This was written shortly before COVID hit then not long after that, we found out our son had a foot-long tumor tangled up inside his spinal column. We knew so little and thought life was hard when I wrote this post. It’s truly amazing to look back sometimes. -Mandy Wheaton View Article
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Our 2022 hatchery re-boot chicks hatched!
As a reminder, as we have been asked several times, the chicks hatched this week are absolutely *NOT* for sale. We lost our flocks in 2021, and these sweet feather babies are the base stock for our hatchery, and rigorous breeding programs. Each breed is sourced from multiple farms, and View Article
Summer Update: Big Changes
It’s been a while since I have written to our many followers. I wasn’t sure what to say after some major life changes have altered our farm’s plans. The last Friday in June we took our son in for a MRI for his scoliosis which had suddenly gotten a LOT View Article
It’s Been A While
The garden has gone to weeds. Only the peas, beans, tomatoes and mammoth dill can be seen over the sad tangle. It got away from me. Not in the same way as a small child in a parking lot. One day there were rows. Life happened. Then there were no View Article
March Homestead Update
WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CHANGE OUR NAME DUE TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT BY MIDDLE-EARTH ENTERPRISES. WE ARE NOW “WHEATON MOUNTAIN” FORMALLY KNOWN AS “HOBBIT HILL”. Homestead Update written on 3/13/19 We have also changed the names of our separately managed Facebook pages as follows: Wheaton Mountain Dairy Goats Wheaton Mountain View Article
Happy New Year from Bucksport Maine!
We enjoyed a mellow New Year’s Eve with our good friend and neighbor Mandi who was kind enough to capture a photo of us lovebirds smooching by moonlight in front of the pond where we married almost three years ago now. We kicked off the evening by burning an old, View Article
November Snuck Up On Us
We had woken up to a white landscape last week. It stuck to the ground for two days before vanishing overnight. That lit a fire under my ass to focus on cleaning up things I don’t want incased in ice in the near future. Have I done it? No. No, View Article
Keeping the Chicken Run Clean
I rake leaves up, lawn clippings, and toss in a bucket of sand after a good rain at one end for scratching and dusting in. I generally try to rake it up to keep the poops down and put whatever dry stuff I can which will also keep them entertained. View Article