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Nuisance Creatures on the Ranch

Nuisance Creatures on the Ranch

We all have those pesky creatures in our lives, the ones that annoy us to no end, right?  Well, at the Ranch, we have many different versions of them.  Some cause lots of problems on top of just being a pain in the rear to deal with.  We are going to...

Automatic Feeders

Last week, we touched on automatic watering systems, so it is only natural to cover automatic feeders. All animals are different and require different types of feed and feeders. We will touch on the styles we have around the Ranch and their functionality. Some are in...
Automatic Water System

Automatic Water System

              Greg has designed an automatic animal and plant water network over the years. It is quite amazing. There are several components to the network. We need to water each of the 27 fruit orchard...

Cornish Cross Chicken Harvest

Let’s start off by saying I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July holiday. Ours has been the same since we moved to the Ranch four years ago. We get up in the morning and run the 5k race through the Molalla parade route. We watch our local festive parade, and then...
The Cycle of Life

The Cycle of Life

There are always weeks around the Ranch that seem to have more death than others. Sometimes it is planned; others it is not. It is just is a part of our business cycle. On Monday morning, Greg saw that one of our ewes was acting strange. After closer examination, he...
Our Journey of Having Pigs

Our Journey of Having Pigs

When we first started, we bought three piglets. They were kept in a pen (which has now become the duck pen). To eat like a pig is an understatement. They would eat and eat and eat… whatever you gave them. They were confined to about 200 SF, and over time, it...