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As some of you may or may not know, the San Clemente Island goat is a critically endangered breed of goat. Their numbers have been...
Saffron & Honey
Jan 24, 20211 min read
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Internet, Meet.... ????
Contest time! We are looking for names for our fabulous Turkey Trio! We want your suggestions! Because, honestly, we are running out of...
Saffron & Honey
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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It's been an exciting week!
Actually the week isn't over yet, but there have simply been too many cool things happening in the last several days to wait on sharing!...
Saffron & Honey
Jan 14, 20212 min read
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Internet, Meet Bunnigo Montoya and Wednesday!
We are apparently developing a tradition here of introducing out lovebirds - or in this case, love bunnies! - in pairs. In this case our...
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Jan 8, 20212 min read
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Animal Conservation... In Print!
As part of our efforts to promote endangered breeds, we are trying to spread the word through other mediums. Recently I have been writing...
Saffron & Honey
Jan 5, 20211 min read
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Christmas gifting for Farmers
This was, for us and many others, a difficult holiday season. We were unable to see my brother, the power went out during the Zoom we had...
Saffron & Honey
Dec 28, 20202 min read
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Take-Your-Petal to Work Day!
Yesterday was a very special day for Little Petal! We combined all the skills she's been learning - travel, meeting strange people and of...
Saffron & Honey
Dec 19, 20202 min read
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Ducks Gone Wild: A Visual Journey
One of the more interesting parts of raising Muscovy ducks is their independent nature. This summer, we built them a lovely pasture...
Saffron & Honey
Dec 17, 20201 min read
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Peeing Red...
I have raised rabbits in colonies for years with few problems. My current colony is actually my second, and I have tried a number of...
Saffron & Honey
Dec 9, 20203 min read
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Babies' first winter
Good morning all and welcome to winter! In case it hasn't been obviously, colder weather means fewer blog updates - at least for the time...
Saffron & Honey
Dec 8, 20202 min read
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Let's Talk About 6 Babies...
Back after a long Thanksgiving weekend with plans to share! One of our planning sessions this weekend involved finalizing the breeding...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 30, 20202 min read
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Just Before Turkey Day
Well, there will be no turkey for our Thanksgiving this year, so we are already planning for the next. We have been planning for some...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 25, 20201 min read
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Relaxing with a 6-pack
This spring we bought 2 batches of ducklings, and when everything shook out, we had four males and four females. We butcher when the need...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 24, 20202 min read
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Honey, I'm cooking!
A gray and rainy day here at Saffron and Honey Homestead! Too wet to do anything outdoors, to early in the day to not do anything at all....
Saffron & Honey
Nov 23, 20202 min read
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Princess Petal, Therapy Goat
Just a short note to show Petal's progress to be a traveling feel-good goat! She already is wonderful with people: She rides well in the...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 22, 20201 min read
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And then there was Charlie
This post was going to be entirely different, but it ended up being a very buys - and somewhat crazy - day. At the far end, the new...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 21, 20202 min read
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Fencing In
When we bought our new home, one of the selling factors was the pond in the backyard. The perfect size for geese and ducks, with enough...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 20, 20201 min read
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Walking in a Winter Water Land
Winter watering is turning out to be more complicated this year than we expected. In the past, we kept extra rabbit bottles and swapped...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 18, 20202 min read
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Internet, Meet Beardy and Little Momma
Our original four geese were Cass, Blue, Beardy and Little Momma. They were ironic names, since Cass (originally Mamma Cass) turned out...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 17, 20203 min read
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Wilderness Boys!
It has taken us entirely too long to get our two newest American Chinchilla bucks, Montoya and Marverick, into the colony, but we finally...
Saffron & Honey
Nov 16, 20202 min read
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