We love our farm animals, even when they drive us crazy with their noisy crowing, fence jumping, and crafty escape tactics! So here’s our herd….
1) The Cheekins
We have 19 in all - barred rock, dominique, rhode island red, and one undetermined black banty hen. They range all over, but sleep in the coop at night for predator protection.
2) Midnight Gertrude B. – aka. “Gertie”
This is our Gerty girl. She escapes from the fences regularly. She is a holstein-jersey cross, and was born in August 2010. We love her! She eats grass and hay every day, with about 2 cups of grain (corn and oats with molasses) every morning.
3) The Piggies
We have 3 male unregistered American Mulefoot hogs. See our previous post - "Pondering a Pig" - for a description of the Mulefoot. They are fence-escaping experts! They currently live in a pen in the backyard, where they root around and make a regular mud pit. We intend to get them into a more portable pen in the pasture in the future. They eat corn and table scraps and whatever they find in the ground. They were born right around the first of 2011.
4) Tool Cat, aka “Whiz Chiz”
Our kitty cat. He's becoming a decent mouser, and has snagged a couple of moles, which is great. He was born probably late summer 2010.
