Chicama Run Family Farm

Alexis went out and took these pictures this morning - SUCH CUTE LITTLE ONES!!

It's always exciting and busy starting this time of year - for some reason the weather kicks us into high gear. It's like all of a sudden - WOOSH - we need to do stuff. Of course the goal of the winter was to get all this done - but we enjoyed the winter huddled in the house doing house-hold "stuff" that would never get done in the spring.

The biggest thing people get on us about is ordering beef. We love you all doing this - and it's always a work in progress what the BEST way to do it is. I think this year we are doing well with how we are doing it. The difference is that I am personally going over cut sheets with people. So it will add the personal touch to it and also I can walk everyone through what is sometimes an overwhelming process. Of course I am still lost sometimes at what I want and I have YET to find a cut sheet from any butcher I actually like so I work it out myself :)

Of course people are used to our stuff selling out - so orders are already coming in - within hours of posting that it was available we had or first 1/2 steer sold. EXCITING!!!

A customer emailed me this morning and I actually read the entire story. It makes me angry - especially since I have a lot of people confront me with the cost of our food (especially eggs lately). Yes - it's higher - but do you know who and what is going on at the farm your eggs are from?

http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/03/politics-of-the-plate-the-price-of-tomatoes?currentPage=1

I'd love some comments on this article and opinions. Either way.

Who can resist such cute furballs?? Now understand.... I sent Jacob and Alexis out to take pictures and told them I needed to know which are girls and which are boys..... you get the idea from the pictures :)

Last night I placed our beloved baby lamb Panda in the barn with Pug. I actually had to go and find her because she had holed up under our deck to stay out of the wind.

This morning I went out to the barn to feed everyone and noticed Pug (our previous house goat) but no Panda. I figured she was just being smart by staying inside the barn.

I looked in the stall and she was just laying there - dead. I don't know WHY she died as she was fine last night when I watched her curl up next to Pug...

So today is a very sad day - but at the same time - we still have stuff to do. Personally I think the kids are taking it better than me.....time to go.....

What a cool thing Facebook is becoming for us. As I learn more about it we are learning how to create a page and share information and so much more.

So if you are on Facebook - take a look and search for me: Dana Sacco and I'll be happy to be your friend! Plus you can now become a fan of us :) That's kinda cool.

Yep - needed something to do in the middle of doing taxes because looking at all those numbers can get a little nerve wracking!

Well after 9 weeks where honestly this past week I saw a dog waddle we have puppies. 6 little rolly polly puppies that are adorable. Thank goodness she had them in decent weather!! There are 2 boys and 4 girls. I get to register them now and do AKC paperwork for them. They all have "badger faces" which is cool - amazing that they become white huge dogs. Just adorable and exciting. It's really hard to stay mad or anything when you can go grab a puppy :)