Is this a rare baby tiger?  No!  It is an invisible kitten.  At least it believes that it is invisible in the bushes out in the farm yard!  You are looking at the latest generation of pest control.

Before we kept cats on the farm we had quite a few rattlesnakes, torantulas, and scorpions up close and personal.  The cats harrass them and sometimes eat these guys so they are worth their weight in catnip and then some!

We had a small rattlesnake last week in our front yard.  I went to step out of the truck and part of my brain said, “That is not a stick!”  For a 51 year old lady I can really jump. Had to crawl across the cab to exit.  At least the cats were entertained.  We poured goat milk for the crew and told the snake to high tail it if it knew what was good for it. The snake decided to find another place to hang out.

Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Chile Acres, cats.
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Who is this handsome guy anyway?  Remember a post last year of a little orphan buck kid in the bathtub? This is him all grown up.  He gets to hang out with the girls this month.  It is rutting season for the goats.  If you have never smelled a buck in rutting season…well then…you are very lucky!  They can put the ST in STINK!  Good thing the girls like this cologne!

Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Bubbles the Goat and Friends, Chile Acres.
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We wouldn’t be Chile Acres without some heat!  Yeah, we know it has been 100+ for eons out here but we still need to heat up the kitchen with these delicioso peppers!  We feature 16 types of peppers in our different items sold in our booth at the Farmer Markets.  These babies are ready to pic and are muy caliente!

Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Chile Acres.
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This is Cousin It our new Churro lamb. She is less than 6 months old and already has quite a fleece on her!  She comes to us from Cathy  Gorman in Winklemen, AZ.  Cathy is one of less than 200 breeders world wide that are trying to help keep this beautiful breed of sheep from going extinct.

Here is her best buddy Morticia.  She and Morticia are hanging out with Rhiannon and Dribbles the orphan goat.

Churro are raised by the Dine on the Navajo reservation in order to use their fleece for the making of beautiful woven rugs.  We will be able to dye the fiber from Cousin It into many colors and Morticia has several beautiful colors in her fleece yet to be revealed.  We will probably shear them in late Sept. since they are getting quite shaggy already!

Enya isn’t quite sure what they are up too.  She is our sheep dog with only goat experiences.  She has tried to lick their faces so far.  The sheep aren’t sure what to think of her so they keep a distance.  Dribbles doesn’t care about anything but food!

Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Sheep.
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