Marigold Farms

                                                        Our Goats False Labor Story  When our Goat Pickles was pregnant we experienced her having false labor. One reason it made it hard to know whether or not she was in labor is that we did not have a breeding or due date. When she started showing signs, I got my hopes up and put her in the make-do kidding trailer, which I will talk more about in another post, and waited in there for about 8 hours!! I could not wait for her to kid and I did not want to miss it! Since I was so new to getting goats I was doing lots of research and found common signs of labor in goats and I compared it to what things Pickles was doing, I waited till the 24 hour mark hit and Pickles still did not kid. I was starting to get worried and did some more re...

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Are you having trouble with your chickens laying everywhere BUT the nesting boxes? Or maybe you have a snake problem and when you go to collect your eggs there is a pleasant surprise in the coop?! Well here is a tip on how to get your Chickens to lay where you want them to and it may also help with the snake problem! Step 1. Buy some golf balls or find some around your house (preferably 2 per nesting box) Step 2. Make sure that all of your nesting boxes have a lot of bedding (I like to use pine shavings) Step 3. Place the golf balls in the nesting boxes and sit back and relax!:) How does this help? The golf balls mimic a chicken egg. You may have noticed once one of your chickens lays its egg, the rest like to lay in the same spot. The golf balls will help guide your chickens to where you would like them to lay! Now for the Snake part: Write down how many golf balls you place in the nesting boxes that way you won't forget! The next time you collect your chicken eggs ...