Hazy River Homestead & Ranch

Hazy River Homestead & Ranch Welcome to Hazy River Homestead! We’re on a small 6 acre off-grid farm

Clean sheets for the girls on this rainy day. Capricana Alpines you can see that Grace approves, big smile😆
01/06/2026

Clean sheets for the girls on this rainy day.

Capricana Alpines you can see that Grace approves, big smile😆

Setting up a pen for a new addition - coming soon!
01/03/2026

Setting up a pen for a new addition - coming soon!

Always nice to have confirmation that does are bred. Gumdrop, Coconut, and Via all got positives today. I wanted Via on ...
01/02/2026

Always nice to have confirmation that does are bred.

Gumdrop, Coconut, and Via all got positives today.

I wanted Via on my fall kidding schedule with the rest of the Nigerians, but she and Charlie had other plans. Stinkers.

Entering the final stages of ‘sheep soup’ and moving into ‘sheep stretch’ phase. This is a hide from a border Leicester ...
12/31/2025

Entering the final stages of ‘sheep soup’ and moving into ‘sheep stretch’ phase.

This is a hide from a border Leicester lamb we butchered this fall. The hide was heavily salted to preserve it until I could come back to it, I fleshed it a week ago and put it in oxalic acid/salt solution to pickle, deactivated the acid with a washing soda soak, washed with detergent and rinsed. It’s now hanging and starting the drying process. Over the next several days to a week I’ll stretch it, sew holes I nicked while skinning, and trim scraggly edges.

Once dry it will get conditioned with saddle soap and neetsfoot oil, then brushed out with a carding brush

Over 3 pounds of cheese from a gallon and a half of milk! This winter milk is unreal 🐐
12/30/2025

Over 3 pounds of cheese from a gallon and a half of milk!

This winter milk is unreal 🐐

Me too farmer man, me too. A tractor would work too *wink wink Santa*What’s on your homestead wish list this year?
12/24/2025

Me too farmer man, me too.

A tractor would work too *wink wink Santa*

What’s on your homestead wish list this year?

Happy solstice and Merry Christmas week!We have some extra milk available this week on a first come first served basis. ...
12/22/2025

Happy solstice and Merry Christmas week!

We have some extra milk available this week on a first come first served basis.

I also have a very limited amount of chevre cheese available this week - always a hit for holiday meals! Flavors are blueberry, strawberry basil balsamic, and plain.

Hoping everyone has a great time with friends and family, and safe travels.

I want to put out feelers for some help with milking. I have been surprised and really excited to see how much interest ...
12/07/2025

I want to put out feelers for some help with milking.

I have been surprised and really excited to see how much interest there has been in raw milk locally, and I’d love to be able to supply all the demand.

I’m currently milking 7 does, and have 3 more that I’ll start milking next week. In the spring if I keep everyone I’ll have 20 does in milk. Which realistically is not something Mason and I can handle by ourselves.

I’d love to start training help while we are still in the slow season. I’m looking either for some regular help a couple times a week (think more of an employee) and/or some families who are interested in learning more about what goes into keeping dairy animals and coming out as a whole family once or twice a month to handle chores together. This could be paid work or a trade for milk.

I’m open to a variety of options to have some support to keep the milk flowing. Otherwise I will be looking to disperse a good part of my herd so I can open up space in my life for some of the other things I want to do. I want to diversify what we’re able to offer (pastured pork and poultry, produce, cheese, etc) and can’t do that if I’m spending all of my energy on milking.

If you’re interested in collaborating at all, reach out and let’s see if we can find a fit for both parties 🙂

Or if you’re interested in a bred doe or two, message me for that also.

Two pink lines for Ladybird!Old Mountain Farm Ladybird is confirmed bred to Cougar Meadows WR Regal Rival with a due dat...
11/28/2025

Two pink lines for Ladybird!

Old Mountain Farm Ladybird is confirmed bred to Cougar Meadows WR Regal Rival with a due date of 3/19/26

She is available to go to a new home as a bred doe. Message me if you’re interested.

CAE negative herd, Ladybird is also negative for TB and Brucellosis

We have an extra gallon of raw goat’s milk this week!First come, first served. Located 5 minutes out of KooskiaWe are pe...
11/26/2025

We have an extra gallon of raw goat’s milk this week!

First come, first served. Located 5 minutes out of Kooskia

We are permitted for human consumption and feed all organic. Come try out the best goat milk you’ve ever had.

Smiling J Celtic Fairy freshened with a whopping 4 pound 6 ounce doeling. Celtie is my smallest Nigerian doe, but delive...
11/26/2025

Smiling J Celtic Fairy freshened with a whopping 4 pound 6 ounce doeling.

Celtie is my smallest Nigerian doe, but delivered this big kid with no issues!

Celtie is a second freshener, I didn’t have her as a first freshener so I’m excited to see how well she produces for such a small doe.

Sire was Cougar Meadows WR Regal Rival

Better pictures of this flashy kid to come tomorrow in the daylight.

Azure pickup means time to mix a fresh batch of grain. One of the questions I get a lot is ‘what do you feed your goats?...
11/18/2025

Azure pickup means time to mix a fresh batch of grain.

One of the questions I get a lot is ‘what do you feed your goats?’ Which is understandable given that people are becoming more conscious about what they’re eating, and not wanting chemicals in their food.

I blend our own dairy grain from organic peas, oats, and barley. We also feed organic alfalfa pellets, and even though our hay isn’t certified organic we buy from farmers that don’t spray their fields.

We don’t want chemicals, like glyphosate, in our food either. So even though we are not certified organic, you can know that we are sourcing only the best chemical-free feeds for our herd.

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