MEET MY ANIMALS

Currently, 30 animal residents call this colorful little farm forever home, two ponies, one miniature horse, seven indoor kitties, three roosters, thirteen hens, one parakeet, and three fish.

MEET THE EQUINE

I never imagined as an adult that ponies would be my heart animal, but here we are, and our two ponies and miniature horse are the pride and joy of the hobby farm. Someday we hope to have additions to this little herd, but for now, each of these little mares found their way to us. They keep us busy, and we love having them here.

MIXIE

Mixie is a 32-inch miniature Shetland Pony.

Est. birth year is 2000.

Special Needs: Mixie has Equine Metabolic Syndrome, Fecal Water Syndrome, and is chronically foundered. This means she requires special care including a daily medication that helps with her insulin levels, a managed diet with supplements, and farrier care every four weeks for the rest of her life.

Mixie found her forever home on my hobby farm July 2017.

She is the heart of the hobby farm and has educated me in so many ways since the first day we met.

CEDAR

Cedar is a 33-inch Miniature Horse

Birth Year on birth certificate April 2009.

Cedar is one of the cutest miniature horses you can meet, but she wasn’t handled much before she came to live with us, so trust is her biggest issue and can be shy around strangers but usually warms up with a few treats and slow movements.

She arrived at our hobby farm in December of 2017, but I she crossed my paths many months earlier, I just didn’t know she was supposed to be forever home with me.

SHILOH

Shiloh is a 36-inch pony.

Est. birth date by teeth is between late 1990’s to 2000

Special Needs: Shiloh has Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Cushing’s Disease. This means she requires daily medication for Cushing's Disease and is on a managed diet.

Shiloh’s previous owner came to us in July 2020 during the Covid pandemic and asked if we’d give Shiloh a new home.

We said YES!

MEET THE CAT COLONY

Let’s spay and neuter our cats, ok, friends!

We had a stray show up in our barn, and a few days later, she delivered five beautiful babies.

Three with no tails, one with a bobtail, and the one born with a tail is polydactyl.

Well, long story short, they’re all staying with us and now we have SEVEN INDOOR CATS.

MACHO MAN

Macho Man is the king of the hobby farm.

He’s been a little annoyed with the arrival of Mama May-May and her kittens, and I’ll admit Mama May has not been very friendly with him, but they’re all finding their places.

Macho Man came to live with us as a bottle baby in 2017.

He is currently the only cat we have that gets to occasionally play outdoors, and he's an excellent chore helper.

MAMA MAY-MAY

This friendly yet bossy and bitchy girl is MAMA May-May.

She showed up in May 2023.

We don’t know much about her, but she seems to enjoy the indoor cat life as she’s never tried to get back outdoors.

Everyone says she was one smart cat to deliver babies in our barn, because none of them had to leave, and yes, they have all been spayed and neutered.

ALL OF OUR CAT KIDS PICTURED BELOW WERE BORN

May 22, 2023

HOUSTON, AKA BABY HUEY

Huey is the largest of the litter, has a bobtail, extra fur, and is just perfection when it comes to cuteness.

He has a personality of eat, sleep, chill, repeat, and he’s the most laid-back of the kitten bunch.

TEDDY

Teddy is a rumpy, meaning he has no tail, just an itty-bitty stub.

He looks like a bear cub when he bounces around the house, so that’s how he earned the name Teddy.

He's a little rambunctious but he likes to snuggle.

DEWEY

Dewey is named after the boy on the television show Malcolm in the Middle.

We felt like their faces had some similarities, which made us laugh.

Dewey is also a tailless and has a bit of anxiety.

He loves to play but prefers to be able to approach you.

His face often says I’m sorry, yet he’s never doing anything wrong.

DELL

Dell is short for delinquent.

This kid is the most people-friendly kitty I have ever met, BUT he gets into EVERYTHING.

He’s the rowdiest of the bunch, and he’s also the runt of the litter.

He was the only one born with a full tail but ended up with an extra front toe.

If you hear a bang, crash, or pop, it’s most likely caused by Dell.

He’s the twin to his mama, and even she puts him in his place on occasion.

He’ll look you straight in the eyes, is happiest to great you when you wake up in the morning, and he’s just a hyper and happy kitty.

Everyone loves Dell.

PANDA

Panda was the last baby born and he's pretty independent and does his own thing, and for some reason, he sits and stares at my husband, just sits and stares like he wishes he could be a human.

He’s one of the tailless, but he also has an extra back toe.

We named him Panda because he looks like a panda bear.

He’s pretty chill and has some pretty cool features.

He’s my husband’s favorite little guy.

MEET THE ROOSTERS

We have three roosters on our small farm.

Two are Silkie’s, and they were hatched here on the hobby farm during the spring of 2019.

The third rooster is a White-Crested Black Polish, who was supposed to be a hen.

He came with my Murray McMurray Hatchery order in 2023.

WOLF

Wolf gets his name because he’s kind of a lone wolf.

He goes off and does his own thing allowing our other rooster Feral to do the protecting.

Wolf has no problem wandering the yard alone and doesn’t need to fit in with the flock.

Well, until recently, I think he has an eye for a few of the new chicks. He’s easy to handle when you catch him, likes treats, and he’s the favorite chicken on the hobby farm.

FERAL

Feral gets his name because he’s not a fan of being approached, so he’s never been handled much.

He’s not aggressive. If you do catch him, he’s never mean.

He just doesn’t want to be touched, and that’s ok because he’ll make a great deal of noise if something is wrong at the chicken coop.

He makes a great protector for the ladies.

CRUELLA

I think it’s obvious who Cruella is named after, the famous Cruella De Vil.

He was supposed to be a hen but ended up crowing, and we learned this white-crested black polish was indeed a rooster, and I am not changing his name, but I do call him Crue for short often.

He’s doing well with Wolf and Feral.

Both of these breeds are friendly, and they all seem to have their own small flocks of ladies.

MEET THE HENS

My two silkie hens are the OG’s of the hobby farm.

MAMA BIRD & DIRTBALL

Mama Bird is my last partridge-colored silkie, and I believe she was hatched at the same time as Wolf and Feral in 2019.

Dirt Ball is the last of my white silkies and the oldest hen in the house.

The only time she stays white is fresh from a bath.

Otherwise, she’s found lounging in dirt holes or being broody and moody in their nesting boxes.

I’ve had only silkies for quite a few years, but after a predator attack, I needed to rebuild the flock for Wolf and Feral, so I added some new breeds.

The rest of my hens come from the 2023 chick order.

LOU-LOU & SNOWBALL

The Blue Cochins