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Goat Therapy at Briden Farm

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Eve: Our Saanen Goat

I wish I took more time to enjoy our animals and less time working to care for them! Not that caring for them isn’t enjoyable, I enjoy that too! However, as you can see in this video, time spent just “being” with the goats is very therapeutic! In a 2015 Podcast by Morgan Sherburne, of University of Florida Health stated, “To reduce stress, pet a goat”…

Along these lines, we’ve been considering offering time with our Goats! Not exactly Goat Yoga, but just time to sit and “Be”. Maybe trade a bag of feed for an hour with a Goat! Interested? Call Now: 902-907-0770 


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Training Pigs to Electric Fence for The First Time

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Berkshire Pigs

Training Pigs to Electric Fence for the first time! Theirs and Ours! Last Year was the first time we raised Pigs, and we did it inside the rotational pastures we had fenced with Mink Cages. I try to move our goats through an area and then follow with the Pigs. However, Last year we encountered a few challenges… like having to move not only the Goats and Pigs, but also having to move the cages.  Moving the cages every two weeks not only takes a lot of work, it also takes a lot of time. Not to mention the hazard of slipping and falling on our hillsides, or twisting and damaging our backs, etc. The cages work well, but if I can train the pigs to electric fence it will make things much easier! Plus give us some of our time back! 

Our Goats do very well in Electric Netting, and as long as we rotate them often enough, every two weeks will work great, and that’s how often pigs should be moved. So, indications are the pigs should do well in the electric wire, so that will lighten our load, allow us to cover more ground, easier, and have even happier Goats, Pigs, and maybe Farmers too! T


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Collecting Eggs on Easter at Briden Farm

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Laying Hens

We usually post live Videos, “Chicken TV” Videos, on FaceBook and then share them here, and those are usually of our own Mixed Flock of mostly Easter Egger Orpington mix. However, today, on Easter 2022, I thought I’d do something different!

Today We have a Video of Collecting Eggs in our outside temporary shelter for the Brown Layers we sell. The ones in this Video are Bovan Browns, and a few Bovan Blacks like the one pictured above. Here’s the Video …

Our Temporary Shelter is made mostly of Upcycled Materials. Old Mink Cages for fencing and Breeding Boxes for Nesting! Most things we do here at Briden Farm involve some amount of Upcycling! We’re actually getting pretty good at it! If You’re interested in Upcycling, subscribe to our Upcycling List here, and if we get enough interest, we’ll do an on-site Upcycling Day here at Briden Farm.

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Bunny Family Conversation On Easter Weekend

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Gracie with Bunny

It’s rather unique, and I’m guessing most people have never seen, a Bunny Family having a conversation! Just a day before Easter when Momma Bunny is expecting to have another Litter! 

If You listen carefully, You may hear them! 


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