Chicken Scraps Blog

Jesse El Rubio Acuarela de Benji Saturday, May 2nd, was an unusually busy day for us on our small farm.  There was a lot of work to be caught up on outside; from dosing a sick cow who was off her feed, to fixing a small pen in the front pasture.  I let Fannie out into the yard as usual to graze, after she ate her usual portion of Gestolac feed, with a special herbal tea added to it.  As I checked her bag, I thought she couldn't possibly be far from delivering her foal.  After all, she was bred to Jesse el Rubio , son of El Chino de el Batey, on May 4th, 2014, and now it was May 2nd, 2015.  According to my research, horses have a gestation length of 316-360 days, so she was a bit over due.  Her udder had distended to nearly twice it's usual size now; surely she must be close. Photo taken 4/28/15

Fenella de Festina Lente was born Saturday, May 2nd, 2015.  My 16 year old sister, Savana, took these pictures for me on May 4th.  Fannie grazing peacefully in the yard, with Fenella sleeping under her watchful eye.

I recently purchased my neighbor's herd of 10 Kiko, Boer, and Boer/ Kiko goats.  I also have Honeysuckle and Mabel's twin doelings for sale. Goats available: Chester :  3 year-old proven Boer buck.  Weighs approx. 300 lbs, produces great kids.

I had a surprise this morning:  Mabel delivered two beautiful doelings last night! They are strong, healthy, and have lovely udders and markings. D.O.B:  May 1st, 2015 Sire:  Boer buck  (pictured below Dam:  Mabel   (pictured below) CAE free by parentage. We will be holding one of the doelings with a deposit until mid July; the other is for sale now as a bottle baby. Bottle doeling:  $175 Weaned doeling:  $225 If you are interested in purchasing either doeling, please contact me via chickenscrapsblog@gmail.com or call/ text 352-745-3576   Doeling 1: Doeling 2: