Buck n Run Ranch

Years ago I named my blog Everyday Miracles and Mayhem because there always seemed to be something going on that fit into one of those two categories. Hobby ranching just increases the odds of these things happening. While my miracles do not rise to the level of biblical proportions, they are still miracles to me. [...]

Jack has been having problems with his feet. The vet recommended that he be confined to the round pen for rehabilitation. Jack’s problem may be chronic mild laminitis from consumption of rich pasture grass. She also recommended that Diana be confined to the round pen because she’s fat! The plan is to keep them confined during [...]

The world looks blue and green And the snow capped mountains white From a distance The ocean meets the stream And the eagle takes to flight. I couldn’t start this post without paying homage to the beautiful balled written by Julie Gold in 1985. The song went on to win a Song of the Year Grammy for singer [...]

When I looked in on Lukka and her baby chicks this morning, Lukka was staring at something behind the door that I couldn’t see. She was in her broody box keeping her babies warm but seemed fixated on something else. I opened the door and found her little black chick, dead with it’s leg stuck [...]

You could build a coop for six hen and outfit it with fifty six nest boxes and it still would not be enough. One morning they are going to get up and decide that the only suitable nest box for the day is on the top row, forth from the right. The other 53 nest [...]