11/05/2026
Up before the rooster this morning! ☀️🐓
Grab your coffee, yall... its time for an overdue FARM UPDATE!
Weve got piglets coming, boys everywhere, pork in the freezer and a to-do list that apparently reproduces faster than the livestock. 😂
First up, Cookie is still being Cookie...
Shes picked her favorite, and the little fella in this video is getting pushed aside. We are keeping him with his mama and brother as long as hes doing well, supplementing with a warm morning bottle and watching him closely.
Motherhood comes naturally to Cookie… but apparently she prefers an only child. 🤦♀️
And somehow, we officially have EIGHT BUCKLINGS.
EIGHT boys.
Not a single little lady in the bunch. 😭🐐
All EIGHT are looking for new pastures!
In the meantime, we are building them a bachelors pasture of their own while they wait for new homes and the upcoming flock swap... if youre looking to add some new DNA to your herd...nows your chance!!
Big Mama is looking closer to farrowing, with a much fuller milk line and some VERY noticeable changes to her back side. We are watching and waiting for our first piglets while getting their little annex added to Big Mamas house. 🐷
She already broke her watering system and installed two ponds for herself and the ducks too! Apparently, the maternity ward needed a water feature....
The ducks and ducklings are moving into a new pen today, so their complimentary stay at Big Mama’s waterfront resort is coming to an end. HOPEFULLY I can keep waterer troughs clean for longer than a half hour, with the ducks behind bars. 😂🦆
Our LaMancha doe, Grim, is still skinny but slowly putting weight back on with extra beet pulp, alfalfa and forage. After her nasty battle with pink eye and treatment, she has her vision back and a whole lot more energy!
Which means she can once again devote herself to standing silently behind me, waiting for me to turn around and get the daylights scared out of me. ...Nothing like having your own personal Grim Reaper wearing mini goat ears.
Still no lambs. Our rams performance review remains unfavorable, and his behavior isn’t helping his case. He needs to get with the program, before the program gets another ram. 🐏
The chickens are happy, fluffy and keeping us supplied with eggs! We just added 10 pullets that arent laying yet, 10 chicks are growing in the brooder and the incubator is going to add to our egg layers.
The goal is to always have the next generation of layers coming!
Reach out if you need a dozen or two for farm pickup or delivery. 🥚
We also have FIFTY Cornish Cross chicks arriving Friday for our exempt poultry program. Because apparently we looked around this place and thought, “You know what’s missing? FIFTY more mouths to feed.” 🐥😂
And some news we’ve been excited to share…
OUR PORK IS BACK FROM THE PROCESSOR.
We picked it up yesterday, and it is gorgeous! Now we are finishing our inventory and planning the pork boxes, including our little starter bundle, the Little Roots box. 💙
These boxes are for folks who want local pork but don’t need half a hog, don’t have a giant freezer or simply can’t spend several months’ grocery money at once.
I know what it costs to feed a family. We’re raising three teenagers over here, and sometimes I think they are eating the groceries while I’m still unloading them.
We want you to be able to pick up something good to cook without having to rearrange your freezer or your whole budget.
The freezer shed is almost ready for our meat handler inspection!!! Once everything is approved and ready, we will share the pork box options, prices,how to order, and pickup/delivery options.
Which brings us to…
THE FARM STAND! 🌱
We have still got painting to finish and a few more things to get in place before we can finally say, “Come on by!”
We have poured months of work and a whole lot of heart into this little stand. In between, we are running our HVAC business, raising three teenagers, caring for the animals and occasionally repairing whatever the pig has remodeled.
Some days we make a whole lot of progress. Other days we spend the afternoon fixing something that worked just fine yesterday. 😂
Thank yalll for being patient and cheering us on while we get there.
Our hope is simple: a little place where you can stop with your family or friends to relax, look at some farm animals... and maybe find something good for your table. We want our farm stand to be a place we can share what our farm, and other local farms, have to offer.
We are getting closer, yall. Now if everybody could keep their water systems intact long enough for me to finish painting, that would be wonderful. 💙
From our roots, to your table.
💙 Carolina Roots Farm
