So I quietly uploaded three sheep and two goats onto Craigslist, along with some very cute photos. So cute that I almost deleted the posting.
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Goodbye, animals
Posted in animal farming, homesteading and lifestyles, tagged animal farming, goats, livestock, sheep on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shearing
Posted in animal farming on June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The weather’s turning warm, finally. I thought I would have to do this earlier but it has been so cool in the last few weeks that Lucy the ewe has been fine with her heavy fleece. Except, perhaps, that she takes frequent shade breaks from grazing in her shelter on sunny days. But the nights [...]
Raising Sheep
Posted in animal farming on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A lone lamb grazes across the hillside, separated from the flock by several hundred feet and an electric fence. The “flock” in question here is a motley collection of animals; there are our two goats, Robin Hood and Little Black (like everything else named by the children), then there is the ewe that we bought [...]
The Life and Death of Chickens
Posted in animal farming on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ever since reading the Omnivore’s dilemma I have been thinking alot about Michael Pollan’s defense of carnivores. Although his latest book suggests a simple, somewhat vegetarian mantra (Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants), Om Dil argued convincingly for meat-eaters’ rights. I had the sense that he began his argument from a desire to eat meat, instead [...]
