We are so good about posting to our Rust Belt Farms Facebook Page and we would like to share these on our website as well - photos, events, successes, struggles and accomplishments on our farm. Especially now that I have figured out how to work my DSLR camera and am no longer relying on my trust cell phone to take photos. Its January 2020 - new year, new decade and we are looking forward to what 2020 will bring to our farm and family. Some of the goals that we have for this year:
Enough about the dogs and hedgehogs though! My additional goals for 2020 are to continue to learn how to take better photographs (so far the camera is doing all the work, and I am just hitting the aiming & hitting the button!); become a better handler for my dogs in sports & conformation, and I have an idea for a double hedgehog cage that has been in my mind for a few years that would double the space available in the cages that I think I am finally going to try out.
I almost forgot about the goats and the chickens! I am on the lookout for a few American Bresse chickens to add to my small flock, I have a few Bresse hens but my rooster passed. They are a breed originating from France that is known for the excellent meat quality and are slower growth and tastier than Cornish Rock X, I am excited to try hatching out a few eggs this year from my hens - we have Orphingtons, Bresse, Delaware, French Marans, and Americanas. We have a small herd of Nigerian Dwarf Goats and in 2019 we had our first Doeling born out of Blotches & JB a sweet little spotted goat with few blond patches and blue eyes. We are hoping to have a few more kids born on the farm and we are looking forward to some goat's milk for soap making and maybe even for feta cheese.
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