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Saffron & Honey
Jan 24, 20211 min read
News and Goat Videos!
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Jan 14, 20212 min read
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!...
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Saffron & Honey
Jan 8, 20212 min read
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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Saffron & Honey
Jan 5, 20211 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Dec 28, 20202 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Dec 19, 20202 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Dec 17, 20201 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Dec 9, 20203 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Dec 8, 20202 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 30, 20202 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 25, 20201 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 24, 20202 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 23, 20202 min read
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....
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 22, 20201 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 21, 20202 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 20, 20201 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 18, 20202 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 17, 20203 min read
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...
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Saffron & Honey
Nov 16, 20202 min read
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...
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