Spring 2020 has been kind of busy in the farm this year. Kidding was a little but late this year, we had about 12 does kid at the very end of January. Usually it is earlier for us, beginning of January. Over the last 4 year i have learned that is way better to have kids in the winter, they seem to be sturdier than spring kids. I am in Florida though so it never really gets that cold here.

Spring 2020 also brought the addition of sheep to the farm. I have 6 Katahdin/Dorper crosses in a different paddock. I am trying out some of the rotational grazing techniques that i have been reading about in the Stockman Grass Farmer and the book Management Intensive Grazing by Jim Gerrish. I am just starting out though so for now i have the goats on one paddock and the sheep/donkeys on another. I will keep updating as i start planting more cover crops and trying to improve the land.

Spring 2020 also brought chickens to the farm!. These are not an enterprise though, basically my 7 year old son really wanted chickens so we built a “run” (its a really ugly structure) and put some coops inside of it and now we have 3 chickens. The goal is to have 5, mostly for eggs and for my children to take care of them and learn some farm chores.

Its been busy, we just had a goat kid today, but with the current pandemic we have been able to spend some more time in the farm doing projects, cant complain about that.