Willow Ridge Farm

Willow Ridge Farm Willow Ridge Farm is a small hobby farm in Anderson County KY raising ADGA Boer Goats ADCA Dexter Cattle, Polish Bantams Chickens, and Teddy Guinea Pigs.

We love farm life and are blessed to have 21 acres of beautiful farmland to raise our children, animals and gardens. In addition to the goats, cows and rabbits, we also have
pet alpacas (three fiber boys), a gentle giant Percheron gelding and his tiny herd of three minis, Hook, an English Shephard herding dog, two new livestock guardian dogs,
Winter - the Great Pyrenees, and Pacierz, or Pasha as

we call her, the Polish Tatra Sheepdog (Owczarek Podhalanski). We also have two longhaired Dachshunds, Graff
and his daughter, Mischief. Indoors we have also have Twitch the cat and from time to time, baby squirrels that are in rehab as part of volunteer work for Central KY Wildlife
Rehab, and also various farm animals in various stages of infancy who may need bottle feeding. We are the country Swiss Family Robinson. We have a variety of out door
cats who have their own heated and airconditioned building and are for the most part, fosters or adoptees of the Anderson Humane Society. We are active volunteers for
both domestic pet rescue through our friends at the Anderson Humane Society and also for wildlife rehabbing (namely squirrels) through the wonderful network of Wildlife
rehabbers introduced to us through Central KY Wildlife Rehabilitation. Also thanks to the help and involvement of our friend, James, we have two bee hives that produce the
very best honey around.

When the old matriarch wants to come in and rest she really knows how to relax!❤️
07/20/2021

When the old matriarch wants to come in and rest she really knows how to relax!❤️

Last babies of the season born today. The old ladies, matriarchs Winter and Nova, both 9 years old, are obsessed with th...
06/30/2021

Last babies of the season born today. The old ladies, matriarchs Winter and Nova, both 9 years old, are obsessed with the twins. Lacie, a pretty Swiss marked doe, delivered a healthy buckling and doeling. Winter may be 9 but she takes her job seriously.

05/09/2021

Happy Mother’s Day from the Kids at Willow Ridge!

Also in other news.....while I was focused on the doe who wouldn’t kid, two other first time moms surprised me with heal...
04/28/2021

Also in other news.....while I was focused on the doe who wouldn’t kid, two other first time moms surprised me with healthy babies delivered unassisted. One set of triplet boys by a mom born on derby day and named Mint Julip and this morning a tiny first time mom delivers a beautiful healthy buckling in the field. Thankful all are healthy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

What surprise this morning! The doe I have been patiently waiting to kid for a week had quintuplets this morning! Four...
04/28/2021

What surprise this morning! The doe I have been patiently waiting to kid for a week had quintuplets this morning! Four bucks and a doeling. All up and dry and nursing when I got to the barn. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Picture taken yesterday versus today!

Baby goat spent the night back with his mom and brother yesterday. The didn’t want him acclimated to the house temperatu...
02/18/2021

Baby goat spent the night back with his mom and brother yesterday. The didn’t want him acclimated to the house temperature if there was a chance momma goat would take him back. He handled it very nicely and neither the two of them acted cold at all this morning. The barn is insulated but it is not heated. No need to be. These guys are well equipped for this type of weather as long as the barn is dry and draft free. Once the baby’s body temperature was stabilized and he had warm colostrum running through him he was good to go. Here they all are this morning. Fionna still favors his brother but she is cleaning him and letting him nurse and the boys were curled up together last night in the straw. Yes - I will be checking in on them at least four times a day to make sure they are active and nursing. Any sings of rejection from Fionna and he will get pulled to bottle feed.

Things rarely go to plan on a farm. Or rather, they rarely go to the plan of the farmer. In this case Fionna selected a ...
02/17/2021

Things rarely go to plan on a farm. Or rather, they rarely go to the plan of the farmer. In this case Fionna selected a bitterly cold morning to kick off kidding season with a set of triplets. We had a very vigorous and active buckling up and about and, sadly, what appeared to be a still born doeling. I knew there should be more than two and finally found a third ice cold baby motionless but breathing under the straw. I grabbed him and got a very faint and barely there whimper and rushed him straight to the house. Ron was at the sink and is, by now, accustomed to me barging in with a tiny wet pile of fur and a hastily announced “excuse me, I need the sink”. I put the little frozen baby right in my big farm sink ( appropriately named farm sink) and started running very warm water. Once he was submerged ( I held his head above water of course), I just kept running warm water and kept him submerged until his body temperature warmed. Once he started to warm he started to move and I thought we had a decent chance to save him. Only time can tell in such a situation. Once his body temperature stabilized, I pulled him out and rubbed him dry with a towel and put him on my furry covered heating pad in the lowest setting, wrapped him in a towel and finished the chores and tending to his mother and brother. Then some work calls and after about 4 hours of steady warmth, he popped up and started exploring the house. He hung out with Zeus (who may be short a leg but still has all the love to give), visited RJ and then had some colostrum which I keep frozen for just situations. He’s now hanging out asleep under my feet while I work. Hoping he will continue to be as sassy and active as he has been this morning. Another day in the life! Goat video season has arrived!

The dog named for the season. Winter is the master of her universe warding off intruders and surveying her kingdom.
02/14/2021

The dog named for the season. Winter is the master of her universe warding off intruders and surveying her kingdom.

11/21/2020

Guys this is lesson 10,321 on the ways goats can find to kill themselves. For the record, that waterer was up right and had water in it a few days ago. When I went to feed this morning O knew looking at the herd that something was off. I counted and counted and recounted and knew Inwas missing one so off I went. Searched every square inch of the pasture, saw the overturned waterer and made a note to stop by and flip it on my way out and refill it. After my search yielded no sign of dead or dying goat, I was beginning to worry that somehow she had gotten out, though the fences are tight, or, despite three guardian dogs, a predator had gotten her - then I heard this. 🤦‍♀️

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Lawrenceburg, KY
40342

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+18595828731

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