The Animals of Wieda Farm

Maggie - Head Dog and Home Protector. 

• Keeps strangers at bay 
• Fearless while confronting the UPS man (especially from behind a closed door)
• Keeps Bella from wandering too far from the house 
• Sleeps on the couch when nobody is looking

Bella - Rodent Hunter Extraordinaire. 

• Angers birds
• Keeps mouse population down (we think)
• Sneaks in the house to sleep on Cassidy's bed (or Karryn's bed, or under the guest bed, or under the dining room table, or under my desk, or in my closet.......... she's pretty sneaky)

Snuffles and Captain Davy Jones - Chickens at Large.

• Squeak - cluck
• Eat and poop

Pirate Freckle Pants - new member (no title yet)

• Super cute
• Wiggles nose and hops

Tiggs (short for Tiger) - Mouse Hunter in Training and Barn Guard.

• Found his litter box already (YAY!)
• Your guess is as good as mine......



Coco - arriving TODAY!!!! (June 26).

• Rocky Mountain horse from East Kentucky.
• Still in training (more to come).

Brennan on our "Wild Horse" - he's a crazy man!

Frito - The tank on legs! 

Frito was kind of a surprise - When I called Don (the horse whisperer) to check on Coco's progress, he told me about Frito.  He's a Tri-colored Paint horse with a gentle spirit.  He's about 15 hands and built like a tank, but seems to be a gentle giant.  So we had to make a deal on both of them.  We feel sooo fortunate to have met Don and to learn from him.  He has such a way with the animals and is a great teacher.

Frito & Don

The Wild Animals

The Killdeer - made a nest out in the middle of the old burn pile.  If you look close you can see the speckled eggs under her - she was yelling at me for getting so close.  To protect her nest she would run a few steps away from the nest and pretend her wing was hurt.  It took 4 weeks for the eggs to hatch and when they did we happened to be near by.  As soon as the babies were hatched they jumped up and ran around in circles - then the parents moved them to a new location. 

The Love Doves - enough said.

One day this spring there was a parade of 4 pairs of geese parents with their babies walking across our field to the lake behind us (evidently it was time for a swimming lesson).

The animal population on "the farm" is growing and the kids are happy with the new pets.  I'm just hoping the excitement continues as they care for them!  (The wild ones are on their own)