Our Family Farm

We are a small family farm in Oregon. We have been raising goats, chickens, ducks and turkeys for about 10 years now. We have learned a few things over the years, and are continuing to try and learn more. Chickens were our first endeavor, and we have really enjoyed having them around. We have learned not to leave them free range to early in the morning-and to lock them up at night-the coyotes have had a few free meals here unfortunately. We added ducks and turkeys to the mix, and those have been just as fun. We have learned to move the ducks around in a portable pen made from hog panels. This seems to keep the smell to a minimum and gives them fresh ground to trample on every other week. The turkeys have always done great, and we have learned to call the butcher in Jan. to make an appointment for Thanksgiving time so we can have fresh turkey for the family. And we learned that fresh goat milk is really delicious, nothing like the stuff from the store! Our newest endeavor is meat goats. Our daughters did 4H a couple years back and raised market goats, and the market goat bug has taken root. We now have a breeding Boer doe and some of our dairy goats are being bred to a nice paint Boer buck this year for our growing herd this spring. We are hoping to have a couple wethers to use for 4H and a few extra to sell. If you like fresh duck eggs or chicken eggs, fresh milk, fresh chicken, turkey or duck meat, or would like to try fresh goat meat-give us a hollar. All of our animals are well cared for and given the best life we can give them-even the meat animals, as we think they should be just as well cared for as our pets. We'll post more later!