Hazy River Homestead & Ranch

07/28/2025

In the homestretch for tanning a couple of hides I had salted in June. Just in time to start processing more hayburners. We have 4 goats and 4 sheep slated to head to freezer camp as we’re able to fit butchering into our lives.

07/26/2025

05/12/2025

04/08/2025

We welcomed a couple new does to the farm last week. April is the gold mini Nubian doe, she’s 5 years old and should be bred for kids at the beginning of August.

Nika is a registered Nubian yearling from Sabbath Acres Dairy & Pack Goats. She’s so sweet it’s hard to get a good photo of her because she just wants to be pet😆 we’re excited to have her freshen next spring!

04/07/2025

I always thought lamancha cross ears looked ridiculous, but apparently when it’s on MY goats it’s adorable 😆

04/05/2025

Awesome hatch with eggs from St. Francis Family Farm!

Ermine ameracauna and black copper marans

Ended up with 12 ameracauna chicks and 11 black copper marans ☺️

Ameracaunas pictured. So excited for these babies to grow up

04/05/2025

…putting more eggs in the incubator now 😬

Shhh... don't tell the hubby 😉 😆

04/03/2025

We have hatching eggs available!

These will technically be rainbow/easter eggers because we have to wait 3 weeks to make sure the ameracauna rooster is the only rooster DNA at play before we can guarantee pure ameracauna or green eggers.

But this is a good chance to possible get some pure ameracauna (including lavender) before prices on these eggs go up. They’re currently discounted because I can’t guarantee what you’ll get. I will say the ameracauna rooster is the only one I’ve seen going for a piggy back ride on the ameracauna hens 😉

Available up north until Saturday. Kooskia/Kamiah friends - I can bring them down with us on our trip back next week.

04/03/2025

How to hard boil farm fresh eggs for easy peeling:

I’ll admit it took me longer than I’m proud of to learn how to boil and egg without googling it. My memories of making boiled eggs as a kid involve the use of a hard boiled egg making appliance and I never learned how to do it ‘the old-fashioned way’.

Apparently a lot of folks find it harder to peel hard boiled eggs from farm fresh eggs, but I haven’t had that experience. This is what I do:

1. Add a splash of vinegar to a pot with enough water that they eggs will be covered. Bring to a boil.

2. Tap eggs lightly to crack the shell on the bottom (the goal here is to crack the shell but leave the membrane intact)

3. Add eggs to boiling water gently, only as as many as will fit in a single layer

4. Cover and boil for 10 minutes

5. Remove from boiling water with a slotted spoon and submerge in an ice bath until cool. Or until you remember it an hour or so later 🤪

They should be easy to peel at this point. It helps if the eggs are room temperature, but I have a much easier time peeling our eggs than I have any that I get from the store

04/02/2025

Good job again Daisy Mae!

Twin doelings born today. I was sitting inside with a friend and that Idaho weather started snowing after it had been nice this morning. I knew Daisy was due tomorrow so I joked and said I probably had a goat kidding right now.

Went down to the barn 20 minutes later when the sun came back out and sure enough, two fresh babies! Daisy had them up and dry already.

Looking forward to seeing how these two girls grow out. Their sire was a lamancha so they have funny little elf ears.

04/01/2025

Coming soon!

Purebred ameracauna, lavender and black. And s*x linked olive eggers.

We finally got some birds in their own pen for breeding, now we just have to wait 3-4 weeks to make sure no other rooster DNA odds hanging around 😏

We’ll be doing a test hatch in April and will have chicks and hatching eggs available later this season.

Don’t mind the teenage barn yard mix hanging out with them. They’ll be integrated to the rest of the flock before they hit breeding age.