Wow! I am not even sure how to summarize 2017 for Abiqua Acres! It has been a huge year, with trials but mostly successes. Of course our biggest news is finally transitioning our herd into our new robotic facility. I know I owe some apologies as I have been horrible at updating here on the […]
2016 Year End Review: Farm
All of last years planning and hard work at least has something to show for in 2016. The big news of course for this year is breaking ground and building our new robotic milking facility. I will be honest I had fully expected to be ending this year as a robot dairy farmer. There’s no […]
2015 Year End Review: Farm
I started writing this yesterday, and well today we end 2015 on a very low note. We laid to rest our all time favorite cow today; Abiqua Acres Prestige Jesusita. I don’t really have more words than that right now, she definitely deserves a proper tribute. I’m just glad the sun is shining today, as […]
Hello 2015!!
Our first calf, a heifer, arrived this afternoon! A great way to Welcome in 2015! Happy New Year!
2014 Year End Review: Farm
After I highlighted my efforts in agvocacy in 2014 I thought it would be fun to take a look at what happened on our farm this year! The biggest change for 2014 was the number of cows in our herd. For the second time ever and in the last two years we opened our closed […]
Transformation Tuesday
Remember two years ago I shared a sweet story about a very special new baby calf? Well Marna is in with the cows and expecting her first calf at the end of month and my Little Farmer is very excited! I just love watching these girls grow up and develop, they are the future of […]
Did I forget Mother’s Day?
No posts about Mother’s Day were found here on Sunday, I was busy enjoying my little farmers as well as caring for the other Mothers that call our herd home. I had to chuckle as my newsfeed overflowed with the breakfasts in bed, spa days and flowers. You see every day is Mother’s Day here. […]
Baby Moving
After newborn babies are walking and eating well they are moved from the box stalls into the nursery. Twin Heifers in the box stalls. They get a ride in our nifty calf cart, that makes moving them a breeze. This is a funny looking calf! Little Farmer helps with the Vaccinations They also get their […]
What happens to the Bull calves?
There’s something so sweet about a newborn, wet wiggly and new to the world; I will never get tired of the babies on our farm! Jellybelly greets her baby boy! After the new bundle of joy has arrived, and everyone is doing well, we check the sex of the calf. I would have to check […]
Names Needed
So Facebook is on strike from letting me post any pictures! So there are going to be short posts on here, until I can figure out what the problem is! I was thinking it was just my slow internet, but a couple of other pages have been having the same problem as well! If you […]