Category: Livestock & Animals
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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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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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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…