Season's Bleatings

Its June and Missouri is lush with growth and green. The sheep and goats are slick and fat and it is time to turn our thoughts towards getting hay done again. The fans run during the day in the rabbitry, but it is still pleasantly cool at night. I haven't got the household air conditioners out yet, but I'm sure we will be doing that soon. Wild gooseberries and blackberries are coming along.... and I think there will be a bumper crop of wild grapes this year. Hope I can get some before the birds do.

The new pasture was completed on schedule and ready to accept the flock in June. My thanks to friend Gary and brother John who helped immeasurably!

A white peacock has joined the flock at HMFF! He came minus his tail feathers so he would fit in a crate, but they will grow back in by September. I have long wanted a white peacock . If you have ever seen that glorious white spread of feathers like a great lace fan, you would know what I mean. It is beautiful! My current black shouldered peacock is not sure he likes this new addition, but the peahens seem to think he is interesting.

I just got back from the show at Sedalia where I had a wonderful time meeting up with old friends and making new ones. I also had an opportunity to put faces with a few of the names on my mailing list! That was fun. The three workshops went well and the rabbit show was 10 times the size of last years showing! In the photo above, see the judge, Betty Limoges judging an HMFF rabbit that took 2nd place in his class. Thanks to all the folks who bought every rabbit I took to sell! I spent some time talking to an interesting couple who also raise rabbits around Rolla, Mo. I am planning a trip to visit their rabbitry later this summer and will report!

There are still plenty of bunnies left to choose from here....an updated bunny list including a new litter of whites is found on the rabbit page.

One of my Hybrid Leicester fleeces took a blue in it's division at H of A ! To see the yearling ram it came off of, see the sheep page! Congrats to Pam who purchased the fleece!

Its that time of year again and Sushi has presented us with her modest yearly offering of kittens: each cuter than the next with lots of spots! If you would like to give a farm kitty a home, please contact me at hmffarm@fidnet.com

I am leaving shortly for a whirlwind trip to Estes Park to judge the goat show and speak at the goat breeders dinner. If any of you are at this fabulous Colorado mountain show, be sure to look me up and say hello!

On my goat page this month, I have featured two French Alpine dairy bucks, one Boer 4-H prospect, and a pair of twin Colored Angora kids!