Post by chaparra72 on Apr 21, 2008 13:16:56 GMT -5
Hi, I just thought I had better introduce myself. I have made a few posts, but have not as yet made a formal introduction.
I have been married for 16 years to a wonderful, hardworking husband. Together, we have 5 beautiful children, the oldest will be 14 in May, and the youngest is 7. I have always wanted to be self sufficient, and about 3 years ago we were finally able to sell our house in town and buy a nice home on 11 acres here in Sublette County Wyoming. Property and homes in our area are very expensive, and we were blessed to be able to buy this place for the price we paid. We are slowly fixing it up and acquiring animals, which was our purpose for wanting to be out here. So many people just want a piece of property to say that they have it, we wanted it to be able to use it.
At present, we have chickens and goats (for meat). We raised 4 pigs last year, and will be getting some more feeders in the next month or so. We will be getting our Jersey cow in about a month, she will be coming from New Mexico, and her name is Maisy. We are very excited! I also own and train Seppala Siberians, which is an old line of working Siberians. I have had sled dogs since 1988. I will attach a photo of a demonstration I did last year at our elementary school. I usually go every year for that.
I look forward to getting to know more of you, thanks for such a great board Joann!
Here are a few pictures of Maisy, and the calf is not Maisy's, she was just nursing it for a time. She will be calving sometime in August. But it sure is a pretty calf!
I have been married for 16 years to a wonderful, hardworking husband. Together, we have 5 beautiful children, the oldest will be 14 in May, and the youngest is 7. I have always wanted to be self sufficient, and about 3 years ago we were finally able to sell our house in town and buy a nice home on 11 acres here in Sublette County Wyoming. Property and homes in our area are very expensive, and we were blessed to be able to buy this place for the price we paid. We are slowly fixing it up and acquiring animals, which was our purpose for wanting to be out here. So many people just want a piece of property to say that they have it, we wanted it to be able to use it.
At present, we have chickens and goats (for meat). We raised 4 pigs last year, and will be getting some more feeders in the next month or so. We will be getting our Jersey cow in about a month, she will be coming from New Mexico, and her name is Maisy. We are very excited! I also own and train Seppala Siberians, which is an old line of working Siberians. I have had sled dogs since 1988. I will attach a photo of a demonstration I did last year at our elementary school. I usually go every year for that.
I look forward to getting to know more of you, thanks for such a great board Joann!
Here are a few pictures of Maisy, and the calf is not Maisy's, she was just nursing it for a time. She will be calving sometime in August. But it sure is a pretty calf!