We launched our Briden Farm Website on Mischief Night! For those of You who don’t know, that’s the night beforej Halloween! Or in this case, 30 Oct 2020. Seems like the 133 Days, just over 4 months since we launched our Website, have just flown by! That’s why it’s incredible to think that over that period of time we’ve had over 10,000 Visitors make over 36,000 Visits to our Briden Farm Website! How incredible is that!?
I recently wrote about Laying Out New Pasture At Briden Farm and today the temperature has risen to about 6 degrees Celsius and Nanna, Snow White, and Momma, Enjoying Their New Pasture.
It may be difficult to tell, but both Nanna, and Momma, are both due to freshen. Which means with a little luck, and lots of prayer, they’ll both be having healthy Kids this Spring. Momma is due the first part of May, and Nanna is due to freshen and have her Kids in the next two to three weeks.
Stay tuned for updates as the Time draws nigh!
During February 2021 we incubated some eggs and had 8 Chicks hatch out from Feb 22-24. Their Momma Chickens are Sassos, Buff Orpingtons, and Lohmanns. We believe their Father is Buddy The Rooster, who some know as the Star of Chicken TV at Briden Farm.
While we are going to keep these Chicks, we may have more “Day Old Chicks” in the future, and we do have Hatching Eggs, so if You’d like to hatch some Chicks of Your Own please call us at 902-907-0770.
This photo, or should I say this amalgamation of three photos shows the appropriate layout of the new pasture for our Nigerian Dwarf Goats. Or at least the Does, Snow White, Momma, and Nanna!
Till now, they’ve enjoyed having their Pasture on the Hillside in two rotational areas. However those have been quite well browsed upon and the simple fact is the Goats are bored of that area. when they get bored, they get out of the pasture. The simple truth is we don’t have a lot of great fencing! However, we’re blessed because, although the Girls could get out anytime, they only escape when they get bored!
So the new area will provide them at least a few weeks of entertainment and also some fresh new browse. It’s mostly flat ground directly behind the house and while smaller, only about 40 x 70’ it’ll provide an easy to watch, gentler area for the time Nanna and Momma move into their Kidding season. Nanna is due the end of March and Momma the first of May.
It also can be expanded to the Hillside on an untouched area with another approximate 80×80’ Square. So, for the next three weeks or so, till Momma freshens (gives birth to her kids), we’ll leave them in the smaller pasture.
Once she freshens we’ll expand it while she’s spending time inside with her kids. We’ll make it so it can be split in two. So when Nanna comes out with her kids they can be in the first section and Momma and Snow White can be in the Hillside area. That is till Momma freshens the first of May, then we’ll rotate it.
Have Questions, want more info? Come visit us at Briden Farm, where the Tea is Always On and the Coffee is not far behind!