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Punky Brewster

Ginny Cram — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 01:13:57 +0000

Punky Brewster was born a single goat. She and I spent a lot of time together when she was a kid, so out of all out goats, she is the most attached to me. From day one, and for the first few weeks of her life I would bring her into our house, set her...

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Time Away

Ginny Cram — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:46:57 +0000

We love what we do. On any given day, you may find us lugging buckets of dining hall leftovers up the hill to feed the pigs, chasing after a loose chick that found its way to the promised land (the garden), milking a goat, or a working on a project like building an aviary, prepping...

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Medicine Woman Kids – Part 3: The Early Morning

Ginny Cram — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:43:42 +0000

“Baby goat!” Kris rolled over half asleep and groggily asked, “What?” “Baby goat,” I exclaimed, “there’s only one!” On Friday, June 16th I took the goats out for their evening graze and walk. They all followed me out of the pen and started up the hill as usual, but when we got to the...

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Medicine Woman Kids – Part 2

Ginny Cram — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 03:58:19 +0000

Medicine Woman should kid in about nine days. Not too many changes since last week except that her udder is filling in slightly. At this same time during her last pregnancy her udder was looking pretty big. It seems to be filling in later this time around. I read that second fresheners may fill their...

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Medicine Woman Kids – Part 1

Ginny Cram — Sat, 27 May 2017 23:05:37 +0000

In roughly two weeks our herd queen is due to kid her second litter. The first time, she had four healthy kids – two bucks and two does. The does grew up and both kidded this spring with somewhat large litters. One had three healthy kids, and the other had five, although only one survived. ...

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Early Morning Farm Time

Ginny Cram — Mon, 01 May 2017 00:22:28 +0000

As I step out my door at 6:30 in the morning, with my large cup of coffee in hand, I hear the faint voices of kids making their way across the grounds to visit our mini farm in the corner of camp. They arrive cold yet excited, some in sweat shirts, some in shorts. At...

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Kidding at Midnight

Ginny Cram — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:05:31 +0000

On a warm summer Monday morning we let the goats out and we immediately noticed Dr. Quinn’s change in behavior. She was speaking much more than usual and kept laying down, getting up, and laying somewhere else. I checked her ligaments and they had dropped, she had discharge, and a very full udder. She’ll kid...

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