Farm Update for August 18th, 2020
Things are moving right along here on the farm! Jasper got a little attention here recently. We had the farrier out to take a look at his hooves and he got a nice new pedicure. He was not impressed.…
Pure Healthy Pastured
Charles Lafferty
Grass Fed vs Grain Fed
Here on the farm we would like all of our animals to be fed in the most natural way. How they were intended to eat. What they were designed to eat. What is natural for them and in turn natural…
Farm Update for August 2nd, 2020
First and foremost, Cow Cow is doing great! He has come so far from where he started! He is eating great, gaining weight, and enjoying the pasture. CJ even taught him how to drink his milk from the bucket…
Swollen testicles, Dehorning, & Strange Lumps
We had a situation where we had to call a veterinarian out for Cow Cow. He was banded when we got him. His testicles had been drying up and it was progressing well. However, one day we noticed that his…
Update for July 9th, 2020
Hello Everyone! Processing day has come and gone, and it was very successful. Our initial expectations were to raise chickens that approached the pastured broiler industry standard of about 4 lb., but we blew that out of the water, and…
Cow Update June 19th, 2020
Happy Friday! Cow Cow is still improving and doing great! We almost had an adventure here today, but thanks to my quick thinking (ok, maybe more like begging God to have mercy), the crisis was averted! Today brought a slight…
Farm Life
Things are going great here on the farm! Cow Cow is doing much better and getting heathier every day! Once his nutrition is under control, we need to move on to other things with him. At some point we…
Cow Cow Update
Good things to report! Cow Cow has improved significantly in only a matter of days! We started off with 2 quarts of milk, twice a day. I do have to mix the formula carefully, since the milk replacer is so…
Cow Attack
So we have had yet another adventure here with the cow. The adventure requires a little back story… We were upfront and honest with the farmer we got him from about our inexperience with cows and trusted that he has…
Meet Cow Cow
So, we did a thing! We bought a Jersey Calf! This has been a crazy year, even outside of our farm! I noticed meat prices going up as I was buying groceries during these crazy times so CJ thought…
