Tag: Nigerian Dwarf Goats

There are no Bad Goats, Only Bored Goats!

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Goats and Chickens

It’s true, in most cases, that there are no bad Goats! People think they make great lawn mowers and go around eating tin cans! Not so! Goats, unlike Sheep and Cattle, don’t graze, Goats browse! They’ll go along from bush to bush, leaf to leaf, tree to tree, and so on, and browse as they go. As long as they have something to browse on they’re happy and content. Thus they seldom get bored as long as they’re browsing. However, when they run out of browse, like this time of year when the leaves have fallen, the vegetation has died back, and winter is soon upon us, Goats get bored. Bored Goats get out and about and can quickly find themselves in trouble! Thus it’s important to have good fences and / or closely supervise Your Goats! 
The following video is a quick walk around one section of our rotational pasture and a quick check on our fencing after our Nigerian Dwarf Goats, our Does, got out one day, and that had us Checking Fences at Briden Farm.

The Scoop on the Chicken Coop

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The Scoop at the Chicken Coop

We’ve had three groups of Chickens here at Briden Farm, all at various ages and stages! All housed in three different houses, or smaller pens, and now we’re working to move them all in a larger Coop where they’ll all coincide. This video shows the morning after the night before, when Jack and the Gang, and Henny Penny (AKA: Mother Hen) and her two chicks, Chicky and Picky, spent their first night in the new coop which we’ve built from Pallets, Slabwood, and up cycled materials. Tonight we hope to add Buddy, our big Rooster, and four others we call the Biddies, to the Coop. So, that’s the Scoop on the Coop! 

Launching Briden Farm Website On Mischief Night!

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Briden Farm Sign

Definitely didn’t realize it, and it is completely by accident, that we launched our Briden Farm Website on Mischief Night! Also known as described by the Smithsonian as Devil’s Night, or the Night before Halloween! (Or is it!?). Read Our About Page!

We started our Farm with three Nigerian Dwarfs, and a number of others who really like to think they’re the Cock of the Walk! Not to mention the help of a few Old Bittys! Not to mention a ton of friends!

Briden Farm Sign

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