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 PWC was awesome! Haidee earned a CH leg! |
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Constantine won Grand Champion Fiber goat at Orange!
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Chica's real name found!!!
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We've moved to Madison, VA |
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Welcome to Pun Kids Farm
Before....
Until very recently we just a normal family with fairly normal pets. Lots of dogs, some cats, and the odd group of hermit crabs. Before moving back to Culpeper, VA we even had a couple of rabbits, but nothing truly different from what every other suburban family might have. Then we moved out into the county and the kids became old enough for 4H...
and so now... PUN KIDS FARM!
We've always loved animals and with 4H and adequate land, there was no holding us back. First came the Nigerian Dwarf goats. Then a rescued La Mancha doe who had been through an unbelievably hard life. And then a couple of silkie roosters... so then we needed some hens (the first were hand-me-downs donated by a friend), then pygora goats and a few more "stewpot" (check out Puffy on our Chicken page) hens, and now we've got an ever-growing flock. Then the Muscovies and so - on.
La Manchas and Mini-Manchas have joined the herd! And then Recorded Grades, and Oberhasli.... this could get out of hand
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| Goat Babies! |
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 Babies seem to always be arriving so check the various breeds to see what's happening! |
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| The Milkers' Field |
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At our new location in Orange County, the girls have plenty of lush, green grass to enjoy during the day and a barn full of snug stalls to sleep in or shelter from bad weather. |
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General Information |
| All of our kids are handled excessively by our family. We do disbud kids for safety reasons, although Midnight came to us with horns and bucks have more a problem with scurs (leftover horn stubs) than do does. That being said, Ziggy will have horns because he escaped disbudding when Zuri was born and required a lot of extra care. We practice CAE prevention and test using WADDL-WSU. | |
Other animals in the pasture
We generally raise our animals communally to let the chickens handle the bugs in the goat pasture. In return, the goats & Buckwheat (the horse) watch out for the chickens. This works out very, very well for us. |
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- Harold: our always nosy guard llama who was a big walking appetite. Keeping him from getting fat was a constant struggle and means guarding the goats while they eat. Sadly, Harold passed away on December 26, 2009. He is greatly missed.
- Buckwheat (picture coming soon) is our Paint/Quarterhorse gelding who arrived in August 2012 for Zoe and Jaycen to ride. He's been used as a trail horse for years by my uncle and Jaycen says that Buckwheat "reads his mind" and doesn't even need to be told what to do. The kids fight over who gets to use him.
- Crystal (picture to follow), came to us at the same time as Buckwheat. She's been a showhorse and a broodmare and came to give us a second horse in case Zoe wanted to go on a trail ride so someone could accompany her. Zoe's going to make sure Crystal gets some good workouts to rebuild her muscle tone and I'm sure that Crystal will help Zoe as well.
- Chica: our rescued La Mancha doe who has finally reached a normal weight. She was starved and uncared for before she was rescued with many other animals from an abusive situation in King George. We finally found Chica's original breeder and obtained her papers!
- Fizz: our wonderful black barn cat (thanks Heather!). Fizz keeps our rodent population under control and is always looking for attention. Even better, he doesn't bother chicks or chickens.
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For more information:
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Pun Kids Athos
