Hey Ya'll,
Sorry for not writing for a while. Been quite busy.
Well, we butchered our yearling ram Hershey's yesterday. It wasn't as bloody as one might think. My Dad is great at skinning so now Mom has a brand new ram hide, it's brown too. The ram tasted great.
We are planning on butchering some more of the sheep. Possibly one today.
I got my Hunting and Fishing license the other day. Now that I'm 16 I have to have one. I've been packing my 22 pistol when I go on bike rides and walks on our road hoping I'll see something that's in season that I can shoot. Been seein' a lot of Spruce Grouse but I have to wait till August 10th.
We're going clamming! I guess our destination is in the area of Clam Gulch. I can't WAIT to see the ocean again and smell that air...*sigh*. We're leaving Friday and I don't think we'll be back till Sunday, but I'm not sure. Should be fun though, just pray there will be sun please! :)
Well, I best git goin'.
Talk to Ya'll later,
-Rebecca
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
New Lamb!!
Hey Ya'll!This morning (May 4th, Sunday 2008) I woke up went outside and milked Star (my Nubian milk goat) I fed the sheep and then looked in the pasture and noticed Vanilla (our youngest Shetland ewe) was standing out there with a newborn Baby!! I screamed for joy and ran back to the house to tell everyone. I went back into the pasture to check if the baby was okay. She was. After we got home from church I went outside and the baby was still fine, then I discovered she was a ewe (Yay!) now all four of our ewes have had babies! three ewe lambs and two ram lambs.
Vanilla is doing a superb job for being a first time mamma (the baby may be named 'Fudge' but the name is still pending)
My Dad bought me two new wethers the other day! they are around 11 months old so their almost yearlings. They are half brothers, both Toggenburg. Thunder (the oldest) and Lightning. Their Beautiful! I have already begun packing and taking the boys on walks, little Latte has been tagging along trying to get the hang of walking beside me. He's doing pretty good. I've got him in a collar now.
Here are the pictures I'm sure ya'll are waiting to see :D
Isn't Vanilla so cute with her cutie pie baby!? :o)
Here is Thunder, he is so adorable! he has horns, a beard AND wattles!! :oD
And here is my beautiful Lightning, he seems to enjoy chewing on the spruce branches :P now, if he were a milk goat I would protest...Talk to ya'll later!
~Rebecca Methven
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Ups and Downs...
Buenos días,
Three of my mom's shetland/highland ewes had babies yesterday morning!! two ewes had singles and one had twins!! two rams and two ewes! it was amazing! of course right after that it started 'slushing' (raining wet snow, when the ground is mud! it's May! now it looks like the middle of winter!? man alive...) But the lambs are doing great, their mamma's are doing a perfect job.After milking Star yesterday morning I went up to feed the baby goats their feed. They all looked fine too, jumping around in the snow. So I headed back with the milk, after I had fed them all.
Three of my mom's shetland/highland ewes had babies yesterday morning!! two ewes had singles and one had twins!! two rams and two ewes! it was amazing! of course right after that it started 'slushing' (raining wet snow, when the ground is mud! it's May! now it looks like the middle of winter!? man alive...) But the lambs are doing great, their mamma's are doing a perfect job.After milking Star yesterday morning I went up to feed the baby goats their feed. They all looked fine too, jumping around in the snow. So I headed back with the milk, after I had fed them all.
I went out to check on everyone later, the lambs were doing fine, the mamma's were doing fine, so I headed up to the upper pasture to check on the kids. they all rushed over...all except Mocha...I looked around and he was lying on the ground, looking very stiff!!
I cried out and opened the gate as quick as I could. I rushed over to him. He was still breathing but looked like he was in pain. He groaned a little. I didn't know what to do! with tears in my eyes I tried to figure out what to do. I yelled because I saw Katherine, my 10 y.o sister, walking outside. She ran over, saw what happened and ran to the house for help. My brothers Zach and Angus and sister Hannah ran back from the house with Katherine. They rushed over and asked what happened. I told them I had no idea and didn't know what to do. Zach and Angus ran back to their fort and brought back a stretcher they had made for a church play, which had been months before. We gently picked up Mocha and laid him on the stretcher. He groaned and 'baa'd' at the movement. We carried him to the house and laid him on the ground in front of the wood stove. My siblings grabbed warm towels for me to wrap around Mocha and we stoked the fire. Zach grabbed the camera and took a picture of Mocha in his helpless state and I uploaded it to the computer to post on the Homesteading website so people could tell me if they knew what was wrong with Mocha. I also e-mailed the picture the Mocha's previous owners and asked if they knew what I could do. I began receiving e-mails with advice and help, I followed most of it, giving Mocha a hot bath to help him if he was too cold, I gave him baking soda, a mixture of oil, sugar water and molasseses, milk, and some colloidal silver, my Sister-in-law had given me.
There were times he seemed better, then there were times he seemed worse. Something seemed to be wrong with his neck. I felt for broken bones but I couldn't feel any. I kept him as warm as I could and kept giving him liquids and prayed.
I was so relieved that I had received so much help from people on the forum and Mocha's previous owners, they were all so wonderful for helping me.
However, early this morning, around 4:00 A.M. I lost my baby Mocha...it was sad but I am glad I tried to help him, instead of giving up. I just hope he hadn't been in too much pain.
Now I am keeping his brother and my other baby buck in a play pen indoors so it is warmer for them, as for Tarantella and Evangeline, they are in an enclosed barn with hay, water and some grain. They are older and are okay in the colder weather, but they are in a nicer place with more protection from the elements now.
Life is full of ups and downs. You just gotta live with it and be thankful for what you have and what God has given you.
Don't worry about me, I'm fine =)
Anywho, here are some pictures of the ewes and their babies! =D
Oveja and her baby ram Mouton 
Here is Brownies with her beautiful baby girls CreamPuff and ChocolateCake!
In loving memory of my baby Mocha
Adios!
-Rebecca
I cried out and opened the gate as quick as I could. I rushed over to him. He was still breathing but looked like he was in pain. He groaned a little. I didn't know what to do! with tears in my eyes I tried to figure out what to do. I yelled because I saw Katherine, my 10 y.o sister, walking outside. She ran over, saw what happened and ran to the house for help. My brothers Zach and Angus and sister Hannah ran back from the house with Katherine. They rushed over and asked what happened. I told them I had no idea and didn't know what to do. Zach and Angus ran back to their fort and brought back a stretcher they had made for a church play, which had been months before. We gently picked up Mocha and laid him on the stretcher. He groaned and 'baa'd' at the movement. We carried him to the house and laid him on the ground in front of the wood stove. My siblings grabbed warm towels for me to wrap around Mocha and we stoked the fire. Zach grabbed the camera and took a picture of Mocha in his helpless state and I uploaded it to the computer to post on the Homesteading website so people could tell me if they knew what was wrong with Mocha. I also e-mailed the picture the Mocha's previous owners and asked if they knew what I could do. I began receiving e-mails with advice and help, I followed most of it, giving Mocha a hot bath to help him if he was too cold, I gave him baking soda, a mixture of oil, sugar water and molasseses, milk, and some colloidal silver, my Sister-in-law had given me.
There were times he seemed better, then there were times he seemed worse. Something seemed to be wrong with his neck. I felt for broken bones but I couldn't feel any. I kept him as warm as I could and kept giving him liquids and prayed.
I was so relieved that I had received so much help from people on the forum and Mocha's previous owners, they were all so wonderful for helping me.
However, early this morning, around 4:00 A.M. I lost my baby Mocha...it was sad but I am glad I tried to help him, instead of giving up. I just hope he hadn't been in too much pain.
Now I am keeping his brother and my other baby buck in a play pen indoors so it is warmer for them, as for Tarantella and Evangeline, they are in an enclosed barn with hay, water and some grain. They are older and are okay in the colder weather, but they are in a nicer place with more protection from the elements now.
Life is full of ups and downs. You just gotta live with it and be thankful for what you have and what God has given you.
Don't worry about me, I'm fine =)
Anywho, here are some pictures of the ewes and their babies! =D
Midnight and her beautiful baby ram (possibly being named 'Pitch Black')
Oveja and her baby ram Mouton 
Here is Brownies with her beautiful baby girls CreamPuff and ChocolateCake!
In loving memory of my baby Mocha
Adios!
-Rebecca
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Hola!
Hey there, and welcome to my blog!
I must warn you, I'm not to good at blogging but I shall try my best.
Today has begun somewhat slowly, I woke up half an hour late for milking Star (my purebred Nubian milk goat) due to my slow recovery from being sick for the last two days...*cough* She forgave me though, so I'm fine. After milking Star I fed the sheep and Star their hay and then took a few flakes of hay and a bucket with about 60 oz of grain up to the upper pasture for the kids (meaning baby goats, I have five baby goats)
Then I went back down, after petting and kissing the babies, to the sheep pasture where Star stays and carried the milk bucket inside to strain it. I strained, weight and logged the milk then poured it into the gallon milk jar.
Then I went and grabbed a cup of coffee and read e-mails and replied to some people on the homesteading forum.
I am slowly getting better, I feel about...98% healthy now...
I added up how many animals my family has and, due to getting 3 lop ear bunnies today sometime, we have 28 animals...definitely a farm :D
Here is a pic of Star right before I milked her last night. She is standing on our makeshift milkstand.
Talk to ya'll later!
-Rebecca
I must warn you, I'm not to good at blogging but I shall try my best.
Today has begun somewhat slowly, I woke up half an hour late for milking Star (my purebred Nubian milk goat) due to my slow recovery from being sick for the last two days...*cough* She forgave me though, so I'm fine. After milking Star I fed the sheep and Star their hay and then took a few flakes of hay and a bucket with about 60 oz of grain up to the upper pasture for the kids (meaning baby goats, I have five baby goats)
Then I went back down, after petting and kissing the babies, to the sheep pasture where Star stays and carried the milk bucket inside to strain it. I strained, weight and logged the milk then poured it into the gallon milk jar.
Then I went and grabbed a cup of coffee and read e-mails and replied to some people on the homesteading forum.
I am slowly getting better, I feel about...98% healthy now...
I added up how many animals my family has and, due to getting 3 lop ear bunnies today sometime, we have 28 animals...definitely a farm :D
Here is a pic of Star right before I milked her last night. She is standing on our makeshift milkstand.
Talk to ya'll later!
-Rebecca
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