Farm Scenery

4 Boer Goats, 2 Hair Sheep, 2 Wool Sheep

Goats & Sheep come in for grain.

Oreo, our male barn cat.

Sunset 

Muscovy ducks about to take off and get some grain.

Muscovy duck about to take flight.

 

Barn Area

 We have integrated all four of our livestock guardian dogs into the containment area behind the barn.

Kordu = Male Great Pyrenees / Anatolian Sheperd mix
Vekili = Kordu's sister
Minnie = Anatolian Sheperd
Pearl = Minnie's daughter

Ducklings in the Breezeway

 Over the last couple of weeks, we had 9 ducklings, 2 chicks, and 1 Royal Palm turkey hatch in the incubator.  An additional 60+ ducklings have hatched under sitting mama ducks.

Great Pyrenees Adopts Anchored Farms

I went out to do chores on 1 April, and there was a stray Great Pyrenees laying by the barn breezeway.  I first thought it was Kordu, who had broke free, but Kordu was right where he was supposed to be. This stray was very hesitant to approach me, but eventually did when I offered him food.  

He is an amazing guard dog when it comes to the house and people.  He doesn't mess with the adult farm birds or animals, but he did kill a baby chicken, so we can't let him be around the baby birds for a while.

Alisa said he looks like a polar bear, so the family has named him "Po".

Pic 1:  Po walking by the livestock trailer.

Pic 2:  Po hanging out by the barn door.

Pic 3:  Po hanging out with Danielle and Helaman

Butchered Boer Wether

 So, we finally processed the first Boer wether and it produced 44 lbs of packaged meat.

2025 Update

 A lot of changes have taken place on Anchored Farms.  We sold off all of our livestock in 2023, and currently only have farm birds, and five Boer Goats that we bought in the Spring of 2024 for meat production.  Scotty, our registered Scottish Highland bull ended up being processed, because we couldn't sell him.  Three buyers split the beef.  The rest of our Highlands were sold for breeding purposes to other cattle ranchers.

Pic 1: Three Royal Palm toms

Pic 2: Five Boer wethers enjoying Goat ration mixed with Sweet Feed.

Pic 3: Vekili (Anatolian shepherd/Great Pyrenees cross) hanging out with the birds

Pic 4: Five Boer wethers same as above

Wiki the Scot

Wiki, our Scottish Highland bull calf getting some face time. 

These pictures were taken on 4-14-2022

Wiki, with his mom behind him to the left, and his Auntie McKenzie behind him to the right.

Wiki with a broadside pose.

Wiki and his mom, Eilidh, checking out the lawn mower.

 

Quick Update

 It's been a while since anyone paid attention to our "blogs".  I will attempt to get them updated on a regular basis.  We also have a FB "Anchored Farms" page and an Instagram "Anchored Farms".  Feel free to follow all three. These pictures were taken on 31 January 2022.

Not Guinea eggs, just some chicken eggs.

Quick Update

 Time flies when you're having fun.  A lot has happened since 2019.  I will attempt to update this form of e-journal on a regular basis.

This pictures were taken on 10 Jan 2022.  Josiah wanted to wait to celebrate his birthday, until Grandma Stark could be here for the celebration.  She was gone for almost a year, spending time with the other family members in Arizona, Washington, and Oregon.

Pic 1:  Josiah holding up one of his gifts.

Pic 2: Josiah reading a box, as Alisa, Chris, Danielle, Helaman, and Jared, look on.

Pic 3: Darci, Bonnie, Eloise, Karen, and Charlene watch Josiah and Ona open birthday gifts.

Pic 4: Edrie, Danielle, Darci, Bonnie, and Eloise watching the fun.

Pic 5: Ona posing with her birthday cupcakes.

7th Batch

 On 2 November, we delivered eight hogs to Golden City Meats.  All eight were sold to friends.  Six of them, were born on Anchored Farms to our sow Crimson on 20 February 2020.  At 8 months of age, their carcass weights were; 222, 214, 198, 194, 189, and 178 lbs.  The remaining two, were Red Wattle/Herford cross that we purchased and were about 45 days younger than our six. They dressed out at 162 and 160 lbs.

A big thank you goes out to the people who reserved them when they were still small piglets.

Crimson Farrows 22 Sep 2020

 Our Red Wattle sow gave birth to 15 piglets.  Unfortunately, three were stillborn, but she was done farrowing when Chris went out to do morning chores on 22 Sep.

Piglets looking for warmth, as they don't produce much body heat for the first week of life.  This picture was taken 24 Sep.

Crimson letting her piglets nurse.  This picture was taken on 24 Sep.

Georgia Gives Birth

 Our first time mama goat, Georgia, gives birth to triplets on 28 September, however one was deceased.  The two kids in these pictures with Charlene, are doing well, small, but doing well.

Guinea Fowl

 Our guinea fowl, enjoying some sunshine.

Our Red Wattle Breeders

 These are our Red Wattle breeders, two sows and one boar.

Pic 1: Crimson is about to farrow.

Pic 2: Scarlett is currently running with Copper, and should farrow in December.

Pic 3: Copper, our 2 1/2 yr old boar.

Spice & her Kid

 Spice gave birth to twins on 17 September, one buckling,  and one doeling. The doeling was deceased. The little buckling in this videos is small, and is doing well.

Spring on Anchored Farms

 Eilidh (left) and McKenzie (right) enjoying some green grass.

 Eilidh and Mckenzie, our two Scottish Highland heifers enjoying some fresh greens.

 Many of our Nigerian Dwarf goats.

 Scarlett nursing her litter that was born 5-9-2020.

 Scarlett nursing her piglets.  She gave birth to 14, had one stillborn.  One week after birth, 13 are still living.

 Some of our young pullets.

Some of our replacement hens, they are still young pullets.

Chickens Are Awesome

We have about 21 hens that are currently laying.  all of our birds get locked up at night, but "free range during the day.  We have 16 Guinea hens as well. Living in Missouri and the country, ticks are a "dime a dozen", so the guineas come in quite handy.   We call the rooster, Big Red, and there are a few hens that stay close to him.