How do you integrate goats?
Don’t worry, knowledge of calculus is not required!
So far, we have needed to integrate new goats into our main flock twice. We received a lot of varying information about integrating the goats. The local advice ranged from no isolation period to over two months of isolation in separate pastures. We decided to go with Continue reading
We recently adopted 2 additional goats from a great rescue / shelter in the Rochester area, Lollypop Farm. When we went to visit our potential new goats, Lollypop Farm had around 40 goats and sheep, along with various pigs, roosters, horses, donkeys, ducks, geese, rabbits, llamas, cows and emus (and of course cats and dogs).
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Even though it seems like summer is just winding down, the slight chill overnight serves as a good reminder that winter is coming.
As the pastures are usually covered in snow for months at a time (last year, there was still snow on the ground until at least late April), we need to have enough hay on hand to feed the goats throughout the whole winter.
And where do you store all the hay? in the hayloft, of course!
Hay wagon pulls into the driveway.
A couple of weeks ago, while walking out in the pasture, our neighbor who was checking on his cows, pointed out a strange mass on one of the fence posts.
I couldn’t tell exactly what he was pointing at until I got a lot closer and could see it moving around.
It was a … Continue reading
Our new goats arrived!
When we first moved in, we had only 2 goats, Harriet and Butterbean. As Harriet is starting to get old in goat years, she is not as active as younger goats and Butterbean seemed a bit lonely (and he was really getting a bit too fat and not building muscle). We wanted to get another goat or two to add to the flock so Butterbean would have someone to play with and get a bit more exercise. After searching the local area for kids (i.e., baby goats) and coming up empty, we contacted a local farmer who was looking to downsize her flock. (Click continue for the rest of the story and goat headbutting videos!)
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We moved in at the beginning of July 2015. At the start, we had 2 goats, 11 chickens and 1 dog. We also had 3 cows on our pasture which are owned by a neighbor. The neighbor stops by at least once per day … Continue reading
Welcome to Lucky Penny Acres!
After living for a few years in the New York City area, my wife and I had the opportunity to move to the beautiful finger lakes region in central New York state with our dog, Penny.
Penny on an old stone bench.
Everyone said we were crazy – farms are too much work, who wants to live so far out in the country, think of the winters, etc. We went ahead and purchased a small farm and farmhouse in summer 2015.
This site describes our journey and the various animal friends we have made along the way.
Thanks for visiting our site and we hope one day you’ll visit Lucky Penny Acres!