Yesterday was International Women’s Day which I spent being wonder woman here at home. A week ago I had a csection to birth my beautiful second daughter and I am supposed to be home taking it easy. Both of my parents are here to help with the farm and watching my older daughter (wonder woman in training) while I am healing and taking care of our newborn wonder woman. Yesterday after lunch I decided that I wanted to walk out…
In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. -Janos Arnay I thought it might be time to introduce ourselves since we have acquired so many new followers. If you have been following us from the beginning you might have noticed that Cacia Farms has been many things. We started out when I convinced my husband we would raise meat rabbits on our 1/4 acre lot in our small town. Well 30 some odd rabbits, 3 cats, 3 dogs, and…
Gus here, I just wanted to clear some things up. First of all Olive should not be aloud to use the computer no telling what she might say! Second its very hard to be farm boss and we can’t all be perfect. I know that Mom thinks that she is farm boss but really my Dad is farm boss but since he has to be at his other job I have to do the job here. We like to let…
This post comes from the desk of Olive, she wanted you all to know Gus’s true colors! Well fall has arrived here in New York very cold (did I mention I come from Georgia) and now it is also raining. Any good southern girl can appreciate a good mud pile and I am no different. Thursday it started raining and man did I love splashing in the puddles, but by midday Friday those puddles have turned muddy. This is Saturday…
While waiting for Purdy to eat her breakfast grain this is an ongoing conversation I have with Purl one of our Lincoln Longwools and my favorite sheep next to Ewestace of course. Purl: I see you brought Purdy grain for breakfast again… Me: Why yes Purl I did. Purl: I see and why do I not get grain? Me: Well Purl you don’t need grain to be nice you’re just friendly all the time. Purdy however will become a feral…
The most useful farm tool that I have is by far our Border Collie Gus, he proves to be helpful more than I can count. I know that if the sheep we’re to get out that I wouldn’t have to much trouble getting them back with Gus’s help (Purdy is another story) which is a load off my mind. This morning when I went down to do morning chores I saw that Jenny one of the brown spotted ewes had…
I was sitting there minding my own business when I saw a giant hand reaching out of the sky to abduct me. My friends and I were running for our lives when I was snatched, snatched I tell you, plucked right from the earth! Luckily (at least for me) I wasn’t alone some of my friends had also been taken. Once caught we were loaded into a transport container, when we were dumped out we all looked up to see…
Gus and Olive start sheep camp again today at Cherry Hill Training Center. When Jeff fed Gus his breakfast I heard him pronounce to Gus “Eat up you, got to perform well today!” Without even thinking I walked into the room and spoke up for Gus “Dad I don’t perform sheep herding, it’s a way of life.” After Gus and I straightened out Jeff’s line of thought I realized he didn’t say anything to Olive. I have decided this means one…
We have been busy here with spring time, not only do we have the two bottle lambs but we also brought all the rabbits home this last weekend. I love having my bunnies back home where I can spoil them and love on them. One of our adult breeders Sly got to retire and went to a wonderful pet home. Sly will have other rabbits to be around as well as cats, I am so happy he went to such…
I love my border collie, I even love his incredible ability to learn so quickly (most times). When he was a puppy my husband and I accidentally taught Gus that “Good Boy” meant jump on me and I will pet you. My husband an I have both been sick this weekend meaning less exercise for the nutty herding dogs. I have been on the couch for the last hour or so with Snugglepants our black cat sitting behind me. Gus…