Tag: critter spotlight

It has been a while since we have done a Critter Spotlight. I realized the other night, we have a few critters that never got their turn! Well we just can’t have that, now can we? Fair is fair, so in the coming weeks, I will make sure everybody gets

This week, the spotlight falls on one of the newer members of our flock, Cinder. She is a Black Jersey Giant that we picked up this spring at just a couple days old from a local feed store. Cinder may not have been around here very long, but she has

It’s time to get to know another of the characters that call this place home, Baby Girl. She is another one of our “home grown” critters, meaning she was born right here! You see, a couple springs ago, Betty, our female duck, got this crazy idea to go broody. The

This week’s Critter Spotlight falls on a hen with an amazing story, Buffy. If you hang out with us on Facebook, you have seen Buffy a lot over the last four years. In fact you would have seen her grow up! For the longest time, I honestly hated her. She

Today’s Critter Spotlight falls on another “home grown” critter, Lily! She is a sibling to a former spotlight critter, Blaze. Back when the oldest country kid wasn’t that old, he let two of our bunnies (yup, one male and one female) out to play together. I’m pretty sure you can

So who is this week’s Critter Spotlight? None other than the polydactyl puddy tat, Anna! We have a soft spot for rescue critters, and Anna is just one of the rescue critters we have taken in over the years. She came from a local shelter and was only about 6

This week’s spotlight is on a critter that was made right here, Blaze the bunny. What do I mean he was made right here? Well when the oldest country kid wasn’t that old, he let two of our bunnies (yup, one male and one female) out to play together. I’m

This weeks spotlight is on one of the newer members of our homestead household. She is not your typical kind of livestock! Okay, she isn’t livestock at all. She was a gift. Yes, a gift. Who gives the gift of a rat? My hubby! Why you might ask, well I

This week’s Critter Spotlight is on a member of the (mis)Adventures that wasn’t supposed to be. What do I mean by that? Well you see, for many years we had an amazing dog named Mazzie. When he passed, we decided a few month later that maybe we should start looking

Our Critter Spotlight falls this week on one of our odder critters here at the homestead, Lizzy the leopard gecko. Why do we have a gecko?!?! Oh well that is an easy question to answer, because we homeschool of course! She was our “classroom” pet this year and helped the

Today’s Critter Spotlight lands on our oldest bunny boy, Steve. You may not have heard much about Steve lately on Facebook or our blog because, well, he is just a quiet, in the back ground kind of guy. He isn’t pushy like those chickens and ducks who always seem to

Today is your chance to get up close and personal with one of the biggest characters that lives on our homestead, Mr. Bill. He has one of the biggest personalities I have ever seen in a critter and his life here has been an interesting roller coaster of a ride.

This week’s Critter Spotlight goes to our oldest homestead kitty, Nate. At the time we got him, we were not thinking about his role in our family, but he quickly proved his role as a mighty mouser! What can I say, when you live in a house that is over

Part of the fun of homesteading is getting to spend time with the critters we care for. This week on our first ever Critter Spotlight, I want to give you all the chance to meet one of our amazing friends, Ester! She is currently our oldest hen and while she