Green Barn Farm

St. Joseph County 4-H Fair

Our 4-H Fair runs from July 3rd - July 11th this year. The girls will again be showing goats, rabbits and poultry (chickens and our own Bourbon Red Turkeys). Come on out and say "Hello". We are usually hanging out in the Goat Barn, which is conveniently attached to the Rabbit & Poultry Barn. More information on our fair can be found HERE.

Goats & Poultry are judged Monday, July 6th. Rabbits (breed classes) are judged Wednesday, July 8th.

The 4-H LIVESTOCK AUCTION is Friday, July 10th in the Nilus Arena. The is a great way to support a 4-H child(ren) and put some locally raised meat in your freezer. For more information on the livestock auction CLICK HERE. Our girls will have 3 market goats, 2 broiler (chickens) pairs and a pair of Bourbon Red turkeys in the auction this year. If you are interested in coming to the auction, contact us for a Pass that will get you into the fair (free) for the auction.

Hope to see you at the fair!

June 21, 2009

Baby Goats Are Here

Cinnamon had triplets Saturday night and Katie followed with twins on Sunday afternoon. Check out our BLOG for more details.

Jan 10, 2009

Look Out for Macie!

This is Macie. Our new kitty. When we went to rescue four rabbits, there was this cute little kitty running around with her 7 siblings. They needed homes too. We certainly couldn't take all of them, so we took one. Macie.

"Don't mess with me! I am fierce!"

Dec 5, 2008

Countryside Serenity & Hunneshagen's Salome

My two new REW English Angora senior does that I brought home from the National ARBA Convention in Louisville, KY. Salome on the left and Serenity on the right.

November 17, 2008

Our Latest Acquisition

Napping peacefully with all her worldly possessions. This is Sasha, our (technically Abby's) new puppy we adopted on August 14th from South Bend Animal Control. We adopted our other dog from here also, and he has turned out to be SUCH a great dog. Oh, the joys of training a new puppy!

August 29, 2008

Tom Turkeys

Here is a picture of one of our Bourbon Red tom turkeys. They are so pretty right now, strutting around most of the time all puffed up. We have eight toms courting two hens!

August 26th, 2008

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Welcome

We live on 10 acres in South Bend, Indiana. We were both raised in the country and were happy to get back to the quiet of a rural area. We moved here in 2002 and have been steadily ‘filling up’ our homestead. We have an orchard with 60+ trees on the front of our property and almost every type of berry you can think of in the back. In between, are the house and the Green Barn which is home to our goats, chickens and rabbits. Our girls are very active in 4-H and enjoy caring for and showing the animals that we raise.

For Sale - Updated June 25th

Buff Silkie Bantam chicks and Bourbon Red Turkey poults! Bourbon Reds are a heritage breed turkey recognized by the APA. They are an attractive bird for either exhibition or just for the backyard. They are active foragers and able to fly so that they can roost high off the ground, where they are safer from predators (ours roost in the barn rafters). They are also quite hardy. One of our hens and Tom both survived animal attacks from either the local coons or coyotes relatively unscathed - except for feather lose. See pix below on this page. For more information about them CLICK HERE.

Holland Lop & English Angora Rabbits.

Wanted

Tog or Nubian Buck. Wanted for breeding purposes, not show, but must have good confirmation.

Photos

Spring is here...

Mrs. Robin decided the ledge outside my bedroom window was a good place to build her nest. It is driving the cats crazy to sit inside and see her sitting on her eggs!

A friend dropped off 3 Cotton Tail bunnies to me on April 29th after finding them huddled on a sidewalk in the corner of an office complex. We have to feed them with a medicine syringe.

One died after about a week, but the other two are doing well. They really like dandelion greens and clover.

May 14th, 2009

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