We have a very busy month with twice daily milking of Bella, our beautiful Jersey.Daily  handling of our lovely Second In Command foal, Sarah who had to graduate to the next size up halter, she is growing so big! Her mum Serengeti Sunrise, had her 2nd ultrasound exam to confirm her pregnancy on Thursday, a heart beat is seen at 30 days, amazing. Precious is looking enormous with just over a month to go before her expected foaling. We will be picking up our 3 mares from  Roads End Farm on my return from Toronto, for the Canadian sovereign awards, April 11th. I’m looking forward to see how racing & breeding in the biggest jurisdiction in Canada  compares with what is going on here in BC and of course on our farm here on Vancouver Island.

Watching various feathered birds sitting on eggs, having seen the first clutch of ducklings through it’s first vulnerable couple of weeks. 400 Chicks arrive on April 27th for sale to our customers, both layers and meat types.

Patsy the heifer calf is racing around her mother, Zenyatta, thriving on all that great milk being produced and reminding us of how Zenyatta earned her name, calves can run very Fast! Talking of running fast, Hello Frankie runs today at Santa Anita, and Hollywood Miss is expected to run in the opening day stake at Hastings. Andallthatitmeans has been working steadily at Golden Gate for his return to the races, we’re waiting to see where he will be entered….

Food from grass

On a very beautiful warm, still evening at 2am on Feb 2nd Serengeti foaled a beautiful healthy filly. We’ve called her Sarah, in honour of Sarah Hughes a young friend and volunteer who was here that night to witness the magic. It also seems to fit in an “S” theme, Mum Serengeti, Stanley, last years colt and his full sister Sarah….

Nature is amazing equipping these early foals with wooly fur coats to cope with the vagaries of February weather. Mum fed her well in utero too, as she looks to have a great layer of fat covering that little body.

Sarah, 12 hours old

We have sourced a fabulous line of portable panels that compliment our unique range of quality products. These panels are strongly made and priced very well,  from under $100 to over $200 a panel depending on the weight of steel used and length of panel. Portable panels allow you piece of mind when keeping livestock away from trouble, and you can adapt to the changes made as animal populations change in species, size and temperament over the years. A 50ft round pen with 15 ten foot panels and a ride through 6 foot gate will cost you only $1800.00,

Thanksgiving has been and gone, the turkeys were delicious. This years foals are weaned and their mothers are now a happy herd without them. We have a band of 11 weaner pigs causing havoc

Lizzie watching over her 11 baby pigs

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At some times of the year you’ll actually be able to keep up to date on the daily farm happenings, especially when it’s dark in the evenings!!!!

Our new hours are 9 – 5 Friday and Saturday and 11 – 4 on Sundays

Weekdays by appointment, Call ahead 250 656 8701. or by chance.

We really appreciate all of our loyal customers who have been able to adjust to the new regime, we have been able to keep on top of the many aspects of the farm, whilst being your local feed store and supplier of farm fresh food on weekends.