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    All Sort of Things Breaking
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    All Sort of Things Breaking

    So many broken things... First, Larry drove the tractor over a board with a nail in it, and popped a tire. Thankfully it was one of those...
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    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    Welcome

    This is our new, NEW website! I am trying to bring over the best content from our old site, and restart the blog here. There is a link in...
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    Summer Summer Summertime!
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    Summer Summer Summertime!

    Time to sit back and unwind. Said no farmer, ever. Between work, Shannon's rotation of summer camps (can't let an only child not spend...
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    We're NPIP Certified!
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    We're NPIP Certified!

    Hooray! We have our NPIP certification! NPIP stands for National Poultry Improvement Plan. The intent is to help keep poultry-related...
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    Berthoud Farmer's Market starts SOON!
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    Berthoud Farmer's Market starts SOON!

    OOH! Market season is about to begin in Berthoud! We are in Fickel Park again, every Saturday from June 24 through September 29. We hope...
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    Not the Way I Wanted to Say Goodbye
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 3 min

    Not the Way I Wanted to Say Goodbye

    We lost Cindy this week. It isn't the way I wanted her to go. The irony, is that I had planned for her to go this year. I wrote about...
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    Second Round of Lambing
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    Second Round of Lambing

    So my mama ewes that did not get pregnant by Tank before he left last fall, got pregnant by Viserys - have all (but one) given birth. We...
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    Saying Goodbye to Schroediger
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 3 min

    Saying Goodbye to Schroediger

    Preface: This blog originated when we first moved to Colorado in 2006 as a way to communicate our new adventures to our friends back home...
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    10 Years on the Farm!
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    10 Years on the Farm!

    We are celebrating our 10-year Farmiversary this weekend. We hope you can join us at a little shindig on the farm to celebrate! In the...
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    Lando Cowrissian and Count Mooku
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 3 min

    Lando Cowrissian and Count Mooku

    We now have 2 new steers on the farm. We've done something a little different this year. We have, randomly, in the past raised a few...
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    All the Brooders are Full!
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    All the Brooders are Full!

    Spring is really springing now! Our first batch of meat chicks are getting close to leaving their brooder. It's hard to believe how time...
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    Baby Birds are Here
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    Baby Birds are Here

    I know when spring has sprung, because we start hearing peeping noises from the incubator. OK, that makes it sound like a surprise, but I...
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    Spring is Springing
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    Spring is Springing

    We've been getting a lot of little things done around the farm. We got our first batch of meat chicks in, so the brooder was set up and...
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    Repost: Duck Eggs vs. Chicken Eggs
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    Repost: Duck Eggs vs. Chicken Eggs

    We originally posted this on our original blog back in June, 2012. And since our ducks are happily laying eggs again, I wanted to repost...
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    Sunday Ramblings
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    Sunday Ramblings

    I don't really have anything specific to say, I just feel like talking to you folks! I put my first batch of duck eggs in the incubator...
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    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 3 min

    We Are Not Vegetarians

    That's probably pretty obvious. I post ads on Craigslist sometimes. I think I've found a few new customers that way, it's free, and so I...
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    The Farm Has Broken Our Backs
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 4 min

    The Farm Has Broken Our Backs

    We are coming up on our 10 year anniversary of living on the farm. 10 Years ago we were 33. Why does that suddenly sound so young?...
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    Mastitis
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    Mastitis

    We've been raising sheep for 10 years now, and just got our first case of mastitis. Mastitis is an infection in the udder. Any nursing...
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    Saying Goodbye to Cindy
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 3 min

    Saying Goodbye to Cindy

    Each year, we save a ewe or two from that year's lambing to increase our flock size or replace lost ewes. It's not common, but there can...
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    15 Lambs and a Bottle Baby
    Kristin Ramey
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    15 Lambs and a Bottle Baby

    Freckles gave birth yesterday to a ram lamb we named Obi Wan Kenobi. He's pretty cute. Nope, there isn't anything in his mouth, those are...
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