The (former) Runamuk rams. The realization that I no longer had the help I needed to keep the Runamuk sheep…
Sore and sunburnt, I stopped at the back of the field to survey the fence-line. Pride and gratitude swelled within…
Your friendly neighborhood farmer has learned some hard lessons in animal husbandry over the past three weeks. Since I last…
This was Runamuk's first-ever lambing season, and I couldn't have asked for a better introduction to sheep-breeding. I've more than…
It's going on 3 years now, that I've been fermenting chicken feed in winter. Each morning I take a bucket…
Just over 2 weeks since Closing and I was finally able to bring the chicken flock to the Hive House.…
Chickens are often the first livestock to be added to a homestead and have been laughingly referred to as the…
WARNING: This post contains images that might be too graphic from some readers... When I constructed my hoop-coop I neglected…
Housing for the chickens was a big concern during Runamuk's Great Farm Move. It had taken a full year to…
**WARNING** This article discusses the slaughtering and butchering of livestock. The images below may not be appropriate for all audiences. On…