The Farm Feed
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May 25, 2026 — Weaning Ram Lambs
Today we weaned the ram lambs from their mommas. Even at just 7 to 8 weeks old, these young rams are fully capable of breeding adult ewes, so we always choose to wean them right at the 8-week mark.
Six little rams moved from the momma pen into the ram pen, where they will join their sire, Samuel, and their new uncle, Sweet Skeet.
It will be a little louder on this side of the farm for a few days while they adjust to life without momma and her milk. Gratefully, these little guys are already well established on hay and drinking plenty of water. Their mommas trained them well!
May 24, 2026 — First Calf of 2026
Bluebelle had our first calf of the year! It’s a girl 🩷
May 16, 2026 — Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
We like to give gifts from the farm when we can, and sometimes we are able to give out some ground lamb or goat meat.
Many times people have never cooked lamb or goat themselves, so we always get asked for recommendations on what to try.
Our #1 absolute favorite recipe is our Shepherd’s Pie (it’s actually officially known as Cottage Pie if you use beef!).
We ourselves cook shepherd’s pie almost weekly in the fall/winter when we’re wanting more warm hearty meals.
So, we spent some time recently to put an actual recipe together for anyone who wants to try.
Let us know what you think!
May 13, 2026 — It’s a GIRL 😍
Pepper had a beautiful baby girl tonight!
She’s tri-colored just like momma Pepper (Nubian) AND daddy Thunder (Nigerian Dwarf).
We love her some much that we have decided to retain her!
May 12, 2026 — Pepper
By our calculations, Pepper should be having her babies on May 15th!
However, for every single other kidding this year – it has been 3 days earlier than our expectations.
So as of today we are keeping our eyes on Peppy and checking in on her often.
She doesn’t seem to be showing any signs, so she may be the first one that doesn’t kid 3 days earlier 🙂
May 10, 2026 — Happy Mother’s Day!
Today we celebrated Mother’s day by bringing home 3 beautiful bottle baby Nubian doelings to raise as milkers.
They are currently living with Jim Hopper and Hezekiah in the weaner pen.
Their names are Althea, Darling and Ricky ❤️
May 4, 2026 — New Livestock Trailer
We finally upgraded from an 8′ stock trailer to a 16 ft with a middle gate.
This will help immensely when we are hauling our calves to our summer pasture and/or to Pickrell or Wahoo for processing.
Our little stock trailer served us well for sheep and goats, but as we began to need to haul cattle more and more, it was time for an upgrade.
If you’re looking for a small stock trailer for hauling sheep and/or goats, let us know! We will likely be putting ours up for sale.
May 1, 2026 — Freezing Milk
I wrote a blog post about how we freeze our raw goat milk.
If you’re at all interested in freezing liquids yourself, or are just curious, feel free to check it out!
April 21, 2026 — The surprise
Oreo was not on our list of mommas for this year.
Nature thought otherwise!
We walked into the barn for evening chores tonight and there she was: a brand new baby.
Now we’re dealing with a momma who doesn’t quite know what just happened and a quiet few weeks that got thrown out the window 🫣🐐
April 10, 2026 — Once a Day Milking
A lot of people ask us why we only milk once a day.
Although we originally considered it simply to lighten our load during our long milking seasons, now we know that it is so much more than that.
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Lorraine Penner
Shepherd of Sheep and Goats
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