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a calf in the living room

I need to tell you of Paul's adventure this past week. I was in Florida for the last 9 days. 

My flight was bumped because of the snow and I was able to enjoy an extra two days in the sun.

So I get a phone call Wednesday morning informing me I have a calf in my living room. 

Paul went to the barn and saw that Sunflower had her calf, but there was no calf to be found.

The calf was found buried in mud with snow covering him. Paul picked him up cleaned him off and did what any good farmer would do...... brought him to warm up by the  fireplace.....

Now, we have had a baby lamb in our house for a few days days, but never a calf.

I'm picturing the finish on my wood floors shot, but my wonderful husband put tarps and old rugs down so no problem.

Paul bottle fed the calf with its mother's  milk for 2 days then brought him out to his

mother. The calf looked at Sunflower and looked at his mother and decided Paul

was more the motherly type. He followed Paul back to the house, and climbed up our front porch steps...

Hey, it was warm in the house and he got his milk from a bottle!!

My dear husband thought this was very cool, but alas Sunflower and her calf have been doing well....

I love this woman...my mom=BFF:)

Winter is over Spring is here with new life.

Megan is licking her new bull calf this morning after milking.  We allow calfs to bond with Mama's  until we feel they are strong enough to be on their own.

Lilly is our newest Guernsey milk cow with her heifer calf while Megan's calf relaxes.

Betsey, Peaches and Lilly's calf chilling around the corral.

Pigglets roam the farm grazing on clover in this years broiler chicken field.

The bare spots are from the broiler chicken hoop house as we move them daily. 

Little fat pigglets picking through the fresh cut grass.

Disney, sun and smiles

taking a stroll with Max

Gabe's workshop on herding sheep

Farmer and the cow...Paul and Peaches grateful for a little sunshine:)

There's a new guy in town

Recently we added a new addition to the herd. Pictured above is our Elmer Young Guernsey bull. Last week, when the sun was out and the temperatures may have just broke forty he enjoyed a leisurely stroll around the farm. 

We think it's a great start to the New Year! 

Thanksgiving morning milking courtesy of Tristan

Happy Thanksgiving from Faith Farm!

Gabe doing an early morning piglet count

The boys feeding a new born calf

Picture Perfect

The past few weeks the weather has been nothing short of perfect. And our animals are enjoying the benefits of the rain with lots of grass to graze along with plenty of trees to lounge under in the shade even though the temperatures have been pretty comfortable so far. 

This pic is one we're pretty proud of. Typically, the sheep scamper off long before you can snap a shot of their herd. These guys rarely separate and are very protective of the two new baby sheep that have joined them. 

When we say free range, we're not joking around

Last week when Erin was in town Paul coerced our thirty four year old (with the bribe of free kefir and eggs) in exchange for helping move our laying hens to a new pasture. Being a Jersey girl, Tristan had to show his 'E' the ways of farming and that gathering the chickens to their coop isn't as easy as it looks. 

In order to make the transition from one pasture to another work all the chickens have to be moved in unison before they reach their new stomping grounds. They aren't the most adaptable to change because it typically takes a few days for them to beginning laying eggs again. Sometimes we think they resent the move and are holding out on us. But when you want farm fresh eggs you do what you have to do : )