The Great Sow Integration
Well, the day finally came. Integration Day. Big Marie our resident sow is officially fully retiring (for reals this time) and it was time for her to join our gilts…
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June 21, 2020
Stimpla’s First (Assisted) Lambing
This morning started pretty much like any other morning, but turns out forecast called for an assisted lambing. I woke up, grabbed my milk bucket, and headed down to the…
April 7, 2020
Looking Back at 2019, & Ahead to 2020
I am not a New Years Resolution person, but I am a "plan ahead" person. Looking back on 2019, I cannot get over how much our little homestead has changed. …
December 31, 2019
The End of Big Marie’s Breeding Career
Today is a sad bittersweet day. Today the piglets are three days old, and seemingly all is well. Big Marie is killing it as a mother again after largely farrowing…
September 19, 2019
