors

We got our first trio of Embden geese in September, 2016.  They were supposed to be 1 male and 2 females but turned out to be all males.  Since we couldn't tell them apart at first, we named them Bippity, Boppity and Boo.  Mother Goose came to live with us in February 2017.  Boo claimed her at first, then Bippity took her away.

Mother Goose started laying eggs immediately and Baby Boop and her brother were hatched April 21, 2017.  A hawk got the male.  Baby Boop has started laying eggs already this year.  We're hoping for more females.

We sold Bippity and Mother Goose.  Boppity and his ladies, Baby Boop and Lucy (hatched by our turkey) are a trio and we're getting a fair number of eggs from them.  If anyone is interested in buying geese or their eggs, please get in touch.

We also have a pair of wild Canadian Geese who show up in the Spring and are here off and on until Fall.  Last Spring, they stayed for a while because the female had an injured leg.  She still has a limp this year.

Our Ducks

July 2016, the beginning of our flock

August 2016

October 2016, 2 additions

June 2017, our first successful hatching

August 2017, the latest additions

We have several breeds of ducks.  We started with Muscovys and Blue Swedish, then added a Black Cayuga male.  Then I bought 6 ducklings at Atwoods and ended up with 3 female Black Cayugas, 1 male Black Cayuga, 1 brown Indian Runner and 1 male Rouen.  We added a few Muscovy ducklings and hatched a lot of muscovy eggs last year.  I usually have ducklings for sale in the spring and summer.  If anyone is interested in buying ducks or duck eggs, please contact me.

We also have a pair of wild Teal ducks that show up from time to time.

Our Barn Cats

Sparky January 2018

Sparky's not happy with the photo session of her kitten

Twinkle Toes July 31, 2018

Sparky showed up at the farm in November, 2017, skinny but friendly.  She quickly became our buddy and surprised us with kittens February 23, 2018.  And promptly got pregnant again before we could get her fixed.  We kept a daughter, Twinkle Toes and both have been spayed.

More of our Feathered Flock

Caesar, our male royal palm turkey

Caesar

Cleo with 6 of her 8 poults May 1, 2021

Cleo, our female royal palm turkey, who likes to look in our house

Cleo