Author: KiserRidgeFarm
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Ida’s Story: The Reality of Farming
This happened in 2021, but it remains one of the hardest days we’ve ever experienced on the farm. The Most Rewarding Job And the Suckiest One Want to know the most rewarding job in the world? Also the suckiest? Farming. The reality of farming is something you can’t prepare for, it’s something you learn and…
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The Bittersweet Reality Of Farming
The Morning We Didn’t Expect On a farm, new life is often bittersweet. This is just the reality of farming. You love them from the very beginning — even while knowing they won’t be with you forever. You welcome them, care for them, protect them, all while understanding the role they will eventually play. They…
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Meet the Farmers: Our Story at Kiser Ridge Farm
People often find Kiser Ridge Farm through a funny goat reel, a Farm Feral saying, or a photo of animals doing things they absolutely should not be doing. But behind all of that is a long story — one that started long before goats, barns, or fences. Hi, I’m Heather, wife, mom, and author at…
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Floyd the Felon: How One Goat Earned His Reputation
Floyd Didn’t Start Out as a Problem Goat Floyd wasn’t born wild, feral, or looking for trouble. He was born on another farm as a triplet — the odd one out from the beginning. His siblings were both white goats. Floyd was brown, like his mama, and for reasons only goats understand, she refused to…
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Daily Farm Chores: What Actually Goes Into Caring for Livestock
(and Why Kids Are Part of It) There’s a version of farm life people imagine — quiet mornings, a cup of coffee, animals politely waiting to be fed. And then there’s the real version. The farm-feral version. Daily farm chores start early, happen in all weather, and don’t care if you’re tired, busy, or already…
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Raising Farm-Feral Kids: Where Shoes Are Optional and Fences Are Suggestions
Life With Farm-Feral Kids There’s a certain kind of kid you don’t really raise — you release them into the yard and keep an eye on the fence. On a working farm, childhood looks different. Shoes are optional. Dirt is inevitable. Fences are sometimes for livestock… and sometimes for toddlers with very big plans. This…
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Meet our Farm Animals (Including Floyd the Felon)
Life at Kiser Ridge Farm Welcome to Kiser Ridge Farm — home to our farm animals in East Tennessee, where the animals are loud, the fences are suggestions, and the chaos is daily. From our cows to our goats, every creature here has a personality (and an attitude) of its own. We are a working…
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Welcome to Farm-Feral Life at Kiser Ridge Farm
If you’re looking for picture-perfect farmhouse living, this probably isn’t it. This is real farm life in East Tennessee. This is Kiser Ridge Farm — where kids run barefoot, livestock test fences daily, and chaos is just part of the routine. We’re a farm-feral family in East Tennessee raising kids, goats, cows, hogs, chickens, and…