Farmer Mary is ready for sunshine to melt all the snow! Frozen water bowls, frozen stuck gates, filling the whole house woodstove… There are lots of extra winter chores that keep Farmer Mary from getting some maternity pens set up.
Lucky we had CARSON who was a very young male goat here at Winterpast Farm petting zoo who was our Daddy goat last summer. It took him a while before he spread his charms with our goat ladies. Usually by now we would have several new “kids” (did you know that is what baby goats are called?) here at Winterpast Farm. All the goat ladies are getting round tummies but Farmer Mary hasn’t seen any real udder development with milk filled teats. Those are the big two signs of impending birth.
Thankful that this snow didn’t collapse any maternity pen roofs since Farmer Mary hasn’t gotten around to reroofing the several pens that had that problem last winter. New ideas for non collapsing roof designs are always welcome! Anyone who wants to help reroof and set up the birthing pens is also very welcome once this snow and cold clears. NOTE: some active farm volunteers get baby goats and lambs named after them!
Hope you and yours are all safe and warm! #snow #ncsnow #winterpastfarm #sunshine
Some very happy emu eggs at Winterpast Farm petting zoo in wake Forest NC. Farmer Mary is very happy the big snow is nearly over.
The bunnies and guinea pigs are safe and warm in the new heated garage space at Winterpast Farm petting zoo in Wake Forest NC. Some great farm volunteers helped Farmer Mary get everyone moved in yesterday just before the big snow. Farmer Mary is also storing some of the emu eggs there to keep them from freezing.
Farmer Mary and her daughter just came in from feeding and watering all the animals at Winterpast Farm petting zoo in Wake Forest NC. We have about 2 inches and more coming down.
Farmer Mary had snow start around midnight and about an inch has fallen at Winterpast Farm. Pics taken at 7am. Videos of animals in the barn at Winterpast Farm on FB and winterpast_farm on Instagram.
