Animals
Meet Mike. For those of you who have not read this blog from its beginning, you may not know Mike. Mike is my brother-in-law, husband to Becky (the Vet)...my hubby's sister. Mike and Becky moved from Reno, Nevada a little over a year ago and bought 5 acres of Bee Haven Acres. They built a beautiful log home there and now Bee Haven Acres is a project that we all share. Mike is our resident Beekeeper and oversees the care of the critters on a daily basis. He wears many hats, but the most important is that of animal "Daddy". While the ducks were babies, they would follow him all over the farm. He is ex-Marine and ex-cop but as gentle as they come and just loves the critters to death.
I am sure you have already met O'Malley. O'Malley is our youngest female fainting goat. She was born on St. Patty's day, is the smallest and cutest of our fold. She is gentle, loving and completely trusting. She often follows Mike around the farm as he tends to daily chores. She has adopted him as her "Daddy". It is not unusual to see Mike jogging down through the field with O'Malley in tow, or to see Mike driving around in the Gator with O'Malley on his lap.
By the way, that is our 130 lb. Newfie, Maddie in the picture. She loves O'Malley, too.
- The Life Of A Barn Kitty
I forgot to mention how our barn kitties fight the cold...... They each have their own goat-warming hut (made by Uncle Mike). You might remember that Uncle Mike had instructions for making these warming huts published in the last issue of Hobby Farms....
- Great Job, Mike
Bee Keeper Mike, my brother-in-law, had an article published in Hobby Farms Magazine. The January/February issue has an article entitled "Build Your Lambs a Custom Warming Hut". Mike had built these wonderful cozy, warm huts for our baby goats last Spring...
- Hello From The Farm
It seems that lately my camera has been on video rather than still shots. It also seems that the animals sense that they are being captured on "film" because they are always ready to ham it up or investigate. The latest news at Bee Haven Acres is the...
- Goodbye Mr. Boo
It is with much sadness that we say goodbye to an old friend. Mr. Boo passed away this week. If you have read this entire blog, you will know that Mr. Boo lived on Bee Haven Acres Farm with Becky and Mike, my husband's sister and brother-in-law....
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With the arrival of Mike and Becky, we launched into a series of projects. The first of which came with a trip to the local feed store. Since it was Eastertime, there was a display of ducklings and chicks at the feedstore. I left with 6 chicks....guaranteed...
Animals
A Boy and His Goat......
Meet Mike. For those of you who have not read this blog from its beginning, you may not know Mike. Mike is my brother-in-law, husband to Becky (the Vet)...my hubby's sister. Mike and Becky moved from Reno, Nevada a little over a year ago and bought 5 acres of Bee Haven Acres. They built a beautiful log home there and now Bee Haven Acres is a project that we all share. Mike is our resident Beekeeper and oversees the care of the critters on a daily basis. He wears many hats, but the most important is that of animal "Daddy". While the ducks were babies, they would follow him all over the farm. He is ex-Marine and ex-cop but as gentle as they come and just loves the critters to death.
I am sure you have already met O'Malley. O'Malley is our youngest female fainting goat. She was born on St. Patty's day, is the smallest and cutest of our fold. She is gentle, loving and completely trusting. She often follows Mike around the farm as he tends to daily chores. She has adopted him as her "Daddy". It is not unusual to see Mike jogging down through the field with O'Malley in tow, or to see Mike driving around in the Gator with O'Malley on his lap.
By the way, that is our 130 lb. Newfie, Maddie in the picture. She loves O'Malley, too.
- The Life Of A Barn Kitty
I forgot to mention how our barn kitties fight the cold...... They each have their own goat-warming hut (made by Uncle Mike). You might remember that Uncle Mike had instructions for making these warming huts published in the last issue of Hobby Farms....
- Great Job, Mike
Bee Keeper Mike, my brother-in-law, had an article published in Hobby Farms Magazine. The January/February issue has an article entitled "Build Your Lambs a Custom Warming Hut". Mike had built these wonderful cozy, warm huts for our baby goats last Spring...
- Hello From The Farm
It seems that lately my camera has been on video rather than still shots. It also seems that the animals sense that they are being captured on "film" because they are always ready to ham it up or investigate. The latest news at Bee Haven Acres is the...
- Goodbye Mr. Boo
It is with much sadness that we say goodbye to an old friend. Mr. Boo passed away this week. If you have read this entire blog, you will know that Mr. Boo lived on Bee Haven Acres Farm with Becky and Mike, my husband's sister and brother-in-law....
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With the arrival of Mike and Becky, we launched into a series of projects. The first of which came with a trip to the local feed store. Since it was Eastertime, there was a display of ducklings and chicks at the feedstore. I left with 6 chicks....guaranteed...