This is our Farm Blog! Will update it as often as we can!
March 4, 2010 12:07pm
Good afternoon Everyone... What fine weather we have been having and nice to see the snow melting away. Will be glad when it is all gone. Everyone is doing well here at the Farm. We put Sammy and Tina together in the same Coral yesterday for the first time and they did Great and both enjoyed eachothers company alot. They seem so happy together and when we took Sam back to his Coral Tina got very upset so once we can change the Fence around we will start putting them together more often and eventually for good. We almost got a Mini Horse recently but decided we were not in a position to take on any more Mini's at the Moment so passed on it. The Hens are all laying Eggs like crazy and we are hoping they go broody soon... Lots of changes in store for the Spring time here so anxious for it to arrive... Tina got new Rubber Mats for her Stalls the other day which made a big difference for her and us cleaning... Got to get Sammy some now... Well that is about it for today... Take Care Everyone....
February 23, 2010 1:06am
Well here it is 1:06 am and here I sit updating the Website. Went to bed but got sick of listening to Tina stomping her feet in her Stall which is not far from my bedroom window. I do not dare let her out cause we are loaded with Coyote around here and I have been seeing them in daylight alot lately and do not want to risk her getting tackled. I assume that is probably what has her so restless. I was shocked when I looked out and saw it Snowing out, we have not had snow up here in like a month, there is alot of bare ground around here. But I guess we got more coming in tomorrow night and I just took the Snowblower off the Tractor but guess I will be putting it back on today. All the Animals are doing good except for Tony one of our Bantam Roosters, he has a bum leg and then today got attacked by some of the other Roosters so he is in his own Cage tonight recovering from his injuries. Sammy bit me so hard today I expected to find a chunk of meat gone, got to break him of that one way or another. I advertised Nanny and Mazda on craigslist today and got lots of hits but feel bad about selling them so have not replied to anyone yet. Saturday afternoon Cassie and I took a walk down behind the House and I followed Coyote, Moose, Deer, Bobcat Tracks and finally decided to turn around since I did not have a leash on Cassie and did not want to come across anything cause I think she would go after it cause of her being a Coonhound... Then she startled a Injured Dove which I rescued and now have in the Garage and with the condition of it's wing it will never fly again so it will live with us now. Did not have the heart to put it down and it seems to be doing ok... When I was doing chores on Sunday night Tina was very restless and looking into the Woods and finally I saw a Single Coyote not far away acting rabid so I booked in the House and got my Pistol and Loaded it and headed out and put her inside and took a look around but it had taken off but had I gotten a better look and it did look rabid I probably would have dispatched it and called a Warden to come get it. There has been alot of Rabid Animals in Skowhegan and Norridgewock lately that they have been putting down and discovering they do have Rabies. We Securely lock everyone in at night but during the day they are out and about... Well guess I will end here and go on Facebook for a while...
February 13, 2010 3:57pm
Good Afternoon Everyone... What a Wonderful Day it was today. Mike and I were up early and did chores and showered and dressed and headed over to Mt. Vernon to Julie & Bob Miners Dew Animal Kingdom to pick up a Muscovy Drake Duck they had for us to go with our two Hens. We had a wonderful visit and Julie offered us to see all the Animals in the Winter time which was a great treat to us as we love their Animals so we got to see the new Baby Lion and Wallaby up close and shake hands with a Monkey and then cage by cage we visited each and every animal there at the Kingdom and it was really Special and we want to Thank Bob & Julie for this special tour they gave us and allowing us to see them all during the Winter. We had such a Great time, we were there a good Two Hours and was thrilled to see everyone... I most enjoyed patting a baby Bobcat... We hope to get over this Spring and do some Volunteer work and help them with what ever they need prior to opening for the season. All our Animals are doing Great and enjoying these nice days we are having... We are so looking forward to Spring and making some changes around here and hopefully get some Ducks and Turkeys laying Eggs and hatching them out... We came close to taking in a Pony yesterday but he was way to Hyper for us and we were afraid he would be a handful.. I think if we are to get more Horses they will be ones we can Ride. Well take care everyone and Happy Valentines Day...
February 1, 2010 3:28pm
Good Afternoon Everyone... What cool windy weather we have been having lately... I have had quite enough of Winter and am so ready for Spring. We lost poor Ed our Silkie Rooster last Friday and now Tony our other Bantam Rooster Shirleys Husband is not looking too good either so I am not sure how much longer he will be with us. But everyone else is doing fine and enduring the frigid temps we have been having. Tina took a spill on the Ice in her coral Saturday morning and we had a hell of a time getting her back up again but Thanks to our Neighbors Mike and Kim they were able to help us get her up again and she has been fine ever since and taking it easy. I cannot believe the Wildlife we have around here this Winter, we have Deer coming out every night, Saturday late afternoon I spotted two Coyote's walking through out woodlot behind Tina's Barn, we have some Rabbit Tracks and Squirrel Tracks and this morning I came across Bobcat tracks down back by the Pet Cemetary and out on the Powerline behind us there are Moose Tracks... Luckily nothing has been bothering the animals though... I will be glad when the Snow is gone so I can get working on new Goat Pens and Shelters and a new Rabbit Hutch too... Well that is about it for now...
January 27, 2010 9:38am
Good Morning Everyone... Or is it... Very sleepless night last night combination of my back killing me and Mike bringing home another Dog. Like we don't already have enough animals bring home another??? We were up at 6am and over to Canaan getting hay which was not fun with a aching back and then home to do the Animals and all Sam wanted to do the moment his door was opened up was Bite. Looks like it is going to be a beautiful day here today weather wise, if my back lets up I want to get out and enjoy it some. Mike is off to a Doctors appointment for his Shoulder today and I am off to one tomorrow for my Stomach Problems and sure hope they can get me on something for it. I can hear him now when I step on the Scale and the lectures I will get but it is much easier said than done... The Muscovy Ducks have to be the cleanest Ducks I have ever seen and go into their house on their own about Duck and never poop in the house even considering they are locked in overnight for their safety. Hope we can find them a drake soon. Would be nice to have some Runner and Muscovy Ducklings running around this Summer and hopefully some Turkeys too... Maybe even some Rabbits if we can find a buck... I sorta wish we had bred Nanny but probably better we did not. So much to do this Spring, hope the snow is gone early and things dry up so we can revamp things around here... Well got to get up and move around so my back does not stiffen up too bad... Have a Nice Day everyone...
January 21, 2010 9:31am
Good Morning Folks... Sorry I have not been good about updating this but it gets rather discouraging when I never get any feedback on the Contact Us page on here... Not much new around here, everyone is doing well and seem to be enjoying the Snow. The two new Muscovies are doing great and are great ducks, they go to bed on their own every night and keep a neat house and are quiet. We have been letting the Bantams out to Free Range and they are loving it even in the snow. Tina is Petrified of the Snow Blower and just about scales the fence when I go down back with it I think it is the Snow coming out the chute that scares her but I am hoping in time she gets over her fear for it. Sam on the other hand walks right up to it and it and it does not faze him at all... Matter of fact he stands behind me when I am backing up I get to him and fall over him most of the time... Thank God for the Tractor with the Snow Blower cause after the Town or State Trucks go by and fill in the driveway that is heavy snow but it cuts right through it with no problem at all... I am sorta tempted to breed Nanny for a June kidding but not sure I want to deal with more Kids... Well thats about it for now... Give me some Feedback....
January 10, 2010 8:31am
Good "Chilly" Morning Everyone... Brrrrr it is a cold one here with temps at 1.4 as I write this... Around 4am it was 6 below zero when I got up to have a look around and bump the furnace up. Mornings like this I hate to disturb the animals as they are usually all curled up nice and warm but are eager to have fresh water. Tina's digs are right outside my bedroom window and from about 3am til I got up I had the pleasure of listening to her stomp her feet and it echo'd nicely into my bedroom... Sam was a wild boy last night rearing up on his hind legs at me and biting like a lion, I think it was my payback for laughing at my Neighbor when she took a spill last night... It was rather funny to see someone else fall, usually it is me :-) We are heading on down to York tomorrow to drop something off and to see my Parents for a little bit and then will probably head on over to NH to get some Groceries before heading back North... Will be nice to see Portsmouth in person instead of through a Livecam. I am really anxious for Spring, I have so much I want to do around here... Plus I am going to bring the Convertible up this Spring to go Moose watching in which will be fun... I am really itching to Move yes again into a place with a real Barn and Pasture but at the same time just want to settle in here and make the best of it... Well time to bundle up and head out into the now 3.2 degree temps and do chores...
January 6, 2010 9:52am
Good Morning Everyone... Well I think the cold temps are creeping back up on us again. Was so nice having temps in the 30's for a bit but hey it is winter in Maine. We did chores today and all was well and Sammy behaved and never bit me once or showed teeth. I think alot of it is he feels ignored and is just looking for more attention and is playing. We will geld him in May if he is ready. Michael has decided to name the two new Muscovy Ducks "Crystal & Amanda" and they are doing wonderful. Will try to get some Pics up of them soon... I will be so glad when Spring arrives, I have so much I want to do around here and changes to make that is if we stay here, been toying over talking to my Realtor about selling and finding something more practical for our Animal situation. One thing I want to do in the Spring is get a new Custom Build Chicken Pen, the ones we got last year were cute but not practical. I want something Big that we can walk into for gathering Eggs and Cleaning and be able to stand up and plenty of Roosts and Windows and Ventilation and plenty of room for Nests. I want in the early Spring to Order a dozen or two Standard Hens that are good year round layers... Well that is about it for today...
January 4, 2010 5:28pm
Happy New Year Everyone!!! Lets all make it a Happy & Healthy one too... Well all is well here at the Farm. Everyone survived the cold spell we had and the below zero temps, I was worried that we might lose some Ducks and maybe even Nanny but they all pulled through it just fine. Was really tough on us going out to do Chores Morning and Night and I took many spills and got a few good shocks from the fence too. Well we have plenty of snow now and I have just about had enough of it and Snowblowing. We bought a new Walk Behind Snowblower to do around the Animals where I cannot get with the Tractor so that was a big help but it gives you quite a work out too. We have added Two Muscovy Ducks to the Farm, our Friend Brian gave them to us yesterday so we have them back here now and got to track down a male for them soon. We have alot of Deer out back too so Mike bought some Deer Treats and Food Blocks and put them down back and they wasted no time finding them but we have not seem them yet so they must be coming out during the night. We had a Quiet Christmas and New Years too... Nothing special this year but enjoyed ourselves anyway... Going to be a busy Spring for us, lots to do and want to get it all done so we can enjoy Summer and Fall when it comes... I had a nice visit with my Family last week and Mike is thrilled to have his Parents back in the area too so he can see them more often... Cassie has Vowed to never set foot out back again. She used to love the back yard and playing but she has gotten too close to the Electric Fence on at least 3 occasions and gotten quite a jolt and last night I finally convinced her to come down with us when we were doing chores and reluctantly she did but was nervous and next thing we know she began yelping, Sam went over and bit her twice before we could get them apart and talk about a scared Dog. She will never go there again... Well thats about it for now, will try to get Pics up of the new Ducks soon... Please excuse the Homepage not lining up, I am struggling to repair it but having troubles...
December 18, 2009 11:41pm
Good Evening Everyone... Boy have we been having some frigid cold weather the last 2-3 days with temps below zero during the night and single digits during the day but I think it is going to warm up a bit this coming weekend. The Animals got through it better than Mike and I from the looks of it but we did lose one Bantam Hen but I think it was a combination of being sick and the cold... Well we had our Christmas Party tonight also and had some of the Neighbors over and we all had a great time... We are so Happy to be in a Neighborhood where we are liked and Welcomed with open arms and treated so well. Everyone around us has been Great to us and helped us out so much and made us feel so Welcome. We look forward to many more get togethers with them all. Tomorrow we are off to help Mikes Parents get settled into their new home up here and then Sunday will go see our Friends in Sangerville... Christmas is just around the corner now... Well Take Care Everyone and we want to Thank Mike, Kim, Charlie, Chloe & Dave & Linda for coming over tonight and helping us to have such a Wonderful Evening with Good Friends...
December 12, 2009 11:24am
Good Morning Everyone... Let me start by saying I am sorry about the alignment issue with the home page, been trying to figure out how to shrink it down all morning but cannot figure it out. I ended up shrinking this one down I see though and I did not want too... Will keep working on it... All is well here at the Farm except for the miserable cold temps. This set up here is much different that what we had in Norridgewock and we are exposed to the elements when doing chores unlike in Norridgewock and we are lugging water alot further too which sucks. Aside from Painting it Tina's new Barn is complete and both us and her are really liking it alot. The Three Guys who built it did a Great Job!!! Nice having all the Hay Storage too... The Guys came back on Thursday and raised my Workshop up and Built a new Rugged Floor for it and then set it down on it and they are building me a new Ramp and Door for it too. We had gutted it to put Tina in but now that she is down back in her new place I am going to get my Workshop back so I will be busy working on that when ever I can stand the weather. Will be nice to have that all set up like the one in Norridgewock was. Animals seem to be doing ok with the cold. We bought Tina a new Winter Coat to keep her warm... This Storm we had brought us around 10-12 in of Snow and I made out ok Snowblowing the Driveway with the Tractor but I did manage to suck in a extension cord we had going to some Christmas Lights and wound it up tight in the auger and cut it off. Well enjoy the Weekend everyone....
December 3, 2009 10:47am
What a rainy nasty day today is turning out to be outside... The guys showed up yesterday morning at about 8:30am and began building Tina's new House at 9am and three of them worked til after dark about 5pm on it and almost completed it. I was so amazed at how well they worked together and got so much done and only stopped for like 20 mins for lunch. Hopefully they will be back in the morning to finish it up. All they have left to do is put the Metal Roof on, put the Two Doors on and trim work and build a Ramp into the Horse Part and Steps to the hay Storage. I will go out and snap a Pic of what they have done so far and post it on the Home Page. This is going to be so Great for Tina and Hay Storage, we should be able to put up at least 50 bales or more at a time and have room for grain. I would like to have these guys come back in the Spring and Build a new Building for the Boys and Girls and get rid of the crap we bought at the Lumber Yard, there is no comparison what so ever between the two... The Sun is trying to come out as I write this so maybe the rain will stop and they will return today... Sammy kept them company all day watching them like a hawn and running around kicking his back feet up in the air and braying every chance he could... I think they actually enjoyed working with him there. Tina on the other hand was rather intimidating to them so she had to stay in her current stall all day and was she some mad about that. I think I am going to work on getting the New Workshop Floor next and want to get a new Rabbit Hutch built too... I also need to build a new Duck House too... Many people and you know who you are seem to be bitching to Mike and I that I am not updating the Blog and the Site often enough... Well I have Begged in this Blog time and time again for those who read it to PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE go to the Contact Us page and leave us Feedback on the Blog or Website or Questions whether it good or bad so I know that People are checking it out. It frustrates me to know end cause I can track ISP #'s through the site and see what people are viewing and how often they visit so why not take a few Minutes and send us feedback. Two of my Sisters do it but that is it. I know many of the Sites I visit I always leave Feedback for them. Please take a few minutes and give us your thoughts... Well I am going to go snap a Pic of Tina's new Digs and get it on the Home Page....
November 29, 2009 12:29pm
Good Afternoon everyone... Hope you all survived that Heavy Wind yesterday... We did except for some branch's that came down and many things blown all over the yard and things knocked over... We are very excited to announce that Wednesday December 2nd the Builder will be here to start building Tina's new Shelter. It is going to be 12x16 with 8ft walls and a high ceiling inside and she will have a 12x12 area with windows and a Split Door and then a 4x12 area with it's own door for Hay & Grain Storage. I will wire it up myself with Interior and Exterior Lights and Outlets for the Heated Water Bucket and the Fence Charger and then in the Spring we will have to paint it. We are going to put Rubber Stall Mats down on the Floor as well... I am hoping to move Sammy's House over there too at some point and they will share the Big Coral with the Electric Fence... He said it would take 3 days to complete it weather permitting so keeping our fingers crossed for good weather.... Well that is about all the news for today.. Mike just left for work and I am going to go out and try to build some Shrub and Bush covers...
November 27, 2009 11:58am
Hello Everyone... Hope you all had a Great Thanksgiving and relaxed... Ours was very quiet here, Michael had to work and I stayed put here alone with the Kids... I did take a drive though and took a walk and got some fresh air... Well all is well here at the Farm, Tina and Sam are really hitting it off now and I think they want to start dating. Every time I take Tina from her coral to put her in her stable she wants to trot right over to see Sammy first and they sniff noses and chat a bit and Sam gets so excited when he see's her coming in the morning... We had a Contractor out this morning who is going to Build Tina a new Barn down next to her Coral so she can come and go as she pleases. Right now she is boarded in my 12x12 Workshop which we took the floor out of and removed the Insulation from the walls and that is next to the driveway so we have to take her back and fourth to the coral but with her own new barn down back she will be able to go inside anytime on her own. We are hoping he is going to build it next week if all goes well. Would like to get her settled into it before the snow flies and I would like to get a new Floor and Door on the Workshop so I can be getting that set up too... Actually very excited about that as I want to get a bunch of Bird Houses built before Spring to put up. The Goats are all doing Great and the Ducks and Turkeys and Rabbits and Chickens too... Turkeys are thrilled I bought them and they did not end up on anyones table like their Brothers and Sisters did... I cannot wait for them to lay in the Spring and give us some chicks... Michaels Parents sold their Home in Lebanon, ME and came up a week ago today and we all went out house hunting for the day with our Good Friend Muriel, after getting very discouraged at what we saw we had one left to go in Skowhegan and we drove over, it was just about dark and a rainy miserable day and I knew the moment we pulled into the driveway that this place was the one. Both Mike and I fell in love with it and Michael put an offer in on it and the next day they went under contract with it... We are thrilled to have them back up here again and this home is going to be very comfortable for them and needs nothing... So on December 7th Mike and I are driving down to help pack the Uhaul Truck and on the 8th they close on their house in Lebanon and we will all drive up and on the 9th they close on Madison and we will unpack the Uhaul Truck and get them settled in... Michael is thrilled to have them close by again. This will also give me more opportunities to go visit my Family as Mikes Dad can help him with the Animals while I am away in York which I am Thankful For... We are going to start Decorating for Christmas tomorrow, last year with the Asshole Neighbors we had no spririt for the Holidays and did not decorate at all but this year will be different and we will go back to our old Tradition except for this year we are doing a Fake Tree instead of Real which will be very very different for me since I grew up with real tree's and Mike and I always had real but decided to do a fake this year. Well thats about it for now... Take Care Everyone and Please, Please, Please leave us some Comments on the "Contact Us Page" and give us your feedback whether it be Good or Bad...
November 15, 2009 9:04am
Good Morning Folks... What a wet weekend this has been so far, we got some really heavy rain here yesterday and last night that really soaked things good. If that had been snow we would have really been in trouble I think... Well last week one of our Rabbits Cinnamon passed away. He had not been feeling good for a couple days and when Mike went out to do chores Wednesday Morning he found him dead. He was not even two years old and had been eating well the night before when I did chores. I decided to add a "In Memory" Page to the Website to Post Pics of those we have lost here so check it out... I am going to work on trying to ad some short M-Pegs to the site one of these days... Our Wonderful Neighbor Kim showed me how to better handle Tina the other day and what a difference it made just learning how to hold the leed rope and a few simple words to say. She no longer leeds me around and does what she wants too... She is a real Sweetheart though and Mike loves her so much... He has a routine with her now. He gets up in the Morning and gets her Grain and Meds together and feeds her and then he goes down and Feeds and Waters and spends time with the Goats, Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits, Turkeys and Sam and brushes him out. Then he goes and gets Tina and puts her out and while she is eating her hay he spends about an hour Brushing her and making sure her Mane and Tail are combed out and look perfect. And several times throughout the day he is out there walking her around and hugging and kissing her... I spend alot of time with her too but not doing what he does, she has a wonderful personality and loves to play... The new Rabbit "Oreo" we got from Friends in Sangerville is doing great... Well got to get busy... Have a Great Day Everyone....
November 9, 2009 10:10am
Good Morning Everyone... Hope this finds you all well?? Well it has been some interesting around here... Last Thursday we began the morning with light snow flurries and that soon turned to fairly heavy snow which I was so not impressed with since we were not ready for it. Michael was down in Southern Maine visiting Family and seeing his Grandfather before they took him off life support. He was to drive back Thursday evening after he picked up some Finches for me in Sanford and he ran into the crappy weather around Lewiston and said that driving was horrible. I went out and did the Animals in it and it was not fun. Sammy had never seen snow and did not know what to make of it since he was Born April 28th of 2009. The Turkeys also had not seen Snow before but they seem to enjoy it and many of the Bantam Babies had not seen it either... But Tina (Horse) loved it and really enjoyed being out in it... Mike finally made it home about 930pm and it was really adding up... We went to bed about Midnight and he woke me at around 1230-100am to inform me we had lost Power so assuming it would come back on I stayed in bed but not long after noticed it was getting chilly so go up and went out and got the Kerosene Heater and brought it in and lit it and stayed up with it all night and until Friday at about 130pm when the Power Came back on... I had to get the heater going for the Birds... We survived it ok but we ended up with about 5 in +/- in of snow and I did not have the Snow Blower on the Tractor yet... So I went out and put that on and cleaned up a little bit... Was not sun to say the least and now I am going Generator Shopping for one that will at least run the Well Pump and the Furnace and the Computer... I killed the Battery in one laptop so I switched to the next one and then the next one til all four were dead and then on to the Cell Phone which I can get Internet with and was able to get all my E-mail and go on all my Favorite Sites and finally killed that battery too... Then we heard a Helicopter coming extremely low and ran out back and it was hovering tree level out back almost over the Horse and they were flying the Power Line checking for the break in the wire but it was some impressive seeing such a Big Bell Jet Ranger Helicopter flying that low across the back yard... It really Spooked Tina... Well Sunday we went to Campbell Farm for the day and hung out with a bunch of Friends... We Celebrated out Friend Brians Birthday with Cake and Ice Cream and have a Wonderful Lunch... Mike and I brought home a Floppy Earred Rabbit and two Standard Chickens (Hens) to put with George, he has been lonely since Naked Passed... Our back Yard still has Snow covering it but hoping the Sun and warm Temps today melts it away... It is nice in the sun today but cool other places... Well take care everyone... Changed some Pics on the Slideshows today too so check them out... Also we ask that anyone who checks this out would You please go to the "Contact Us" Page and give us some input on the site or what you think of it... Please!!! I can monitor the Site usage and see the activity but never any comments so Please take a few minutes to comment... Thanks Jeff & Mike
November 2, 2009 8:12am
Well today is a very Sad day at Wagging Tails Farm. My Beloved Chicken "Naked" a Naked Neck Hen Passed Away somtime after midnight last night. Michael found her this morning upon opening her little door up. Her health had not been too good over the last few weeks and she was disoriented alot and some days never left the coop. Yesterday she did come out though and enjoyed the sun for a while and a rotten apple I gave her. When I put everyone to bed last evening she had gone in on her own and was resting comfortably next to her nest and George was watching over her. He will miss her as they shared a pen of their own just the two of them. I may see if I can find a single Hen for him someplace so he is not lonley. We got her five and a half years ago when we moved to Canaan, she came from Murray McMurray Hatchery down south and made the journey up here through the mail and she always got picked on by the others cause she was different so we always kept her seperated so they would not kill her. She saw all of our Homes up here and she herself had many different coops over the years but since we came to Madison she was allowed to Free Range all the time. I will miss her running after me and following me looking for handouts and scratch... She was the last Standard Size Hen we had, George her Boyfriend is a Standard Rooster but everything else is Bantam. I was so sad when Mike texted me and told me about finding her. We will give her a proper burial this afternoon and I am going to build her a wooden casket and make a cross for her plot. She was my Girl... Aside from that everyone else is doing Great... Tina has adapted well to Mike and I and loves her new surroundings but I think is lonley and would like another horse for companionship... If we had the room we would honor that and get her one... Sam is doing great too but full of the Devil all the time... We might be taking on another Rabbit soon, just waiting to hear back now... Well guess I will end here for now, I put a Pic of naked on the Home Page... Say a Prayer for her...
October 21, 2009 10:45am
Good Evening Everyone... Hope this finds you all well and getting adjusted to this Winter like weather we have been having... I am so not ready for it at all... Well Tina is doing Great and adjusting to her life at Wagging Tails Farm and to Mike and I just fine... We are so thrilled having her here for the rest of her life however long that may be... We kept her in her new Shelter for a week to get adjusted here and to us and then we got her new Coral with the Electric Fence up on Monday and put her in it and she loves it out there where she can see Sammy. Speaking of which Sammy is doing Great too... He is quite the hell raiser these days sneaking up behind us and nipping... The day after Tina arrived the Farrier came out and took care of Tina & Sam's Hooves and they both were great with her and she will be back every 8 Weeks to keep them trimmed up... The rest of the Gang is doing Great... Edna finally grew her Tail Feathers back after Jim pulled them all out trying to put her in one night... The Goats are doing Great and plumping up for winter... Naked and George are showing their age and slowing down alot, there are days when they never leave the coop... Roberta is picking on Tom something fierce constantly pecking him... Cinnamon and Fluff are doing great and get very excited each night for the their treats... Maybe next spring we will put them together for some little ones... Simon (Cat) is not feeling well so he is off to the Vets on Friday Afternoon for a check up, we are hoping it is nothing serious... Well thats about it for now.... Check out the New Pics on some of the pages and the main slide show on the homepage...
October 10, 2009 9:13am
Good Morning Folks... Well the Big Day has arrived... "Tina a.k.a. 360" is on her way to Wagging Tails Farm as I write this. Our Great Neighbors Mike and Kim offered to go pick her up in Sangerville at our Friend Brian's Farm for us which was a very nice gesture since we could not find anyone else to do it for us. So Mike headed out with them about 7:30am and they arrived and loaded her and are on their way home now. I am so nervous I got to admit, having grown up with only Cats and Dogs and small animals and now having a Small Hobby Farm with a variety of Animals this is a whole new experience for me. She will be the Biggests Most Powerful Animal on the Farm... But she has been very Gentle with us at Brians and I hope she adjusts well and makes new Friends here. We are fortunate to have such Great Neighbors and they have a Horse and lots of experience with them so that will help if we have a question. Michael had Horses when he was a kid so he is knows about them too... I will update this and add Pics later today... Well she arrived and we unloaded her and she was great. Kim knows her horses and how to handle them and did a Great Job with Tina and we really appreciate her and Mike helping us so much. She will take a while to adjust here but in time I am sure she will be fine... Yesterday the Logger came back and removed the two big tree's next to the Garage so we had to take down the Donkey Pen so he could get his skidder in so we are putting that back up today and thats about it... Will try to get some Pics Posted later...
October 3, 2009 2:29pm
Well hello everyone... What a week it has been here at the Farm. Been busy working outside trying to get things situated for Winter. Michaels Mother came up for a visit to meet Sammy, Tom, Roberta, Edna and really liked Sammy alot. We are still working on the Pen for "360" and deciding where to place it. I will give you all a good laugh... Thursday afternoon Mike and I went out to do Chores together so we could go out to Dinner and relax.. So out we went and each did our own thing. I went into the Chicken Pen which is raised about a foot off the ground and was dealing with Ed's food and water and upon exiting the Shed stepped on a Egg which caused me to slip and down I went like a ton of bricks. Dam that hurt, skun my ass all up and swore I broke my elbow and Mike got a good laugh as he saw it happen. I landed in a mud puddle which did not help. Mike came over and helped me up and I was really sore but tried to finish what I was doing. My arm was killing me and I could feel it swelling up. So Mike being the dink he can be kept on laughing... Well he was in the Goat Pen kneeling down changing the Baking Soda Bowl and he stood up and nailed his head dead center on a support beam and saw stars so I got to get a good laugh in myself... He suddenly stopped laughing and kept rubbing his head... I was a mess when we got inside with a scratched up ass and my arm swelled out to the the size of a Grapefruit. Was going to go to the ER but decided to wait. It is really sore and bruised but guess I will live. I just added a For Sale Page on the site hoping to sell a few of the Animals to good caring Pet Homes. Will let you know when "360" gets here...
September 23, 2009 1:59pm
Good Afternoon everyone... What nice days we have been having lately and cool nights for sleeping... Well I have been keeping pretty busy while Mike has been at work trying to get things done before the snow flies... Sunday I went to Sangerville to Campbell Farm to hangout with my Friend Brian and his Mom and ended up helping pick the remaining Veggies and we Dug Potato's, I really enjoyed myself and he gave me a bunch of Squash and Potato's to take home which was nice. I spent more time with "360" leading her around the pasture getting her used to me for when she comes to Wagging Tails Farm in the near Future. Then he had me go get one of his big new Draft Horses, I got to admit I was nervous since I had not spent any time around them and they are powerful animals and could send me flying but Jake let me take ahold of his Halter and start leading him into the Barn but I could feel the power ever step he took and when he jerked his head around but I did it... I think we are going to go to York on Friday to get some Lumber I have down there to use on 360's House but will come back the same night and then hope to go to the Common Ground Fair on Saturday and Sunday will work on 360's set up... We bought one of those Huge Round Bales of Hay on Monday to try for a change and what a mistake that was, never again and I will be some glad when it is gone. Sammy is doing great and becoming quite the little hellion running around chasing us and nipping... And he seems to love Cassie which is good.. Is anyone looking for a Nigerian Dwarf Buck or a Doe? How about some Indian Runner Ducks or some Bantam Roosters? Let us know if you are, we can set you up....
September 18, 2009 9:31am
Good Morning Everyone... Hope everyone is doing well and surviving these Cold Days we are having brrrr... I am so not ready for them at all and hate wearing pants but have already donned them once already... Animals are all doing Great... The new Additions are doing great and fitting in well and Sammy is a wild boy out to raise hell. Yesterday Nanny decided she wanted out so she kept slamming her door with her horns and managed to break it down so Mike found her out wondering around visiting everyone. I am worried I am going to have some Ducklings in the house sometime soon, they have been setting on a clutch and if they hatch it is too cold outside now so I will have to pull them and put them under a heat lamp in the Garage or house until the are big enough to deal with the cold. I dread that if that happens, this will be the second time they have pulled this crap going broody in the fall on us. I noticed yesterday a Friend had one of her Alpaca's listed on Craigslist, I wish I could buy it for a companion to Sammy but money is sorta tight these days... But I have got to find him a Friend soon... Was working on getting 360 but not sure I am going to be able to pull it off or not. Finally got the Workshop cleaned out and gutted and now got to jack it up to make way for the new floor I hope to get in soon before the snow flies. Would like to get the Floor in and wire it up and put walls up in it and heat it and get the workshop set up so we can get making some Christmas Gifts as we did last year plus I am going to park my Tractor in their prior to Storms but will keep it in the back of the garage the rest of the time. Been running the furnace the last couple days here and it seems to work ok and does take the chill off. Wish I could get a pellet stove as well but don't really have a place for it anyway. Well got to get some things done now...
September 14, 2009 10:03am
Good Morning Everyone... Hope you all had a Great Weekend... We did... Friday was Michaels "36th" Birthday and My Parents came to town to help Celebrate it... We had Dinner Friday Night and then Saturday we took a ride to Sangerville to visit our Friend Brian and his Mother and I wanted to show my Parents and Sister around his Farm, then we went on to Greeville to the International Seaplane Fly In and watched the activities for the afternoon and then took a ride up to the B-52 Crash Site to show them, Mike and I had been up there before. Then we came home and had a nice Dinner and Cake.. Sunday we went to DEW Animal Kingdom in Mt. Vernon. Then Sunday afternoon Mike and I took a ride to Bingham and walked around the edges of Wyman Lake to get some fresh air... On the Farm all is well... Friday we completed the Turkey Pen and House and moved it down back and got them in it, they seem to like it alot. I still need to paint it, do some trim work and put some windows in it. Sammy the Donkey is doing great and so Friendly and Affectionate with us and everyone who comes to see him. We are thrilled to have him and the Turkeys here now... Mike named the Turkeys Tom, Roberta, Edna and goes out and sits in their pen with them and holds them hoping to get them used to us and Friendly rather than wild. I added Pics of them on many of the web pages. Except for the possibility of "360" coming to live with us there will be no more additions to Wagging Tails Farm this year. We are thinking about Breeding Lilly this year for a Spring Kidding but still debating on that one. We would love to get a Dozen or 15 Laying Hens in the Spring for Egg's but will deal with that later on. If anyone would like to come by and see and meet Sammy or Tom, Roberta, Edna or the rest of the came Please let us know, we would love to show them all off. I am going to start wiring up all the Pens for Lights and a Outlet this week I Hope. They will all have heated Water Buckets and Bowls this winter and each pen will have lights. Also got to get a Solid Roof built over the Chicken Coop and Duck Pens and will put plastic around them for Winter. I am worried we might have some Ducklings to contend with soon. All of a sudden one of the ducks has gone broody on a clutch so if they do hatch we will have to pull them and put them in the garage under a heat lamp til they mature... Well thats about it for now... Check out the Pics of the New Comers....
September 8, 2009 11:11pm
Hello Everyone... Hope this finds you all doing well... Well exciting changes here at Wagging Tails Farm... Sammy the Mini Donkey arrived last Thursday Morning and then we picked up the Two Royal Palm Turkeys and the Bronze one yesterday. Sammy is doing Great and adjusting to his new surroundings well. He loves Cassie and Mike and I and gets so excited when he see's us. He is working quite hard on his Donkey Noise but does not have it quite mastered yet but he is getting better and better at it... He was born April 28th so he is still learning lots of stuff but we love him and are excited the Julie & Bob allowed us to adopt him. We welcome you all over to meet him when ever you would like to come... Yesterday we went to our Friend Brian's in Sangerville and picked up the Hen and Tom Royal Palm Turkeys and also got a Bronze Hen as well and still am seriously considering adopting "360" the wonderful Horse who would be a awsome companion to Sammy. She is a retired Race Horse... Well the Logger finished up today, we will miss having them around and watching all the excitement. He still will be back at some point to remove two more tree's near the garage but not sure when. We finished up the siding on the facade of the Garage and Breezeway and I got to put the finishing touch's on the Turkey House tomorrow and build their Outside Pen. Things have been very hairy around here lately as we have had a pack of Coyote coming in almost nightly but they have not gotten to the Animals as we have very Secure Pens and lock everyone in by dusk but we did go out one night and found then right behind the pens and I was prepared to shoot and kill if they had gained access. Then the following night I heard them and sat in my bedroom window and way down in the back yard saw three large ones cross with my binoculars but they kept their distance. I do not want to have to shoot them as we enjoy all kinds of Wildlife and the owls have been around too and I was told they may be stalking the Ducks but we lock them in their house as well. My Friend Kathy told us to Urinate around the edges of our Property and that will keep them away and sprinkle hair clippings around as well and that will keep them away. Everyone else is doing great... Michaels Birthday is this coming Friday September 11th... Please write and wish him a Happy Birthday Everyone... mikeylikesit1973@yahoo.com It would meant the world to him to hear from you... First chance I get I will Post Pics of the Turkeys and more of Sammy...
August 31, 2009 11:30pm
Good Evening Everyone, Sorry I have been so out of touch with this Blog lately but been really busy around here... Been running around here and there and trying to get more repairs done to the house and have had a Logging Company in here Select Cutting our 5 Acres and they are now working on removing the Ugly Pine Tree's we had in the back yard and beside the garage that were so messy and a pain with the pitch... I cannot believe the difference the three tree's he has removed so far from the back yard is allowing the sunlight in to the House, My Bedroom was always so dark and dingy and now is sunny and bright, he still has 5 more in the back yard and two next to the Garage to take down and one behind the workshop. I was facinated watching him taking them down today and how quick he does it. So far in the woods next to the house he has taken around 7-8 Truck Loads of Logs out and probably will be another two - three... It has opened it up nicely and is helping to dry things up in there which is nice for the wet spots. As for the Animals they are all doing Great... We are very excited about the new arrivals coming this week, I am hoping to bring the two Royal Palm Turkeys home tomorrow (Tue) if I can get their Pen completed and with any luck we will be picking up Sammy our Mini Donkey who is coming to live with us on Wednesday. We are very excited about their arrivals to Wagging Tails Farm and getting them settled in here. I also got the new Dishwasher installed this week which was long overdue, the one that was here when we moved in was old and tired. Going to get the Remaining Clapboards up on the Breezeway tomorrow and hopefully the new steps on the deck... Watch for Pics of The Royal Palms and Sammy the Mini Donkey, will post them as soon as they get here... Sammy is already on the Home Page, Those Pics were taken last Friday...
August 23, 2009 11:51am
Hello Everyone... Well we have been having some warm weather lately and making for some uncomfortable times thats for sure... All is well here at the Farm. Animals are doing Great and raising holy hell every day. We had our Farm Hand over last Sunday to clean pens and been trying to figure out where I am going to put the Turkeys which are coming soon. Getting a Hen and a Tom Royal Palms which are great Turkeys... Mike may get a couple Muscovy Ducks too and we are still contemplating the Horse... We both really want her alot but want to make sure we can provide for her. The Loggers are busy working on our Land and hauled out 4 Loads last week and will work on more this week and hopefully remove the tree's in the Back Yard and on the side of the Garage. This week I am going to concentrate on completing repairs to the Garage and finishing up the siding on the breezeway and hopefully get the Electrician in to wire up the new Panel in the Garage. Next week will deal with the new Floor in the Workshop and get a new Garage Door put on it. Cannot believe Labor Day is almost here... Nice breeze out there today so hopefully it will not be so hot today... Well guess thats it for now...
August 15, 2009 9:41am
Good Morning Everyone... Hope this all find you will and enjoying the warm weather we have been having... Amazing how one jerk from Newburgh can dampen your enjoyment of Farming and Keeping the Website current but she is a thing of the past... All is well here, all 11 Baby Chicks are doing great and growing quickly and so cute to watch in their new Coop... We are trying to give away some adult Bantam Roosters if anyone is interested, they are beautiful Birds... The 6 Goat Kids are Celebrating their 1 year Birthdays now so I bought them a Birthday Cake and will divy it up among them... They will love it especially Ben... We have retained a Logging Company to come in and thin out our Land, he is supposed to start today knocking down timber and pulling it out and is also going to remove the 11 Pine Tree's we want gone from beside the Garage and the back yard so we are excited about having that all opened up and no more Pineneedles.. Next year will put a Garden in there somewhere... Will be fun to watch them Logging it out and having it more open in there to see the wildlife plus it is going to make us $$$ which will pay for our Heating Oil this winter and Property Tax's. Well my new Garage Doors and Openers are all in, I did that this week and and am very pleased at how they look. Now working on Clapboards on the Breezeway Facade and eventually will replace some trim as well. Today we are having a Yard Sale and trying to thin alot of stuff out of here and get the Garage Opened up for Cars... I then want to start re-wiring the Garage and then will start on the workshop Renovations (New Floor, Walls, Windows, Wiring, Garage Door n Opener) and get that settled for making Gifts for Christmas... The Animals Pens I plan to enclose this Winter too... Well thats about it for this weekend, got to get busy....
August 8, 2009 9:32pm
Well once again "Wagging Tails Farm" has been targeted for Harassment and Slander and this time by a Sleazy Woman in Newburgh, ME. She has decided to attack us on her Website and has People sending us hate mail and harassing phone calls at all hours of the night. And all because I confronted her about some of our Ducks she had that were Killed on her Farm over Negligence and her explicit and raunchy details of their death she posted on her Profanity Filled Blog. I find it sad this woman is allowed to have Animals. We visited her Farm last year and she had a Horse that was very sick with green fluid running out of it's nose and it was obviously suffering and she was doing nothing about it, then she has a overgrown Pig that has outgrown it's living arrangements away from the elements but still she has to cram herself in it. If she spent a little less money on her drug addictions and more money on her Animals they might be able to live life more enjoyable. If ever she approaches you to Purchase Animals from you she will tell you she wants them and then last minute backs out crying poverty, we gave in and gave them to her and then found out from another Farmer that this is her track record and she does it all the time, we got burned once with her but never again. I was in the area today and had a look around. I worked on my new Garage Doors this afternoon, got one on and got to make some adjustments tomorrow and put the Opener up and then I will start on the other one. Monday I am going to make it so the Cars fit in it again by sorting and getting rid of stuff. I am getting more Guinea Fowl I think, 3 of them if all goes well and am considering some Pea Fowl I came across as well... And I am getting two Turkeys from my Friend in Sangerville. Things are finally taking shape here now...
August 3, 2009 9:05am
Good Morning Everyone... Hope you all had a nice weekend... Ours was very hectic and we never stopped... Friday we ended up Working all day in the rain to divide off the new Gambrel Building for the Chickens so we could move them into it. Momma Bantam and her 11 Chicks and her Previous 6 and then a area for George and Naked and a seperate area for Ed who was getting picked on. We worked in the pouring rain and I fell in the dam mud and grass several times as it was a slippery mess... Then we had to bring the last of the Two Chicken Coops we bought in Augusta up and clean it out as I Sold it to a Former News Anchor Woman who saw it on Craigslist. Saturday we were going to have a Yard Sale but ended up delivering the Pen to her and then hit a few Yard Sales on the way home and got the Boys a Little Tikes play tower which they are really loving and then came home and visited one of the Neighbors and just messed around here and then went to a Friends for Dinner. Sunday we spent the Day working on the new outside pen for the Chickens, then was going to do the new Garage Doors but started them and decided to wait to finish them this week. I bought new Replacement Garage Door Openers for them but do not like them so will return them tomorrow when I am down in Portsmouth and will get the better ones like I had in Norridgewock and get them up when I return... All the Animals are doing great, Boys are loving their new Play thing and the Girls are fine and the Baby Chicks are about 5-6 days old now and loving going outside already... We are giving away 4 Beautiful Young Bantam Roosters if your interested... I am scouting around for some Flemish Giant Rabbits... I think the Bugs are going to do me in this Summer, every time I am outside working I have to load up with Bug Spray which I hate but otherwise I cannot stand it outside... Will be glad when they are gone... Well thats about it for now, will try to add some pics later today I took yesterday...
July 26, 2009 9:25am
Hello Everyone... Sort of a strange weekend weather wise up here... Was somewhat nice yesterday but cloudy and sprinkling today. Dam bugs are making it very miserable to spend any time outside, between the nasty horseflies and mosquito's I do not know which is worse and I hate Bug Spray. Put up a very nice Screenhouse so I can get out and watch the animals at least. Summer is drifting by quickly and before we know it we will be out blowing snow around. We have alot to do around here before that happens though and I hope we can accomplish it. I think we will be spending alot of time on our butts this winter, where the Animals are is down a small hill so when the road to the is Snow Blowed I bet it will get slippery so will have to keep the creepers handy to keep from falling. I need to enlarge the gate into the animal area so I can get in there with the tractor and put small gates into their outside pens so we can keep them opened up too. I will be wiring up each pen here soon with Lights and a Outlet for their Heated Water Buckets. I have been delayed in getting my new Garage Doors on as they have not come in to Hammond Lumber yet, they had to special order them and they are now supposed to be in on Tuesday, I hope so cause I want to get them installed with their new Openers and then I need to replace some Siding and Trim, then I am going to re-wire the entire garage and have it's own entrance put in. I was given a Furnace and was planning on hooking it up in the Garage and Insulating it so I could work on the Cars or Tractor if need be in the Winter time but the Indian Giver took it back and is not refusing to give it to me so I guess that won't be happening. Thursday we put out some stuff for sale and had many people stop by but did not sell much, planning on a three day yard sale next weekend. Mike trimmed all the Goats Hooves that day also and with the new set up it worked out well. Next nice day I got to get the Lawn Mowed. Well I counted the newly hatched Bantam Chickens, as of yesterday morning there are 11. Check out the New Slideshow for their Pics and I will Post some on the Breaking News Page too... Enjoy the rest of the Weekend...
July 25, 2009 9:54am
Good Morning Everyone... Hope this note finds you all well and enjoying the few nice days we get here and there... Well it seems as though word is spreading quickly as to where Wagging Tails Farm has relocated. Someone with a Big Mouth named Lou from Madison has driven by and spotted us out working in the yard and realized we have moved here and has wasted no time telling everyone where we are which I find sad since we wanted to keep a low profile. And someone else and I am guessing it is either Steve or Melonie is trying to stir crap with someone else over what I write in here which I feel is wrong. If you can imagine I am accused of naming a Chicken after someone's Sister in Law in which I Hate. Michael named that Chicken Shirley 2-3 years ago long before I disliked the Shirley that is in question, some people have way too much free time on their hands. I write about the every day happenings around Wagging Tails Farm to do with Mike and I and the Animals and occasionally some other details as well and there always has to be someone to complain about something I write. So rest assure "You Know Who" I did not name my Chicken after your Sister in Law. If I were going to name one of my Animals after someone I disliked I would have to get a Pig and name it Melonie or Steve. It would be very fitting for both of them since that is exactly what they are "PIGS" !!! On another note Shirley's Egg's began hatching last night and I have no idea how many have hatched, I am going to go down with my Camera shortly and see if I can see and get some Pics of them and if I can I will post them out here. These will be the First Babies at the new Digs... Will try to also get some new Pics of the new Set Up here and post them as well in a Slideshow if I can. Well take care everyone and watch for the Pics, I will post on the Front Page where they can be found.
July 21, 2009 10:21am
Good Morning Everyone... Well today I am a day older at 42!!! But feel much older than that... Just another day as far as I am concerned... Wagging Tails Farm is doing great today. Last week we sold one of the New Chicken Coops, it was not really practical for us and what we had in mind and did not discover that til after we got them but I advertised them and we sold one last week and immedietly purchased another Building that works much better for what we had in mind and had that delivered, I still have to add a couple windows to it and a ramp but it is well built and I can stand up in it... As soon as Shirley hatches out her clutch of Egg's she is setting on now and they mature we will sell that coop too and replace it with one like the other one... Everyone else is doing fine, George (Mikes Big Rooster) escaped the other day and the more Mike tried to catch him the more he ran deeper into the Woods, Mike was not a happy camper and about gave himself a heart attack chasing him. Wish I had recoreded it all... Goats and Ducks are fine as are the Rabbits and everyone else. Still alot of work to do around here to get settled in but will get it done before the snow flies. I am waiting today for my new Garage Doors to be Delivered and some Lumber I ordered, hope to get them in the end of the week and the new Openers too. Then I am going to begin re-wiring the Garage and then the next project will be my Shed. Well that is about it for now... Will try to keep this updated more often...
July 6, 2009 10:40am
Well good Morning Everyone... Hope everyone had a great 4th of July Weekend?? Ours was a working weekend here... Friday we spent the day working on the Animal Pens and Landscaping out front and then I spent the evening back at Redington Fairview with my arm and am off to the Doctors again at 2pm today. Saturday we spent the day inside putting up things on the walls and settling things inside and then took a ride up to Kindfield and then over to Bingham for Dinner at Thompsons and then went Moose watching... Then yesterday we brought home the remaining stuff we were storing at a Friends and mowed the whole lawn. And we also got the Kids Little Tikes Climbing things in their pens... Oh and we got a load of hay too... Then had our First Official Sit Down Dinner in our new Dining Room and on my new Stove. Still waiting for my new Range Hood to come in hopefully this week. Off to the Doctors today at 2pm and Mike is working today then I am going to stop into the Lumber Yard and get the new Garage Doors and some Lumber for the garage we need. The place is slowely taking shape now and becoming a home to us. Our Friends have been coming by more often now that they do not have to put up with the harassment our old Neighbors gave them in Norridgewock when ever they came over. We are really enjoying this place and all the land we have here and privacy out back... I think once everything is done we want to do all will be well here... The Animals all seem to be enjoying it alot... Well take care everyone....
July 1, 2009 10:38am
Hello Everyone... Hope this finds you all doing well and better than us... We are having a hell of a time getting settled in here. The Storage Units that we rented are damp and wet so we have been struggling to get them emptied out before everything is wrecked and now have filled our two car Garage right up with everything, still have a few more loads to get tomorrow and then they both will be empty. Since last Friday it has been one thing after another for us. First off we have had Wild Animals trying to get into the Animals Pens and every night I lay in bed with one ear open listening so many sleepless nights now. Then I decided to Mow my lawn when there was a break in the weather last week and noticed while mowing it seemed like it was running hotter than normal and opened the hood to discover that while the Tractor was in Storage Mice moved into it and built a home and it would not allow it to cool down, that explained the burning rubble I saw on the lawn while mowing as they had shacked up in the Muffler as well so Friday I brought it over to the Guy who does my repair work so he could clean it out and make sure I did no damage to it. I went over and picked it up last night and chuckled when I read my receipt... It read, Removal of a Mouse House!! Cost me $50 to have that removed and he told me to lay dryer sheets all over the engine and that will keep them away from it. Then Saturday Morning we went and got a load of Hay in East Madison, came home and unloaded it into the Shed but Mike could not get the door closed so he asked me to try. Well I was slamming and banging and could not get it closed so I gave it one final push and my right hand slipped and pushed on the Glass which shattered and I about cut my arm off, I never in my 42 years saw blood spurt out of me like it was then, I have three big gashes in my arm cause the broken glass sunk in like knives. I quickly pressed my left hand over it pushing broken glass in but was trying to stop the bleeding, Mike escorted me to the House and I left a steady trail of blood across the driveway and through the garage to the Kitchen sink and removed my hand and Blood sprayed out and I was very upset and thought I was going to bleed to death... I requested Mike drive me to the ER and so he did, did not think we would ever get there. They took me in and took X-Rays and then cleaned it all up and removed the Glass and put stitch's in which I have to leave in for 7-10 days but is it some sore and of all times when there is so much to do but Thankfully I am still able to use the computer... Animals are all doing great despite being stalked every night but we are looking for Good Homes for some of the Goats if anyone knows of someone who would give them good homes. We are also selling the two New Chicken Coops if anyone is interested. I drove through the old Neighborhood yesterday on my way to pick up the Tractor and not much has changed. Saw my Old Neighbor Hod and waved to be a smart ass and he waved back and then realized who I was and did not look to happy, gave me a good chuckle anyway... We do not have Neighbors right on top of us here like we did in Norridgewock but the ones that are across the Street came over and introduced themselves and it turned out I knew one of them and they are going to be Great Neighbors for sure... Well I got to get going, taking it easy today and have a Appointment to go too... Have a Great 4th Everyone...
June 24, 2009 10:40pm
Good Evening Everyone... I am so sorry I am just getting around to updating the Blog. It has been so crazy around here... The two Closings went well on the 15th but what a crazy day it was. We were still scrambling that morning to get the last of the stuff out of the house prior to our 1pm Closing for Norridgewock and the new owners asked if they could move some stuff in early and we were doing the same to the place we were moving too. Then the A&%hole next door started in on us on one of our last trips out and so I duked it out with him one last time and have not seen the jerk since. Went to the 1pm closing and all went well and then we went out to Lunch with our Realestate Broker and then headed to the closing for our new place at 3pm in Skowhegan and that went very well and very quick since it was a cash sale. Then we headed to our new Home in &%*#@ and took a deep breath and relaxed for a few minutes before starting to move some stuff in. All the Goats except Nanny who stayed with us went to a Farm in Rome til we were ready for them, the Chickens and the Ducks and the Rabbits went to a Friends House and Nanny stayed with us. It has been a very tiring move for us getting up early and and going to bed late and we are far from settled. Been dealing with the Animals and their housing the last week and almost done with that then I can begin unpacking the Second Storage Unit and figuring out what goes and what stays and do some work around here. We love our Land here... 4.5 Acres of Privacy and a Huge backyard full of Wildlife (Moose, Deer, Coyote, Fox, Owls, Frogs, Snakes and of course our Animals) and a variety of Tree's and Bush's... It has not been dry enough for me to mow yet but I am looking forward to doing it when I can. Today I put together a Yard Swing and set it down back to watch the Wildlife from and put up a Dusk til Dawn Light overlooking the Animals since we saw a large Fox nearby. Mike and Jim worked on the Fencing for the Animals while I was doing that. Evenings I putter around inside doing projects and settling in. This weekend I hope to get started putting new Garage Doors in and New Garage Door Openers, the ones here now are older Wooden Doors and old Openers and I want to update everything and also going to rewire the entire garage as well. Bugs are really bad here too so we invested in a nice Screen House but have not put it together yet. Those of you who do not know where we have moved too Please feel free to write and ask. I am not Posting it here cause of reasons many of you are aware of. Well thats about it for now, I will Post Pics of the Animals and all their new Housing soon, nice now not sharing the Garage with the Animals, I can leave my windows down in the car in the garage and not smell Goats all the time...
June 14, 2009 9:35pm
Hello Everyone... Well here it is the last night we will spend in the Norridgewock House. It is so empty here now. The Garage is Empty except for a Crate with the Bantam Family in it and Nanny Goat is in her pen all by herself, the rest of the Goats are at a Farm in Belgrade and the other Chickens, Ducks and Rabbits are at a Friends in Madison as well as our Indoor Birds... The Garage is completely cleaned out and the Pens broken down... Sort of sad in a way but we are moving on to bigger and better things and in no time all will be well... I was so let down, my Good Friends all around me did not even throw me a going away party... :-( But they will miss me I am sure, who will they have to pick on now... But the new Owners are tough and will pick up where I left off and will not take their crap at all and will give it right back to them, they are very familiar with them all and their antics... Very excited about getting all the Animals settled in their new Quarters... Ducks have a new House and tomorrow getting a new Pen and a new Pool too, both sets of Chickens have Brand New Coops and Pens which are really nice, all the Goats are getting new Quarters as well and Rugged New Pens too that they cannot damage. In time the Rabbits will get new Hutch's as well... I am going to see about getting a nice Sign Made and put it out front. I am also looking into a new Electric Gate for the Driveway, the old one which I did take with me was a swing gate but the knew one will be a slide gate. Shopping around for a new Tractor as well since we have much more land and will need it and want to get a Post Hole Digger for it since over time we want to have everything fenced in. I think we are going to be loaded with Deer which we are excited about from all the droppings we are seeing around the property and I am going to dig my own Man Made Pond for the Ducks once we get settled in... We will be absent from the Internet from Monday Morning til Wednesday Afternoon. Have to turn in everything to Time Warner tomorrow and then Bee Line is coming out Wednesday to install Cable, Internet, Phone so we should be back in business Wednesday Night... To the right of this Blog is the Pig twitching her nose, I have decided to name her Ashley, she resembles an old Neighbor... Be Well Everyone...
June 11, 2009 9:59pm
Good Evening Everyone... Hope your all doing well tonight... All is well here but Mike and I are some Tired and Achey from acking and moving things out of the house... We close on this place Monday at 9am and will be homeless for about 6 hours then we will close on our new Home and hopefully have enough energy left to move a bed in and a couple chairs. Then we got to get busy installing the new Fencing for the Animals so we can get them home again from their temporary quarters. The House empty except for a mattress and some cloths and the basics, the Garage will be completely empty tomorrow except for my car. The Animals are going out tomorrow and then our helper is coming in to clean out all the pens and have the place ready for it's new owners. They are not going to be too thrilled with me, I have not touched the pool at all, looks like a green swamp but I was just too busy to deal with it... Been quiet in the Neighborhood... The Calm before the Storm but we may go peacefully or with a BIG BAD BANG!!! I was able to take most of my Appliances but do have to go to Key Appliance Monday and buy a new Range and a Trash Compactor, had to leave some things behind but got the Washer and Dryer and my Side by Side Ref and chest Freezer out yesterday, all sustained a few bumps and bruises but the rest has to stay. I will be without Internet/Phone for a few days but the Cell Phone works fine where we are going and they are coming to Install the Cable, High Spd Internet and the Phone on Wednesday so we will give the new number out to those of you who want it and the address too. I am going to be giving up my PO Box and getting mail in a Mailbox out front, will be nice to get it at home again. Well thats about it I guess, will try to write here one more time before the move if I can. The Roadrunner E-mail Address is being Terminated Monday. I am very let down that I have not heard from Sue or Barbara about a going away party, thought for sure they would do it since we were so kind to them both... Oh well...
June 7, 2009 10:58pm
Hello Everyone... What a Great Weekend it was... Hope you all enjoyed it!!! We are still very busy doing the last of the packing but will be done by Wednesday I hope... We have some Great News... The first one of our Three New Pens for the Poultry arrived today. I came across an ad for these on Craigslist and began talking to them about what we needed and so I placed an order for two of them and they delivered the first one this evening to the Norridgewock house and you want to talk about a Great Chicken Coop, these Coops and the attached Pens arer Great!!! The Quality Workmanship that they put into them will make these coops last a long time and they are adorable too. We are very excited to have them and after seeing this one decided to order a third one as well for the Ducks so we will have three in all. I will post some pics of them real soon so be on the look out for them. These People that are building them and selling them are located right in Augusta and you can check them out on the web at www.rootscoopsandmore.com ... Do take the time to check them out and if you have Chickens and need a coop for them or want a new one You will want one of these. We purchased the Assembled and Painted larger Coops with Pens for the Chickens and am getting a Small Pen for the Runner Ducks. I would like to take this opportunity to Thank Stephen, Lori, Thomas and Henry for the Wonderful Coops they have provided us with. On another note I guess this clutch of Indian Runner Eggs is not going to pan out, a few hatched but did not survive, hoping after the move and once they get into their new pen they will try again. I am seriously thinking about getting Additional Coops so we can pair up select chickens and ducks in them to raise where it will not be as stressful. We are very excited about the upcoming move and having so much more land than we have now. We drove to Cushing, Maine today and Michael bought a Truck Cap for the truck to make moving the animals more easier. We were going to borrow a Friends Transport Cage but felt this would work better for us and it is a really nice cap. But Cassie was not too thrilled to ride home out back there. Well I guess thats about it for now, take care everyone and have a Great Week and check back to see the Pics of the new Coop and do check out the Roots & Coops Website.
June 3, 2009 9:21pm
Well Good Evening Everyone... Hope your all doing well?? All is fine here and slowly but surely getting packed up and getting things out of the house. Basement is completely empty except for the washer & dryer, chest freezer and the basement refrigerator which will all come out next week. Upstairs the rooms are bare but still trying to find a home for the Couch, Curio Cabinet and a few other things so if you or someone you know is looking for a nice couch or curio cabinet we have them for sale... made a big dent on the second floor of the garage on Monday & Tuesday but still have the whole first floor of the garage to do still... Got to make a dump run tomorrow and get rid of a ton of stuff. Ordered the new Chicken Pens and they will be ready in a few days. I will be absent from being online from June 14th til the 16th or 17th but as soon as I get set up with the new ISP I will send you all my new Personal E-mail Address, I expect the first part will remain the same but the second part will change but the farm one and the Yahoo one will stay the same, only the RoadRunner one will change. Next week is going to be a crazy week with the Animals, the bulk of the Goats are going to a Friend of Mikes til we get settled but we are going to keep Runty (Ben) and Mary with us here at the house and over to the new Place til we can get the new Goat Housing Ready, Mike intends on keeping them inside with us in a Large Dog Crate. I went out and sat on the front steps this evening just before dark and it is going to be some different where we are going but will be nice to not be harassed. I had a routine of going for a ride at night to a cemetary in Mercer where I would get out and walk around for exercise and then go to oosoola park and watch the Eagles fishing in the River and the people launching boats and had many a meals from oosoola country store and rides. Been thinking about what I am going to do at the new place but have places in mind I will go walk and places I can sit and watch Beavers and Otters Swimming and a place to see Moose often nearby too so in time I will get a routine down. Mike will have a longer commute to work which really sucks especially in the Winter time. I have got quite the send off planned for all my Wonderful Neighbors, going to be a day to remember the last time I back out of this driveway, will be worth a few good laughs anyway... And knowing the Crazy Neighbor he will probably call the State Police as he always does but they probably will not know where to find me since I do not intend on changing my address over on my Registration and License til after the move when things quiet down. But I have already given a few of them I know personally a heads up to it anyway... Well I guess I will get busy and go through my cloths closet and thin out what does not fit me... Lost some weight with all this packing and moving but I am sure it will find it's way back to me quick enough.... Take Care Everyone....
May 29, 2009 7:06pm
Well Good Evening Everyone... Hope this finds you all doing well? We are fine on this end, still packing and sorting for the upcoming move. Have already cleaned out quite a bit of stuff out of the house and the entire basement and family room are all packed up and the bedrooms too. Still have to tackle the Garage and Attic and the Kitchen. The Animals are going on Vacation to another Farm for a week to ten days give or take til we get their pens ready to go at the new place. Spent today getting new accounts set up for Insurance, Cable, Internet, Phone, Power and changing address's over. I am going to Key Appliance in Skowhegan tomorrow and pick out new Appliances and then to Hammond Lumber to pick out a few things. Will be nice to get moved and have woods all around us instead of a bunch of As%*&les... I will miss seeing the Wondereful State Troopers who have been so supportive of our living arrangements in Norridgewock. Oh well life goes on and I am sure I will see them all from time to time anyway. The new Truck is working out well and has been a big help during this moving. I hope one of the Neighbors contacts us soon about a going away party for us, I want to make sure they get the right kind of Gin for me and make sure I approve of the Menu :-) On another note the Animals are doing Great, Chicks are growing up nicely and I am ordering two new Coops for them tomorrow and the Ducks Egg's should be hatching most anytime if they are going too, the three Hens have been setting for quite some time now. Nanny loves her knew pen but she is going to have an even nicer one at the new place and a companion too. The Does and the Boys are all well too as are the Rabbits. Once we get settled Mike wants to put the Rabbits together for a night or two if you know what I mean... I only got one Comment about keeping the Website going which was a big let down, I can track the site and see who is coming onto it and checking out which pages and it is frustrating cause many of you are so why not take a few minutes and comment to us about it on the Contact Us page... Especially You Melonie since you come on daily... Well Please People go to the Contact Us Page and give us feedback if you want me to keep things going or end it...
May 22, 2009 11:50pm
Hello Everyone... Sorry I have been so slack about keeping this updated, we have to be out of here in 3 weeks or so and have been busy House Hunting and working out the details to move and packing and sorting... Talk about crazy and on top of it all we have no clue what we are going to do with the Animals til we get settled in at the new place. I have finally locked onto the House I am buying and am looking forward to it. It is a Smaller Home just as I wanted and will be easier to heat and maintain and it has 5 acres of Land with it. It is going to be a big adjustment downsizing but we will survive. It has some wonderful Features about it and the Best part of it all is we will not have all the Norridgewock Losers around us but I know they are going to miss us, who will they have to pick on... Well take care everyone.... Oh and I have been considering dropping the Website, if you Enjoy visiting it and keeping up with the Blog then Please go to the Contact Us Page and send us a Note letting us know if you think we should keep it going or terminate it...
May 15, 2009 10:22pm
Good Evening Everyone... Hope this finds you all well and getting ready for the Weekend. All is well at Wagging Tails Farm. One month from today is our Closing Day on this house and also on the House we have decided to buy which we went under contract with today. At this time due to our Miserable Neighbors whom I know for a fact read the blog daily I am not going to announce where our Future Home will be. Last Tuesday Mikes Parents closed on the home they bought down in Southern Maine and they moved out this past Wednesday. We have been putting off doing any serious packing til we know for sure that the Buyers of this house's Loan has been approved but we do have to actively get packing. Now with Mikes Parents down there and no truck at our disposal we have been Truck Shopping and found one that I think we are going to try to get. It is a Older Truck but in like new condition and will serve our needs well and will also help with the move too. My Bar is all Packed and headed to the York House just as soon as we can arrange to go down there and some other stuff is going to my Parents and Sisters and Mike has some stuff going south as well. We are downsizing on the size of the Home but expanding on the land. The Animals are going to get a Brand New Barn and Pens which will be nice. Well thats about it for now... Enjoy your Weekend Everyone....
May 9, 2009 10:52am
Well Good Morning Everyone and what a fine morning it is... Was up early tending to the Animals and taking down more stuff around the Yard that I want to take with us. So much to do around here packing and sorting and moving things to a Storage bay... I saw some of the Neighbors Gathering across the Street last night.... Maybe they were planning our going away party :-) Animals are all fine and enjoying the warm weather outside. Still on the House Hunt....
May 6, 2009 2:16pm
Hello Everyone!!! Well things are getting some crazy around here now that we are Under Contract and have no clue where we are going yet. I am negotiating on a Home but it is taking forever and if I do not lock onto something tomorrow with it then I am going to pursue other things. Will be some nice to move out of Loserville thats for sure. Been getting rid of alot of stuff on Craigslist and out in the front lawn and figuring out what is going and what is not. The biggest obstacle will be the Animals but it looks like they may be going to a Friends in Sangerville until we get situated where ever we are going. I have decided that I am going to order Buildings for all the Animals from Hill View Mini Barns when the time comes, took a ride up and looked them over and the Prices are great and they are well built and painted and will work out nicely for them. Got rid of a bunch of stuff in the Family Room yesterday and began packing up the Bar, that is going to York since we will not have room for it up here but all the Booze will stay here :-).... Mikes Parents moved in with us today and will be here til they close on their home down in Southern Maine so it is some crazy around here these days. Our Neighbors are going to really miss us, who will they have to pick on, bad mouth, steal from and threaten once we are gone... But I bet the State Police are going to like it not getting called out here weekly. Oh well got to get back to work now and get something done....
May 2, 2009 2:20pm
Good Afternoon Everyone... Hope this note finds you all well? We are fine on this end and been busy outside working on making pens smaller and switching animals around... Well two Great People Suzanne and Joe from Stetson came down today and adopted Rose & Jane and are going to give them a forever home. Out of all the replies we got on them we felt they were the best and most experienced to take them and we are very pleased with our decision and know they will have a great home with them. Aside from that we have a bunch of stuff out front for sale but not too much interest, trying to thin things out around here to make the move go much smoother. Still waiting word on if my offer on the Property was excepted or if they are going to counter, they have a 5pm deadline sunday.
April 29, 2009 11:19am
Good Morning Everyone... Hope this note finds you well after all that Horrible Wind we had yesterday and last night. I have never seen it so gusty as it was. There were Fires and tree's down and wires down everywhere in the area. Aside from some of the Lawn Furniture blowing into the Pool and my Gate slamming around we endured it just fine. Well it is Official Now, we came to a mutual agreement on the negotiating on the house and have gone Under Contract this morning. But we are not out of the woods yet, the Buyers want a General Building Inspection and I do not see a problem with it but you never know and then their Bank has to approve it so we are not out of the woods yet so only time will tell I guess but in the meantime we are going to get packing and sorting and getting rid of things. As for where we are going, we have a place picked out I think and now have to do some Negotiating ourselves and see how we make out so wish us luck and I will keep you Posted.
April 28, 2009 8:40am
Good Morning Everyone, what fine weather we have been having lately. Well Yesterday we got a Counter offer back on our home and it is exceptable except for a couple small details. Will be sending it back to the Buyers today and if they except the changes I expect we will be under contract by later today with a June 15th Closing Date pending the Home Inspection and if the Buyers Loan is approved. I viewed a home yesterday I have decided to put an offer in on myself once I know if this house is under contract. But because of constant harassment and some real Jerks we have come up against I will not be disclosing where we are moving too except to close Friends. At that time I will also have to decide whether or not to keep the Website going or to terminate it. Been a horrible experience living the way we have had to for the past 4 years in this god forsaken neighborhood. But the next place if we get it has a nice big chunk of land and no immediate neighbors. We will be downsizing significantly but thats what I want anyway. All the Animals are doing Great and Enjoying their Fresh Clean Pens and the Nice Weather now. Well take care, things to do....
April 26, 2009 6:59pm
Good Evening Everyone, hope this note finds you all well. It was a beautiful weekend, got a lot of much needed stuff done around the house. Friday we cleaned the house like crazy for a Showing yesterday morning which went well and we got an offer but it was very low, I countered back but guess it was too high for them as I never heard anything else. Today we hired a Guy to come in and Muck all the Stalls for us, he worked his butt off and did a Great Job and I guess he is going to do it every time we want it done. He cleaned them all out and two of them were real deep and he hauled it off too. While he was doing that I got the Mower decked cleaned up and sharpen the blades and mounted that on the tractor and the bagger too and then put the Pool furniture up and then made up some Signs that Mike put along the back of the Property for the Jerks who like to Trespass, then we throughly cleaned and swept the garage out and called it a day. The Animals are doing Great and enjoying the Clean Pens. I expect the Sheep will be going this week, they were supposed to go this weekend but something came up and we had to deal with that and we both wanted to be here when they go. I got to be more Careful about what I write in here, been brought to my attention several times about various things I have written that has offended people and I am Sorry to all those I offended as I really did not think I said anything out of line but I guess I did. I hold nothing back and am honest and say it like it is usually. I have contemplated doing away with the whole website or at least this blog but will think on it some more. I am going to go view a Home in Madison tomorrow I am interested in and then eventually one in Augusta I like as well. Well I am tired so I am going to end this for now, take care everyone and have a Great Week... Hope you all checked out the new Slideshow of Mike and the Kids on the Picture Page....
April 21, 2009 9:01pm
Well Good Evening Everyone.... Hope you are all doing well tonight?? We really want to hear your Feedback on the Website and your thoughts so Please do drop us comments on the Contact Us Page. Been wet and rainy here today and the Animals were depressed they had to stay inside. Been getting alot of Hits on the Ad I placed for the Sheep and we are trying to narrow them down to the best ones for them. I can tell Michael is going to have a real hard time letting them go again after what happen the last time so it is so Important that we place them in the Perfect Home. They were funny tonight, I was late doing chores tonight after taking a tumble down the basement Steps. Mike has this habit of tossing dirty laundry down the stairs and half the time it lands on the steps and is slippery under foot, well I found out earlier this evening going down, about broke my neck and ass. It knocked the wind right out of me and I sat on the floor where I landed...Next to the Cats Litter Box's at that trying to see if I broke anything. Boy do I miss my Stairlift now... Anyway I finally got out to do the animals and went out and I always start with the Sheep and I startled Rose who trampled Jane running out the door cause I think she did not realize it was me and she was just a blatting the whole time, probably woke up the whole neighborhood, when she realized it was me and she ran like a Greyhound on race day to me and again did not care who was in her path. Finally got my Car back today so I called the Bakery Thrift Store to get treats but they did not have any, got to check back Thursday. I guess I am coming down with a cold, sore throat and a bit of congestion so I hope it is a fast moving one so it does not drag me down. Mikes Parents are moving in a week from today for a while until they get a place of their own so we will be busy helping them with the final packing this coming weekend when we are not mucking stalls. Have placed a ad on Craigslist looking to pay someone to help us muck stalls Fri, Sat or Sun if anyone is interested or knows of anyone?? Well guess that is about it for now, I have some new Gifs I just came across like the Sheep one on the right I am going to add to the site and have to eliminate some Pics in the Slide Shows so I guess I will do that... Take Care Everyone and Say a Prayer for my Sore Butt...
April 19, 2009 3:17pm
Hello Everyone... Michael has been after me to update the Website, I have been lazy in doing so lately so decided I would do it right now before I get busy. Well the last of the Snow in the shaded spots melted away today so now we can finish raking the yard. Some nice weather we have been having lately. I have the Pool opened up and ready to go but still a bit cool for that. I dismantled the Chicken pen down back and cleaned out the shed, I kept the Guinea Pen up in case we have to put Chickens in it but I think it is going to house a couple of Visiting Cats for a week or two first, they are both destructive Cats and I do not want them in the house. All the Goats are doing Great and spend their days outside playing now and the Sheep are fine too but need haircuts bad, hoped to have found them a new home by now but either people want to breed them to death, eat them or have us deliver them so they are still here but going to try to put another ad on Craigslist for them later. The Seven little Chicks that hatched a few weeks back are doing Great and growing quickly. Thre Ducks and the Rabbits are doing good too... Next weekend we will be cleaning Pens out and then the following week will be helping Mikes Folks Move. This past week was a Sad one for us, we lost a Friend the day before Easter, he had been sick and we knew it was a matter of time. Then our Friend Ginger lost her Husband as well unexpectedly so it has not been a good week. I have been getting rid of things like crazy around the house. Sold my Red Car, then the Hot Tub, now we have our Bikes for sale and some other stuff too and much more to come as we sort and pack ourselves. Mike Parents gave us their Huge Sony TV which was nice of them, it is 36in and a big difference from our 25in we had. I spent 4 days down in York last week helping the Folks out and doing some things for myself. Had to get a new Mirror at a Junk Yard down in Candia NH for my Grand Marquis, last spring I hit three ducks and one of them broke my mirror off, I glued it back on but it never worked electrically and then it broke again so I had to get it to pass inspection so thats on but the Car failed cause of a bad tie rod so that is going in on Tuesday to be repaired and get the sticker finally. Guess I am going to lower the price on the house this week and see if we can get a bite, I want so bad to move out of Loserville and into a place with lots of privacy. Well I guess that is about it for now....
April 6, 2009 8:10pm
Good Evening everyone ... Hope this note finds you all well... Was a nice day today til the rain came this afternoon... Mike and I cleaned the Chicken/Guinea Pen out and one of the Goat Pens and hauled the Manure to some Friends where they use it for their Gardens. My Friend Kathy also known as the Norridgewock ACO came over and got my Guinea Hens, I gave them to her cause I know her and her husband are Animals Lovers and will give them a Great Home where they can free range and do what ever they want too. It killed me to see them go but I know they will be happier being able to get out and really explore and eat a variety of Bugs. Got to finish cleaning their old pen out and taking down the Divider Wall and got to take the Pens down and grass it in. Going to Store some odd's and ends down there and the Tractor Snow Blower if I can get it through the doors. Still struggling to find the right person for the Sheep, seems like everyone raises their Animals to Eat or wants to Breed them to death. What ever happen to having them as Pets??? But we need to cut back so we are working on it... Well guess thats it for now...
April 5, 2009 10:29am
Good Morning Everyone... Some nice to see the Sun out bright this morning and blue sky... Been some drab and damp and cold with all this rain but it has sure taken the snow down. We won't be getting anymore Snow, I took the Snow Gear off the Tractor yesterday so it won't be happening now... Starting my outdoor spring clean up raking leaves and remnants from winter. Going to Clean out the Guinea Pen tomorrow and hose her down good to make way for it's new Tenants (Maybe) I am tentativley picking up 7 Chickens, 1 Goose, 1 Bronze Tom Turkey tomorrow but it if still not fully decided yet. You all know me I have my weak moments when I see something good on Craigslist... Hopefully this time around we have found the Perfect Home for our Sheep so maybe they will be going this week. Sounds like a great place to me and someone who would love and care for them. The Little Chicks (7) are doing Great and we have a nice Assortment of them and I think all of them are going to be like Daddy with Feathered Feet... So Glad Shirley hatched out another Succesful Clutch for us and hopefully many more... Last year she gave us three... This time around we are keeping them all unless of course they end up Roosters... I sold my Red Car yesterday so I am back down to one car again, sorta sucks but I had outgrown it and it was taking it's toll me climbing in and out of it being it was so low to the ground, killed me to see it leaving... Been making out good selling things on Craigslist. Sold Mikes Second Car last week and mine too, sold my Stair Lift, have some bites on the Hot Tub now and still have the 45 gal Fishtank Listed and a few other things... Trying to thin things out before the move, that much less to have to worry about. I took the Cover off the Pool yesterday but there is still a huge hunk of Ice Floating around. Want to get it Filtering soon and clean it up, always makes the House look more inviting for Showings. Well thats about it for now... Take Care and Enjoy this fine day...
Shirley w/ some of her Chicks
March 31, 2009 12:05pm
Hello Everyone!!! Hope this note finds you all well?? All is well here at Wagging Tails Farm it is a nice day out and I am trying to get some things done today outside, just came in for a break. We ended up with 7 Chicks which are now 7 days old and doing Great!! Hope they all survive cause it looks like we will have some nice markings on them. Thought we had the Sheep Placed but as usual they backed out on us last minute. Why people reply to Ad's when they have no intention on following through with them... Hoping someone else will come along soon as we really need to downsize and need the room. We are going to look at a Goat tomorrow as a companion for Nanny. He is a Angora Wether and I think they would make a great couple so hopefully he will work out. I still have not gotten rid of my Guineas but maybe tomorrow if all goes well and she can come get them. Snow is finally melting quickly and I will be glad when it is all gone and the mud dries up. I was supposed to go to York this week but decided to wait til we are going to have a stretch of nice weather so I can get some things accomplished outside down there. I am having a awful hard time with the Neighbors Honey Bee's coming over here and Swarming the Goat and Duck Pens and today noticed they were bugging the Rabbits. I contacted the State Bee Inspector and he came out last Friday to address the issue with the Neighbor and tell him how to keep his Bee's home but it is not working and they are still coming over so I contacted him again this morning as something has to be done. I got up early and changed the Ducks Pool Water and just noticed it is filthy again, how they get it so dirty is beyond me since they are so clean.. So I will change it yet again for them. Please if any of you can give our Two Sheep a Good Home let us know. Mike is down in NH today with his Parents, they sold their Home up here in Madison and are trying to find one to move back to NH. I do not know what they are thinking these days, they have a Great house here and are close to their only son and they want to move away and will not have a house as nice as this one and will be a long ways from Mike... Their loss.... Enjoy this fine day, more rain coming...
March 24, 2009 6:38pm
Good Evening Folks... Turned out to be a nice afternoon and evening once that wind stopped... I went to my Doctors appt this morning but did not get any results yet, have to go for more Tests in mid April, thats how far they are backed up so I guess he must have figured it was nothing too serious but time will tell I guess. Ducks are really enjoying being outside full time again. I opened up the Guinea Pen so they could have the whole building now that the Ducks are gone and they love it. As I was on my way home from the Doctors this morning early Michael called me to tell me that the Bantams Eggs had begun hatching and I needed to get a heat lamp in there for them so I stopped in before going to get some Prescriptions and rigged one up, I looked tonight and think there is at least 4-5 hatched so far, she was setting on around 10 I think and usually with her all but one hatch. I hope they all survive cause we missed having a bunch of Bantams running around. Hoping once she raises these she will set again before Summer or I may pick up another pair too. Will get some Pics first chance I get and post them out here. I have another showing tomorrow afternoon, I really hope they make a reasonable offer... Oh forgot to say Nanny has been very quiet the last couple days and tonight it looked to me like she was going to Kid, she could be knocked up as her and Mazda did spened a few hours together last November. I did not go into her pen to see if she was bagging up or how her back end looked but that would be a great Surprize if she did. Been thinking about letting Mazda and Lilly have some quality time together for some August Kidding but we are still unsure about the Future of Wagging Tails Farm. Will keep you Posted on Nanny and the Chicks...
March 23, 2009 3:37pm
Good Afternoon Everyone... Hope your all enjoying this Sunny but brisk March day outside... We got up early and did chores and then brought the Runner Ducks from their Winter digs to their Summer ones and were they some happy to get outside but most of all into their Pool. I did not have my Camera to catch the moment but it was some funny watching all 6 of them crammed into their tiny pool splashing everywhere... It will take a few days but in no time they will all be cleaned up pretty again... I would love for them to lay a Clutch of eggs again and hatch them all out like they did a couple years ago when they hatched out 19 in one clutch, we lost three but ended up with 16 of them. I added another Slideshow to the Pictures Page of the Pics I took today of the Goats and Ducks if anyone wants to check them out. I am still up in the air with what to do with the Guineas... Well guess that is about it for today, depending on what I find out at the Doctors tomorrow I may be heading to York for a few days and will not be updating this til I return.
March 21, 2009 11:10am
Good Morning Folks... Hope this finds everyone well and enjoying this Snow Melting Weather... I know I sure am but it is not melting quick enough so I have been out getting some much needed exercise and been shoveling things out that I want access to now. Did take the tractor out yesterday afternoon to move some snow but chewed things up a bit with the lawn so I will have some repairs to make this spring. Hopefully the sun today will melt away the Ice where I shoveled out the Duck Pen the last two days cause I want to get them out into it tomorrow. They are filthy from their winter quarters and need to get out into there pool to clean up, they will be some excited to see that pool I bet. I got to tackle the Sheep Pen tomorrow morning as well I think... I told the Norridgewock ACO who is a Friend she could have my Guinea Hens but I am sorta having second thoughts now and think I am going to hold onto them for a while or at least til we move anyway. I really love them alot and hate to part with them. Mike is anxious to combine the Rabbits so I expect one of these days he will be doing that. I am hoping after my Doctor appointment on Tuesday to head to York for the rest of the week to get my much needed R&R but it all depends on how the Doctor appt goes. I was watching Runty (Ben) yesterday and he is finally learning how to butt heads, it was so cute... Well guess I will get busy... Enjoy your Weekend...
March 18, 2009 11:28am
Good Morning Everyone... Some nice having all this mild weather and seeing the snow slowly disappear. Animals are loving it and are kicking and jumping all over the place. We have decided after alot of thinking to cut back on Animals Significantly, there are some changes in store for us and it will be difficult to accomplish them with so many animals. My Guinea Hens are going to a Friend in Rome, My Runner Ducks will either go to Eddington or Mt. Vernon, we are still trying to find a good home for the two Sheep, scouting around for someone to take at least 4-6 of our Goats. It is Sad cause we love them all so much but we just cannot do it anymore and we are so tied down. Would be difficult to when we move as well. So if anyone knows of anyone who would be interested in anything Please point them in our direction. I have not been feeling well lately and had to take a new form of Treament today that could have some nasty side affects and I am hoping and pyaying it does not happen to me so I am sticking close to home til I know how it will affect me. I am planning a week long trip to York once I know as I need to get away and the Folks and Sisters need some help with some things and I offered to help out. Will be good for me to get away and get some R&R and see something different for a change and not have to put up with A%*#hole Neighbors for a bit. I also want to do some Car Shopping while I am down there, have to think about getting another one soon. Well I guess that is it for today, laying low around the house today and Mike is going to Madison to help his folks ready their house to be listed on Friday in case they have showings right off. I hope they are lucky and get a bite right off and can find a nice Trailer and Park to get into in NH and can get moved without too much trouble. Mike will have his hands full thats for sure. Enjoy the nice weather everyone...
March 14, 2009 1:59am
Well here it is 2am in the morning and here I am sitting here unable to Sleep, have alot on my mind today and tonight and I am not feeling well. Billy, Joey, Michael gave me an awful hard time tonight when I was doing chores. They bully their way out their pen when I am entering with a handful the last few nights and then I about have a heart attack chasing them around the Garage trying to catch them and when your down and out and not feeling good as I am not it is no fun and I tire quickly. Everyone else is fine and easy to work with though the Sheep get pretty wound up sometimes and have been known to knock me over to get what they want. We have a showing at 10:ooam this morning and the house is a mess and I should be picking it up or getting some sleep to get up early and clean but I just cannot sleep. Nice to see the Snow Melting, the Driveway and roofs are bare and I shoveled the deck off Completely and am thinking about trying to pull back some fence later today in the Duck Pen and go in with the Tractor and open that up so I can put the Ducks back in there again, they hate being cooped up with the Guineas Screaming at them. I would like to let the Guineas have the whole pen to themselves and see if they will start laying, they are old enough too now, hell they are almost a year old now... I put my Electric Gate back up on the Driveway a few days ago so if you come over to Visit and the Gate is Closed it means we are not Home, I close it every time we leave. I bought some nice Solar Lights for the Gate Posts the other day and they work great... Well I guess I will make another attempt at Sleep....
March 13, 2009 10:33am
Good Morning Folks... Hope everyone is doing well today? I have not been feeling too great and have been having alot of tests, hoping it is nothing serious... Spring is my favorite time of year and I enjoy it so much and just hope I am feeling better by then. Mike has been really busy with work... I have been spending alot of time with the Animals each day and loving it, those Goats are so much fun to be around except for Billy last night who got out of his Pen and was roaming around inside the garage while I was watering everyone and I found him on the hood of my car. Not impressed at all and he knew it and jumped right off. Mike is off the weekend and I expect we will do more Cleaning in the Stalls if I am up for it, we have a Showing here at 10:00am tomorrow morning. I expect in another week or so we will having Chicks hatching which is always a nice Welcome into Spring and I am thinking about ordering 15 Buff Orphintons this week for some Egg Production. Well got to get busy now, you all take care and have a Great Weekend, suppose to be a nice one from what they are saying...
March 7, 2009 11:45am
Good Morning Everyone and what a Great Day it is... Snow is melting nicely and my driveway is bare pavement once again. Snow is sliding off the Metal Roof on the house in big chunks to. Animals are really enjoying the 52 deg outside today and Sun. We have a Showing here at 4:00pm and keeping our Fingers Crossed.... Shirley our Black Bantam Hen with the new Boyfriend has been setting on a clutch of around 8-10 eggs for a week now, with any luck they will all hatch and survive and give us a nice assortment. Hoping my Runners will start laying soon but I doubt they will til they get back into their own pen. Will be glad when the weather starts warming up for good and I can start packing in the Attic of the Garage, so much to get rid of up there. Well thats about it for now...
March 4, 2009 10:33am
Good Morning Folks... What a Cold Night it was last night and this morning was not much better but at least the sun was out... I was out with the Animals last night at 11pm. We had gone out to Dinner at Mikes Parents Home and played some cards and when I got home I had the urge to spend time with the Kids and give them some treats so I changed my Cloths and out I went. They love the attention and the opportunity to climb all over me. I go to Freihoffers Bakery Thrift Store and get 10 flats of Bread, Sweets, Donuts ever two weeks and they love it and it is cheap for all that stuff. This morning they were some cheerful considering the cold night. Mike is off today again so I think we will take a ride to Augusta and wander around the Christmas Tree shop and then maybe play some Cards tonight. Well thats about it for today...
March 3, 2009 9:41am
Good Morning Everyone... Well we endured another Storm and it was a nasty one with all the wind that came along with it. But I got us opened up nicely but I still have to do the Pens today. I do not think this Winter will ever end and when it does there will be no water shortage thats for sure with all this snow. All the Animals are doing Great!! Sassy and her two Daughters Misty & Sunshine are doing great and have grown into Nice Healthy adorable Goats, they are Six and a half months old today. And Blue Monday and her Kids Kevin, Benjamin, Mary, Dorothy are all doing Great Too but Benjamin is the runt of the litter and a real sweetheart and they are a week older than Sassy's girls. Nanny is Lonely since losing her stall mate Rosey so we would really like to find another companion goat for her that has Horns so if anyone knows of a Nigerian Dwarf or a Pygmy Doe or Wether with Horns let us know. The Boys Mazda, Billy, Joey, Tiny, Michael are all doing great and raising hell all the time and love playing in the Snow. Jane & Rose the Sheep are doing great too and anxious to get outside but their Pen is pretty snowed in at the moment. The Guineas are doing Great and getting nice and noisey, I love their Screaming when they get going... The Runners Timmy and his Woman and their Cage Mates are anxious to get out into their Pool but have endured the winter well. The Chickens what few we have are starting to Lay again and hoping we get some Chicks out of them. Lastly the Rabbits Fluff and Cinnamon are doing Great too and Mike is anxious to put them together too if you know what I mean... We were lucky this Winter with all the Snow and Frigid Temps and we only lost two Chickens, one to old age and one was too small and had some issues. Each Winter we learn a new trick to making the next one a bit easier but hopefully we will be in a new place by then. Well thats about it for today, I am hoping to get out and get a bunch of new Pics today or tomorrow. Enjoy the Week Everyone....
March 1, 2009 10:03am
Good Morning Everyone, well lots to say today... For starters our offer on the house fell through as they did not like our Counter Offer so we will keep plugging and hope for another buyer soon. Was really hoping this would be the one but it was not. We spent Fri & Saturday cleaning Stalls out and hauling the Manure to some guys place in Cornville who wanted it for their Compost Pile and were thrilled to get it and we still have two more Stalls to go and the Duck/Guinea Pen too. Really hoping to cut back on Animals starting with the Sheep. Well another dam Blizzard heading our way from the sounds of it we could get up to 12-14 inches of white Manure. I am so tired of Winter it is not funny and want it done and over with. Mosquito's and Black Flies will be welcomed this year after this winter thats for sure. Goats had a blast playing outside the last few days when the Neighbors Dogs were not Harassing them but thats about to change if it continues to happen as I will have a chat with the ACO about it, absolutely no need of it what so ever and it is being filmed and documented for her. We are taking it easy today after two full days of hard work, think we will take a ride to Augusta so I can return something I bought to Best Buy and then got to run over to Sears and get a few things and then come home and think we will have a Fire in the Fireplace and relax. Expect I will be out playing in the Snow tomorrow afternoon getting things opened up so Mike can get out to get to work and home again. Well I guess that is about it for today but you never know I might add to it later on...
February 22, 2009
Good Afternoon Everyone... Let me start today by saying that 16 years ago today at 3:00pm Michael and I met for the very first time and here it is 16 years later and we are still going strong. Unfortunatley Michael had to work today so we could not Celebrate. Well I am patiently awaiting the start of the Big Nor'easter heading our way that could bring us 16-24 in according to the Weather Channel... Just fueled up the Tractor for it and checked the oil so that ready to go. Animals are all doing Great!! Shirley is currently laying a clutch of Egg's so I hope her boyfriend Tyler has been doing his part. Will be nice to have Chicks again... We currently have one offer on the House and Supposed to have another coming in this week so we are excited about that and hoping one of them will work. One is looking at a May 1st Closing and the other a March 31st closing. We are off to View a couple homes tomorrow weather permitting and hoping one of them will work for us. Once of them is well equipped for us and the Animals and the Neighbors are spread out a ways. So maybe with any luck one of these will work and the deal will happen and we can be settling in before Summer to our new digs. Due to the Constant Harassment from various people I will not be Posting where we intend to move too and will be removing that info from the Website once the move is complete but we will tell our Close Friends where we will be. The Turkeys are on hold for now until we know whats up. The less we have to move the better for us. Just filled the Bird Feeders outside and I cannot believe the amount of Birds out there. Going to really miss the assortment we have had here. Well I guess I will end here and get busy with some online House Hunting... Take Care Everyone and Enjoy the Blizzard... Raining in York... Makes me want to go home...
February 19, 2009 10:34am
Good "Snowy" Morning Everyone.... Sorry I have not been to good about updating this, been really busy around here. We have been having lots of Showings since the House was listed in a Realestate book and we even got an Offer last week which was quite low and we countered but I guess the woman has to go to the bank to see if she can get more $$. Then we had a showing on Tuesday and that woman sounds very interested as well asking lots of questions so we will keep our fingers crossed. After we got the offer last week we went out with our agent looking at Homes, looked at 4 of them. First one in Skowhegan was nice on the outside but left alot to be desired inside, then on to Palmyra and that place again looked great on the outside but trashed on the inside, from there we went to Clinton and found a place we really liked but could not get in as there was no lock box but we could see in Windows and liked what we saw then off to Winslow and that place was trashed too. Found a Place in Naples we liked but it went under contract and have a Place we are interested in down in Bridgton which we may go view on Monday. Not much out there right now in our Price bracket that is suitable for us and the farm but I will continue looking. Trying hard to find Property in South Western Maine. All the Animals are doing Great! Found the Guineas mingling with the Runners this morning, forgot to close the door between them but they seemed to get along fine. Been getting some Egg's here and there lately too. Turkeys are on hold for a week or so until we know whats happening with the house. Really hoping we get a serious bite this week or next...
February 12, 2009 10:04am
Hello Everyone... Hope everyone is doing well this rainy morning... All is fine here at Wagging Tails Farm... I went out yesterday with the Tractor and opened up the Pens for the animals, during the frigid temps we kept them inside but figured we were getting some nice weather so I would get them out so I did that and were the boys some happy to get out and raise hell. I am working on a Pen for the Ducks to move them this weekend to make way for the Turkeys. I am loving these warm temps and rain as it is has brought the driveway down to pavement again and the snow on the roof is sliding right off in chunks. Starting to get some Egg's from what few hens we have and I expect my Runner hens will start up again soon too. Hoping our Bantam Hen we just a got a boyfriend will give us a few clutch's this spring. Mike is anxious to put the Rabbits together as well and who knows maybe the Turkeys will do their thing too. Someone in Skowhegan and he knows who he is seems to get off dishing Wagging Tails Farm and bringing negative attention to it and I hope one of these days he will grow up and act 61 and stop it. But I think most of you know better and realize we have a good thing going here and you all see how much we love and care for our animals, hell they are our kids!!! Well I guess that is about it for today, I am hoping to get some New Pics this weekend and will post them but it all depends on how much stuff we got going this weekend. Take Care Everyone....
February 9, 2009 8:54am
Good Morning Everyone... Well wasn't it some nice out yesterday with the warm temps. It warmed up nicely and the Snow melted nicely on the roofs and the driveway is almost bare now. I went out and moved my other Car I have parked for the winter and snowblowed all around it and warmed it up for a while and then went down back and snowblowed a place where I am going to move the Ducks next weekend once I get their Chain link Kennel at Tractor Supply and then will clean our their old quarters for the Turkeys. Was going to get a Shed for them on their own but $$ is tight right now and really cannot afford it. Then I took some of the Goats out for Walks which they really enjoyed. They are all doing great and raising hell every waking moment. The new Rooster Tyler seems to love his new Woman and digs, will try to get a Pic of him today and post it. Mike is anxious to put the Rabbits together for some fun and little ones but thats going to have to wait til spring. I am inquiring about a Dog I saw on Craigslist as we speak, he is a real sweetheart and hope they consider us but I guess they might be screening alot of people for him. Would be great companionship for Cassie and me too and Mike and I could each have our own dog. Well I guess that is it for today, Mike had wanted to take a ride to NH today but I am not feeling that great so guess we will stay in the area. Maybe take a ride up to Moosehead or Sangerville or something just to get out of the house. Take Care everyone and have a nice week.
February 7, 2009 10:36am
Good Morning... Well looks like it is going to be a nice day out and even warm up this afternoon some. Will be so glad when the Snow begins to melt and the days are longer and the sun is warmer. Getting very anxious about bringing the Turkeys home next weekend and getting them settled in here. Wish I could get a "Pig", I want one so bad but Mike says NO!!! Sucks cause I had a name all picked out for it... Melonie !! Oh well maybe down the road I can get one. I am going to get a 10x10 Welded Metal Pen next weekend and put it under the pine tree and put the Duck house in it and move them into it so I can put the Turkeys where they are now. Had someone in the driveway this morning checking out the house so I am hoping they arrange for a showing this week. I have found alot of Properties for sale right now that would work well for us down in southwestern Maine and over the line in NH and I really want to be down that way. Had enough of Central Maine and the heartache it has brought us. Will miss going to Mayfield in the evenings and watching the Moose but we can come and visit when we want to. Wish we had bred all the Goats this year but with the possibility of Moving it would have been hard but hopefully this fall we can breed them. Well I guess that is about it for now little to say these days it seems.
February 5, 2009 11:28am
Good Morning Folks... Well the frigid cold temps are back and it really sucks. Was nice not hearing the Furnace run as much for a bit and not having to deal with water buckets frozen solid. But I think it is going to warm up again here soon. The Animals will be glad to get out and nibble on the green grass and bugs. The Pool will never thaw at this rate. We went looking at Homes yesterday but only found a couple that might work but Monday we are headed down to Bethel & Bridgton on Monday to check out a couple. One is a Farm on 45 Acres with a Huge Barn in the Country and then a home in Bridgton near long lake and Brandy Pond. That is getting closer to the area I want to be ideally. I think I have decided to get a Shed I went and checked out Yesterday for the Turkeys. Will take it with us when we move too but it is nice and built to last and will be a great Home for them. Came close to getting rid of the Ducks and the Guineas but decided we are going to keep them til the end. I have inquired about a female Llama too but just in the thinking stage at this point. Been sorting through things in the house the stuff I want and don't want, when we get it all together we will have to have everyone come see what they might want Family First then Friends cause we have alot of stuff we do not need. Well I guess that is it for today, not much going on around here.
February 2, 2009 9:15pm
Good Evening Everyone... Well today was a quiet uneventful day thank goodness. I did make a Phone call to deal with one of the troublemakers so hopefully she learned her lesson and will cease making trouble so it does not cost her job. It was a beautiful day today and I wasted most of it inside when I should have been outside scraping the driveway some and moving some snow around to make room for the Turkey House that will be coming soon. For now they are going to be in the driveway off the back deck since the back yard would be a bit difficult to deal with now but will be nice to hear them Gobble Gobble Gobble. Little by little I am getting things thinned out of the house to make the move go smoother when it happens. Shirley and her new man Tyler are doing great and hitting it off great. Even caught them in the bedroom tonight when I went to do chores :-) so hopefully they will give us some spring chicks. We are trying to think up names for the Turkeys right now that are cute yet unique. We have found some Farmers who want all our Manure from now on not too far from here so that is great and we are going to start some early Spring cleaning here soon. I am shopping for a used Ford F-350 with a Dump body to make life easier for us, nothing fancy and can be older but with a current inspection sticker. The Turkey House I think I am going to get is Nice and will strictly be for the Turkeys. Tomorrow Mike and I have back to back appointments in Hartland and then will stop in Canaan and get a load of Hay on the way home and then tomorrow evening I think we will take a ride down to Lowes in Augusta and wander around. Wednesday Mike is off too and I think we will work together to start packing in the room over the Garage and thinning out what we don't want or need. Well I need to go put a Farm Novelty Bag together and got to finish working on a new Surveillance camera set up so I can get it up and operating tomorrow. You all have a nice night now...
February 1, 2009 9:57pm
Good Eveing Everyone... Hope you all had a Great Weekend. Ours was busy and quite hectic to say the least. We got Hooves Trimmed and the Garage Roof Shoveled off. Last evening we took a ride to Farmington for Dinner and to do some shopping, it was a nice change of pace since we usually go to Skowhegan or Waterville. Today we were up early and did the Animals and then headed to Sangerville to our Friends Farm. Love going up there and visiting with him and his Mother and seeing all his Horses, Sheep, Chickens, Turkeys, Goats. I really enjoy the Horses alot and wandering around among them. He gave us a Bantam Rooster to go with our Single Hen and we are going to be getting a Hen and a Tom Bronze Turkeys soon too. We had a nice Lunch and Visit and then caught the Bantam Rooster Michael named "Tyler" and headed home. We came home and introduced him to his new Girlfriend Shirley and they hit it right off just fine, we are hoping they bond and give us some little ones this Spring. We were both tired and decided to take a nap, Mike went ahead of me as I was in the middle of something. Finally I went in my room and tucked myself in and just began to doze off when the Doorbell rang, we were not expecting anyone so I climbed out of bed and peaked out. Well, Well, Well.... A pretty Blue Crown Victoria sat out Front and a Trooper at the Door. I thought what now and went in and woke Mike but by the time I got dressed he left. I called the Troop and requested they send him back and shortly there after while we were doing the Animals he came back. We chatted in the Garage for awhile about the Goats but to get down to business we went into the house out of range of the Neighbors Camera's and Listening devices. I am not going to get into the details here about why he came out but lets just say it was a Bogus Call from the Neighbor and we discussed it and he realized they had sent him on a wild goose chase to harass us and we all had a nice chat and a good laugh over it and he left. I got to say one thing, every Trooper who has come to visit us has handled things great and knows exactly what kind of people we are dealing with. It is a absolute shame they make these useless calls to them and waste their time when there are people out there that need them more. After he left we settled in for a nice relaxing evening but did not watch the Superbowl. We sat with our Laptops chatting with Friends and I chatted with a Time Warner Tech Support guy about why Roadrunner was so dam slow tonight. Fun Fun... Take Care Everyone and have a Great Week... Will get some Pics of the New Rooster and Post them soon.
Good Afternoon Everyone... Hope You all are doing Well and enjoying this Nice Day... Mike and I have been out since early this morning cleaning the roofs off before the questionable weather we got coming that could be rain, the less weight the better. There is alot of snow up there and alot of weight too and it is hard work thats for sure, we'll feel it in the morning. We shovel for a while and use the Snow Rake and then I take the tractor and move it out of the way. As of right now we still have half the house to do and more on the Garage and Goat Pen and the workshop then we will be done, will be an all day job before it is all done. Tomorrow we are going to take it easy and go visit a Friend and his Mother and get a Chicken and might even go to Greenville to check on some things since we will be so close. All this crap that is going down with the Slander and what not we found out this morning the 4 People who are responsible for it. One of them is doing all this Slander from her Work Computer and Work Fax Machine and so this will be addressed with Management as to why she is Using the Company Computer and Fax Machine and most of all Company time to creat this Slander and harassment that she is and action will be taken. The other three are all being dealt with as well. I will not stoop to their level and pull the crap that they are. Neither Mike or I have time for this Childish behavior but these four Thrive on trouble and making it as they have way too much time on their hands. Well I guess it is time to get back to work so we can be done before dark and have time to rest up and relax before we go to Farmington later. Take Care Everyone and Enjoy this fine weather we are having.
January 30, 2009 8:42pm
Good Evening Everyone... I found out some information tonight that was very disturbing to me and I have decided to possibly suspend the Website Temporarily. Some People whom I am not going to Identify are trying to make trouble. It's time to Move thats for sure back down to Southern Maine where life was great and people had respect for one another. We brought that respect up here when we moved up here and look what it got us...
January 30, 2009 3:25pm
Good Afternoon Folks... Been a beautiful day out today. Mike and I were up early this morning and did chores and then trimmed everyone's Hooves. Some do well with it and others try to get away but I hold them and Mike does the trimming. Put a bowl of sweet feed in front of them and you do not have to hold them at all. I cannot believe the Views this Website has had over the last 3-4 days. I assume it had to do with that Nasty Posting on CL placed by our CRAZY Neighbors. Oh well thats life I guess and two crazy people with way too much free time on their hands. I have a Chicken on the Rotisserie (Store Bought) that I am cooking for Dinner along with Stuffing, Potato's, Corn and a blueberry pie to top it off. Mike is off today and Sat & Sun so I usually one of the days I do a decent meal. Tomorrow we are off to pick up a Bantam Rooster to pair up with a broody hen we have. If anyone knows of anyone looking for a Electric Stair Lift which covers 14 Steps let me know, trying to sell mine. Well I guess that is about it for now, enjoy your weekend everyone.
January 28, 2009 11:22pm
Today a lady was kind enough to E-mail me through the Website and she advised me that she came across a Posting on the Website Craigslist in the Farm/Garden section that was speaking Negatively about our little farm here. I went onto Craigslist with her help and found the Posting that was obviously Posted by one of our Neighbors that has given us alot of Abuse both Physically and Mentally and contacted the State of Maine about a tiny pile of Goat Manure and accused our Animals of drawing rodents which is not the case and was confirmed by the Inspector from the State who came out. This Man and his Wife have made our lives a living nightmare since moving in here. This Posting that they had Posted on Craigslist really was a joke for those who know us or looked up the Website. We maintain a great little Farm here and our Animals get better care than we do and are all very healthy animals. As for there accusation of cramped quarters, that is not the case either and the Norridgewock Animal Control Officer who I consider a Friend approves of our set up here as did the Inspector from the Maine Dept of Agriculture who came out to look into the manure issue and the Vets who come here from time to time to take care of matters for us thought it was a nice arrangement too. As for their Issue of Flies, that must have been the punchline. What Farm does not have Flies? We have flies but nothing like they describe and we have all kinds of fly control inside and out that works well so I would more think that the flies were coming from the Neighbors house. Everyone who is familiar with Goats knows their Poop is little balls that dry up as soon as they hit the air and DO NOT have any odor to them at all unlike Cow Manure. So for those of you who saw it and maybe checked back to read the Blog, know that our Place is a Great Place for Animals where they are loved and cared for. The Pics of the Farm and the Animals show that and anyone who has visited see's that too. We just ended up in the wrong Neighborhood with some real JERKS all around us. Actually I think they are Jealous of us and the good life we live and have way too much free time on their hands.
January 27, 2009 3:35pm
Well what a wonderful day it has been today Sunny and Blue Sky's and 20 deg outside. I had to do morning chores as Mike had a early morning appointment but actually it was much easier than what I deal with at night but got them done and all was well except I broke the Ducks water bucket trying to get the ice out of it. I went to Skowhegan to check on some things and went to the Post Office then got 5 gals of Fuel for the Tractor in preparation for the Big Snow Storm thats going to bless us tomorrow with it's presence. And of all times when we have our first Showing of 2009 so that means I will have to keep things open all day til they have come and gone. Hopefully they will fall in love with it and we can get the hell out of here and this area. But I doubt that will happen but you never know I guess. I cleaned the Garage as best as I could and Thankfully Mazda Cosmo's wonderful smell is not present at the moment. Now I got to start cleaning inside the house so it will be ready by 1:00pm Wednesday. But it really is not too bad anyway but always a pain having to scramble to ready for a showing and then leave for an hour or so but tomorrow I am going to just stay put in the Workshop cause I don't drive when it snows.
January 26, 2009 10:34am
Another chilly morning here in Central Maine, -15 at 6:15am and now at 10:36am it is 1 above zero outside. Animals are all doing well despite the cold temps outside. But I bet they are sure looking forward to Spring and Green Grass. More Snow on the way for Wednesday they are saying so get your shovels ready. I am so tired of snow and ready for the Mosquito's and Black Flies myself. Really hope we get some serious interest on the house real soon as I want out of here so bad and to be at another place early so we can be settled in and enjoy Spring and Summer. Mike is off today and I think we will take a ride up to Sugarloaf and watch them Ski for a while or maybe take a ride to drive by some homes for sale but get out and enjoy the nice day. We have not ventured far this Winter and really looking forward to getting away for a few days when the weather warms up a bit. If we had a Van Mike would probably load all the kids in it and take them with us. He has been thinking about taking Billy for a ride to see how he does in the back of his car. That will be quite the sight if he does one of these days. Well I guess I will end here, have some letters to write and edit and get done before tomorrow Morning and with Mike home today there will be many distractions to deal with.
January 24, 2009 12:01pm
Good Afternoon Everyone... What a nice Sunny Day it is out today and fairly comfortable too but I expect the temps and going to get below zero again tonight. At least we are not getting anymore snow. All the Animals are doing Great and seem to be handling the cold weather just fine. I really thought we might lose some poultry during it all but we did not. But I cannot wait til the Snow Melts. I got to repair the Pen that I got to close to last Snow Storm, was blowing a path leading up to the Doe Pen with the Tractor and got too close and caught it in the Blower and before I realized what had happen and shut the PTO off I had ripped down about 8 ft of Fence. That was fun getting that out of the Blower I will tell you and it sheared one pin too. I went to Wal-Mart in Skowhegan yesterday to grab a Storage Container and got to the Christmas Section and everything was 90% off. I picked up some 20 light Mini Light Sets for some Projects I am going to make and they rang up at 20 cents each. I may go back today and see if they have any left and buy more but doubt they will have any left. Aside from that not much more excitement going on here or in the forcast. Pretty much laying low these days. May go pick up a Rooster on Monday to pair up with out husbandless Hen. Well guess I will clean up and maybe take a ride to Wal-Mart and get out for a bit, going to hibernate tonight and watch a really good movie on Lifetime at 9pm. Watch it if you can... Going to be a real tear jerker I think as just the commercials for it upset me. Enjoy the weekend and think.... SPRING, SPRING, SPRING !!!
January 21, 2009 9:23am
Well Good Morning Everyone... Another Chilly one out there today. Sorry I slacked off writing on this for a few days. Had been Busy with the Snow Storm and cleaning up that and did some House Cleaning and Organizing so things were hectic for a few days. All the Animals are doing Great and enduring the cold just fine though it has been warmer the last few days which was nice. We are not sure if Nanny is expecting or not. She was exposed to Mazda this fall briefly and she looks like she is filling out and she is acting all nervous all the time but she is not bagging up so only time will tell. We have been doing fine but been running a cold house which is miserable trying to conserve oil and it really sucks having to live this way. Been trying to sell my Second Car so I can invest in a Pellet Stove for our Living Room Hearth as I feel that would be a big help. If anyone knows of anyone looking for a small second hand Car let me know. Been wanting to work out in the Workshop also on some projects but just too dam cold out there and that Kerosene Heater I have in there just doesn't cut it with these around Zero Temps. Hoping in the Spring time to add some Turkeys here and think I am going to go ahead and Purchase a Pair of Mini Donkeys (Jacks) I have been watching. Would also like to get a good used Van for Animal Transportation and have my eye on one here in Town for $1500 but don't have the Money at the moment :-( Well guess I will end here for now... Mike wants to take a ride to Bangor today and I want to take a ride to Greenville so we got to decide soon... Enjoy the day...
January 15, 2009 10:55am
Well Good Morning All... It was a chilly one last night but not as cold as I was expecting. Went out and helped Mike with chores and it was bitter out there and everyone was doing well. Been looking at alot of Houses online on various Realestate Websites and found a Great Farm but it is off the beaten path a bit near Bethel. Nice House and Garage and a Huge Barn for Animals and one for Tractor and Implement Storage. It has 45 Acres with it too which would be great and being close to Bethel would not be so bad. Something to think about if we get a bite I suppose. May take a ride over and check it out this weekend. Might be driving down to Portsmouth tomorrow to do some Grocery Shopping at Market Basket and hit the NH Liq Store and go get the Rabbit I spoke of before in Strafford if he is still up for grabs... Aside from that not much going on around here... So nice we have not had so much snow that we have had to Shovel Roofs off yet, last year we had a guy that would come over and Muck Stalls for us and Shovel the Roofs off but he is gone now so we are on our own this year. Well take care all and if I get to NH and get the Rabbit I will post his Pic here Friday Night...
January 12, 2009 10:13am
Brrrrr.... It is a chilly one out there today around Zero and not warming up very fast. Normally Mike does morning chores and I do night time but when he is off I help him in the morning and he had better help me at night :-) ... The Animals sure love the bread I give them from the Bakery each morning, especially Benjamin (Runt) he eats it like it is his last meal and is so cute. I got to get his Pic up close and put it on the website... I guess I have finally decided to place the Guineas in a more Suitable Home where they can free range in the Spring, I got to call the woman today and see if she still wants them. I will miss them and their obnoxious noise but want them to be happy. I watched them grow up from 2-3 days old but they will be ok. The Runner Ducks are a different story, I need to place them too but am so attatched to them it is hard but I know where they may end up they will be very happy with a nice Pond to swim in. I still really want to place the Sheep but Mike is still too attatched to let them go. I may drive down to NH this Friday to get a Rabbit if he is still up for Grabs. Mike is off today but not sure what we will do today, may go do some Drive By's of some houses in Canaan and Hartland and Detroit then I am not sure what we will do tonight if anything. Thinking about using up some of the Wood we have in the Basement in the Fireplace since we have not had a fire in it in quite some time now. Well I guess that about covers it for today. Have a Great Week everyone....
January 11, 2009 10:34am
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow.... Enough Snow, Enough Snow, Enough Snow.... When will it ever stop, becoming a regular thing these days... Not quite sure how much is out there right now but it is still coming down in good shape and will be enough to have to blow. I do not mind Snowblowing and sort of enjoy it but hate always wondering if I am going to be attacked while doing it from behind like I was last year and then two years before got attacked while Mowing one day... Crazy People all around me. Pretty bad when I have to "Holster Up" to blow or mow but I got to protect myself when Mike is not around to watch my back. Animals are all doing Great but really getting tired of their Water Buckets freezing up. Chickens and Rabbits have heated Bowls but the rest don't. Wish I could afford to go get some at Tractor Supply.... Lovely, as I si here writing this I am listening to the Town Plow truck going by filling me in nicely I am sure. Anyway the Boys and the Kids love going out and playing in the Snow and the Sheep too even in the cooler temps. I cannot wait to move and get them into a Larger Pen with big Climbing Posts... For any of you who have seen the Goat Pen at the entrance to "Yorks Wild Kingdom" in York my Old Stomping Grounds we want to build our Kids A high Climbing fort like that one but not til we get moved and settled, they will love it I know they will and the Ducks I am going to take the Tractor and dig a nice pond for them one that we do not have to clean and change the water in daily. Started this and then took off and put together a Roast in the Crockpot. Guess the snow is about to stop, looks like maybe 5-6 in and then a foot where the Plow has been by... Well guess I will think about going out and cleaning it up. More Soon...
January 9, 2009 11:32am
Well as you can tell I have become more ambitious to this Website and writing in the Blog more often. Too cold to spend time outside so might as well keep this going. Not all that much new here today... Mike went and got a load of Hay out in Canaan this morning as we were starting to run low and it looks like great hay too. I go down to Freihofers Bakery Thrift Shop in Fairfield every couple weeks and buy ten Flats of what they call Animal Food. It is more or less the day old stuff they pull from the Shelves but the Animals Love it... It varies what you get but it ranges from Bread, Bagels, Pizza Shells, Bagels, Cookies, Cakes, Danish, Muffins, Pies and a few other things I am not sure what you would call them. The Animals love it and it is a nice treat for them when they get it. Cost $16.40 for ten flats and well worth it and usually we end up with a few things ourselves. We are back to the frigid Temps and the dam Frozen Water Buckets... I am so glad we did not get all the Snow they predicted the other day, tractor ran good with the new Part which made life easier. Mike will kill me for tell this and honestly I never aknowlaged to him that I saw but I sure got a good Laugh off it. We had gone out to Dinner the night of the Storm and I should have Blown the Driveway before we left but did not. So we went out to Dinner and then over to a Friends for Cards and left about 930pm and came home. I had to do the Animals cause I did not want to do them so early so when we got home the Stinking Town Truck had been by and really filled us in good with Snow so I thought I had better blow it in case we got rain on top of it. I was battling a horrible cold too and asked Mike to help me with the Animals so I could get the driveway done quicker but he flat out refused and said no cause he had done them in the Morning on his own. I was furious to say the least cause I was not feeling well but I did the Animals, took me much longer than usual cause I was tired and not feeling well and knew the Buckets would be frozen again. Then I changed my Coat and got a different hat and began Blowing the Driveway, well once he knew the Animals were done out comes Michael with the Shovel, he usually Shovels the Deck off and the Steps and directly in front of the Garage Doors and then I do all the Blowing with the Tractor. So I was taking care of it well and still stewing over him not helping me and by now it was like 11pm. Well I had made a few pass's and was backing up and happen to glance over toward the deck and noticed Michael sitting on the Ground and not by Choice, I hesitated for a minute to make sure he was ok and he struggled up to his feet and he grabbed a Wagon that was nearby and threw it across the yard and his Shovel too. I assume he was lugging this wagon off the deck and with the Snow on the Ice he must have slipped and fell and he looked some Ugly. I chuckled to myself and finished up the driveway and the path down back to the Guinea's and Ducks and Cassie's Poop Path. Thats what he gets for not helping me. Knock on wood I have not had a spill on the Ice once this year. Last year I took a flip on the Ice at Wal-mart in Palmyra not just once but twice and in front of everyone and was I embarassed and the management wanted to get EMT's there to check me out but I declined, my pride was hurt thats it. Well thats about it for today.
January 7, 2009 10:05am
Good Morning Everyone... Well it is Snowing like crazy out as was expected but I do not mind this time around as my Tractor is Repaired and Ready to go thank goodness. I actually really enjoy Snowblowing as long as I can do it with the Tractor. Well it is Official, the House is back on the Market and up For Sale once again and I only hope we can get interest in it right off as I have found a half a dozen Places I am interested in that will work well for us and the Animals. Though we have a nice Large House now with lots of room I do not want that again, I want something smaller and more cozy and easy to heat as I am always cold it seems and like a warm house. Mikes Parents are determined to Move back to NH which I find Sad since he enjoys having them close by where he can look in on them often but apprently they do not take his feelings into consideration at all and are just determined to move and Why I don't know, they have such a beautiful little home up here and will never have one like it again once they give it up. We are going to be staying put up here in the General Area but a bit further North from here a few Towns away yet close to 95 for Mike to get to Work. Hardest Part will be moving day with the Animals and all. Really sucks having Crazy Neighbors, the one to our Right has Camera's and Floodlights set up aiming at our Home and according to conversations we hear from time to time over our Barn Monitor they are recording it with a DVR as well, sick if you ask me. They have one aiming at our Back Deck on the Hot Tub and we did not feel we wanted to be subjected to that so I drained it and winterized it til we move. But as they say every dog has his day and his is coming soon enough. I have been doing my homework and got the goop now. The Animals are all doing great, Mike took some Pics of them with me the other days which I hope to post on the website later. They are so much fun to be around and give us lots of enjoyment. Cannot wait to get moved and into a place with More Room as we plan on getting a Companion Horse and Turkeys and a good laying flock of Chickens. Well thats about it for now, take care all and enjoy the Snow... We are expecting 6-12 Inches up here, as of now looks like we have 3-4 on the ground so far.
January 3, 2009 11:01pm
Well have I got a Story for all of You from Wagging Tails Farm... Tonight we had company for dinner and I was out later than Normal doing Chores Feeding everyone and putting them to bed, it was 8:15pm to be exact. I had Cassie with me as I usually do and she was outside running around Barking and as usual the Losers to our Right had their dog out at the same time and it began Barking and in turn Cassie Barked back at it but only a few times. Anyway I finished chores and went in, well about 10:15pm we had company. Mike and I were sitting in the Livingroom on our Laptops watching TV, Mike got up to go out and Smoke and Noticed a State Police Car over to Losers house. He came in and told me and Mike went out for a Smoke. Figuring they would be coming here next I got dressed and waited and sure enough in they pulled, two Troopers got out and I met them at the Door. They said that the Losers next door had called them and they said that Mike and I were lurking in the Shadows of our back yard and barking and provoking their dog. I blasted right into them about taking such a lame call and accusing us of that and explained that we had been out doing Chores abnd had Cassie with us and that she did bark but it was not us, I also explained that there are no shadows to lurk in since we have Three Dusk til Dawn Lights completely illuminating our entire back yard and a Motion Light on the back of the House and a Flood light on the front of the Garage all which were on at that time. Then one of the Troopers insisted he could smell Pot on me and began questioning me about that. Anyone who knows me knows I am Dead Det against any type of Drug especially Pot. I blasted him both barrels about that and explained I am not a drug user and offered Several times to go with them to Redington Fairview for a Drug Test but they would not. They insisted it was pot they were smelling when in fact it was a Cigarette that Mike had left in the snowbank burning and it was the filter they were smelling... We went round and round over them taking a Call like this for something so stupid. Then they asked for me to get Michael which I did and they began questioning him and he blasted them too. I cannot believe that these Troopers would waste their precious time to take such stupid calls. Finally they left and we had a good laugh over it and thought what Losers... But you got to take into consideration One is using the Vietnam Crazy Card and the other is using the Crazy Depression Card and telling everyone people are watching her all the time... Every Dog has their Day and they have their's coming soon... Thats why we are so motivated to move. Tired of living around LOW LIFE SCUM of the Earth... Hope you all got a good Chuckle over that... If your reading this Jonathan, I hope you are the one that comes the next time they Call the State Police, these two Troopers were real Jerks... Trooper Keaton and Trooper Wilson are the Best!!!
January 1, 2009 10:19am
Good Morning and Happy New Year Everyone... Boy we sure had a cold one to ring in the New Year. We were lucky to have avoided yesterdays Storm and never got so much as a flake of snow up here in Norridgewock but he had frigid temps for sure well below Zero from around 10pm and at this time now we are only up to 5 above Zero and that is in the sun and very windy still as it was all night. Went out and did chores this morning and aside from some Water Buckets frozen solid all seemed to be well and everyone was curled up together trying to keep warm... If we ever had the Money I want to design and build a new Barn that will have radiant heat in the floors and be insulated all around and make sure every stall has a heated water station. The worst ones to deal with are Timmy and his Gang (6 Runner Ducks). Give them Fresh water in their Bucket and they literally bath in it no matter how cold it is and they splash water everywhere which in turn makes everything soggy and then Freezes Solid and then in the Spring cleaning their pen you need a gas mask. But I love them and cannot part with them. If we ever get moved I am going to build them a Pen that will be great for them and they will enjoy a heated pool year round. We had a Simple Evening last night, Michael and I and our Friend Roger went out to Mei Lei Gardens for Dinner and Drinks at 6pm and departed there about 730pm and went back to Rogers where Mike and Roger got looped and Arthur and I behaved since I was the designated driver but we had fun watching Mike and Roger with a few drinks in them. We played cards a while and then just chatted up a storm. Mike and I came home around 11pm and watched the Ball come down and went to bed. I would have Partied all night long but Mike is not a party boy. Laying low today where it is warm but Mike has to work so he will be taking off in a few hours. The meal I was supposed to have last night I am going to have Saturday instead. Well I guess that is about it for today. Happy New Year from, Jeff, Michael, Cassie, Simon, Danniele, Chester, Lucky, Breakfast, the other Birds and Fish, Billy, Joey, Michael, Tiny Dancer, Mazda Cosmo, Nanny, Blue Monday, Sassy, Lilly, Benjamin (aka Runt), Kevin, Dot, Mary, Misty, Sunshine, Rose, Jane, Cinnamon, Fluff, George, Ed, Other Chickens, Guineas, Tim and his Gang (Runners), Tina.... Never thought we would have this many kids :-)