Happy Harvest

~Mini Nubians~

 Well from my breeding Mini Nubians and milking them, I can tell you what we have experienced.

My does range from 26 to 28 inches at the withers.

My Bucks range from 26 to 32 inches at the withers.

We have breed Mini Nubians from the spring of 2002 to present.  We started with 1st and 2nd generation stock.  Now keep in mind that they are bred to begin with from a Nigerien buck bred to a Nubian Doe.  That cross makes 1st generation mini nubians of a 50/50% . ie. half Nigerien /half Nubian. We started with goats of this cross.  Some having ears that were shorter or not down like Nubians then.  We worked with those first 5 goats and from that got our first 3rd gen stock born that summer.  Ears were much improved !

My does milk between 4 to 9 qts per day , depending on what freshening it was and if they were from good milking stock.

in 2004 I bred for our first 75/25% 1st generation stock.  ie. a mini nubian buck bred to purebred Nubian does or American Does.  All registered stock, ie. ADGA and MDGA then. Again Ears were much improved as was breed character.  We have had many nice goats born to us along the way in 6 years.

This year I had my 5th gen doe give birth to the first registered Purebred Mini Nubian Stock in the US that is of 6th generations.  One buckling as you read on my blog went to OK to Good Goats near Tulsa. I retained a buck Faithful Acres Gad and his Sister Faithful Acres Asher, both are Purebred Mini Nubians and registered with The Miniature Dairy Goat Association . MDGA     This kidding I have allowed Magnolia to raise her own kids and have not milked her as I believe she may be bred for February of this coming year.  I bred her to my 2nd generation buck for 3rd gen kids, as he is very nice, shorter and from excellent milking mini nubian lines that have nice breed character and He himself won 1st place in intermediate bucks on MDGA's Virtual Show. 

Mini Nubians have wonderful personalities.  Magnoia my herd queen is rather talkative, but at times she is silent too. Each goat is different, as people are.

I will try to post pictures here soon so you all can see the mini nubians There is a picture of Faithful Acres Benjamin in my posts with his new owner Suriyah Fish of Good Goats in OK.

Blessings

Linda

Maybe He knows what He's talking about

Faithful Acres Fabric and Quilting Supplies

Saturday, December 6th I took my fabric and quilting and craft supplies and some household things and went down to set up shop at the local flea market that some of the plain christians here set up at.  We did very well. I paid 30 dollars for 2 spaces for one month and the first day I made 75.00, so I guess I made back my cost and then some.  For now it was just suplus fabric and things I have had for years and hadn't gotten to using it.

Well after a few of the ladies had seen my "stash" they said perhaps I might like to set up and sell things I didnt  need any longer.  I am going to make  a few double fleece blankets and perhaps some melt and pour soaps to take this Saturday.

The flea market is at the old school on Hwy 128 South of Linden , TN.  It is open 8am - 4pm at the Old Cedar Creek School Building.  Linden is located in Perry  County , TN

If you happen to be going thru the area or live nearby, feel free to stop over, there is alot of nice things there. Tack, Canned Foods, Food to eat there and to take home. Quilts and Crafts and Pet items , books, homeschool books, beaded jewelry  and well anything you might find unique for a special someone on your shopping list.

Blessings

Linda Finn

Faithful Acres Fabric and Quilting Supplies

Faithful Acres Mini Nubian Dairy Goats

Prayers for Jeanine Taylor and Family

Could you all pray for Jeanine and her family, they were so kind to us when we were expecting Daniel and they are experiencing a miscarriage. This is so hard on the children as well they were so excited as they had lost one baby stillborn in 2007.  Their excitedness when we were expecting daniel was shown in pictures drawen and the gifts sent to us.  I can only imagine how hard this is on the whole family. Please pray for her to be able to pass everything on her own and that all will be well physically and that the Lord would heal their hearts.

Jeanine, I am here praying if you read this know that I am so sorry and yet I am so thankful to you Sis.

Your loved and cared for....

Linda, Mark, Faith, Hope, Daniel Josiah...

Happy Thanksgiving !

I wanted to stop in this mornin and tell everyone Happy Thanksgiving !!!!

We have alot to be thankful for today, I hope that everyone has a blessed day filled with love and the company of family and friends. May the Lord bless you and keep you.

Blessings

Linda

For Sale or Trade: Faithful Acres Benjamin (purebred reg. MDGA) SOLD

Faithful Acres Benjamin : 6th gen . reg. MDGA as one of the first Purebred Mini Nubians in the US.  Born 9/23/08.  He is eating grain and hay , drinking water so he is ready for his new home.  He has excellent breed character , long pendulous ears and is not disbudded.  Asking 250.00 with papers

Would trade him for the following :

LGDs, Fencing or stock panels,  Reg. Nubian Does

All serious offers considered

Linda

931-589-3823

SOLD to Suriyah of Good Goats in NE Oklahoma

Praying for the Lord's Perfect Will

Well after 2 weeks our landlord came and told us her son and daughter in law are seperated and getting divorced. One will get the land the trailer we are renting is on , so she wanted us to know , so if we wanted to we could look for another place to live or we could wait it out as she put it.... So here we are wondering why we feel that we should move soon , when we just got here.   I can say that I have sorted through alot of stuff and gotten rid of much.  Still going through thngs more today. 

I am asking for prayers from all of you , that the Lord would show us where to go and what to do and  I am asking that if any of you know of a place for rent that would allow us to keep my goats, well let us know ok...

We would like to stay in TN but that isnt manditory if the Lord shows us to go elsewhere to live.

My girls live in AL with my 4 grandchildren now being 4 hours from me finally, so I would like to stay in driving distance from them if I can. 

We will the money to move, so just let us know if you know of a place and if you have contact info on it that we can call or go look if it is in TN, let us know.

Not stressed, just blessed to be His

Linda

Wishing I had more time to post here to ya'll

We are living here in Linden, or should I say south of Linden.  Its beautiful here in fall but boy it sure feels more like winter already. Tonights low is 15 and we have been 2 weeks with no furnace due to the electrical fire in it .  We have rented a 14x60 2 bedroom 2 bath.  Now imagine me trying to sort through all the stuff that we brought with us from our 2200 sq ft house, after getting rid of half of it.  We only brought our beds and  my sewing stuff and my soap stuff and my homeschool stuff, crib, changing table, porta crib, high chair, fold up tables and 2 folding chairs, 2 bins of toys that were left of the girls ( baby dolls and tea set, little people house and farm, noahs ark and play set.)  All the bathroom, kithen stuff and what food I could bring with us.  I am sorta set on baking supplies for a month maybe less and it seems that I only run low on milk and meat, potatoes and those things that come from a garden. Since we were moving we didnt really plant a huge garden as we wouldnt be there to can things.  We left for TN Aug. 2nd.  I did have meat in the freezer but it was not able to travel down with us , what I tried to bring spoiled on the way down though packed good.  Yes I brought my electric sewing machine and serger and vacume and our computers. ( 2 desktops and one laptop with wifi capabilities)

Well the point is we thought we were coming down with less and yet in the RV and in this smaller home it seems like alot of stuff.  So what is really needed anyways ?  Well as I sort through it all much is going in boxes to be sold.  To raise money for other needed things.  ie. land, cabin or small home, wood cookstove.  After all that was the idea, to move here and eventually get land and homestead more then we had been in NY. Somehow living the countrylife no longer seems like homesteading once you have visited many here that life off the grid and have built their own home, rustic as they are, they are home and boy they seem nice to me. What is life all about anyways ?  Was it about nice rooms with painted and papered walls ? Was it about having a nice bathroom with all the fixtures and such ?    No, it is nice to see an outhouse now with paper holder, a light in there and ya know what ? copies of countryside and a real toiet seat !!!! Fancy huh !!!!

Some here have solar, some are living no electric substitute at all and each encourages us to strive toward whatever the Lord tells us is for us to do and each gives "My use to be DH who said we will never go non-electric and we will never live like the Amish"  A new vision for our lives.   The first goal was to live on what money we do have or can make and live on less or with less.   Unless it can make you more money or serves a purpose that is useful, it has no real value here.  ( I will admit I have my country tins, crock, and rooster things with me, but they serve a purpose too. My rose bowl and pitcher and my tea set will be used not just sit on a shelf for looks anylonger.  Here DH has a shed to keep his tools in and we can keep our goats here.  All the new ways are blessings and those we meet are the best blessings in our new life here in Linden TN.  The likemindedness is in the fact that Jesus died for each of us and though we  are each different in our degree of living the life of plain and simple living, we are all sharing the fact that Jesus died for us to save our souls.

Wensday night we attended a local sing, the glorious sound of our blended voices while we blend our lives in friendship I am sure is the most wonderful thing to the Lord God.

Blessed to be in His Child

Love

Linda

Faithful Acres Homestead

We have a home !!!!

Well here we are......  Let me first say that moving or making the move does not come without trials....lol

Ya, now I can laugh about things but I can tell you that I wasn't laughing when they did happen.

Everyone is looking for thier perverbial " Garden of Eden" here on earth and or heaven on earth

 to live peacably while we wait for the Lord's return.  Perhaps if our little homestead was in heaven

we would all be happy and content right ? 

While we found a 2 bedroom mobile home, 2 bathrooms 14 x 60.  In the country of course.

The girls are happy the landlords daughter has 2 horses pastured out here behind our place.

They are ok with us having our goats and fencing in an area for them here.  We have a nice sized

porch to sit out on , so that is good .  Have to watch out for the fire ant hills but that is part of TN.

OK so for the trials.... The Second night we had a electrical fire in the furnace, house was filling with smoke

we got out and tried to wake up neighbours and no luck.  Well the guy up the road was up shotting cyottes

so he called the landlord for us. We aired out the house and then slept well , after the landlord brought us space heaters to use.

What a House Warming !!!

Linda

OK so I have been discriminated against

Well the house we were to rent we are not getting. As the landlord put it ' I am sorry I would rather rent to a two income household"....  So here we are still living in the RV and doing ok for the most part. We did go to see another house in Lobelville, nice lady has it, only thing is the family who was living there needs to come get their things out still. Lordwilling we will be able to rent that house this week and finally have a house to live in and rent till we buy our own land and such.

Yes it made me angry that someone would think me as a stay at home mom , with a goat business, rental income and wanting to do more than that would be considered not having an income, mind you I get a small pension of my own and the kids SSI and Mark has his SSD. So where were we lacking income I am not truely sure.  I am just glad the new lady thought us to be good for tenants for the other house and it is nice too.

Sept 23rd, 2008 we made it to purebred statis with our mini nubians. We finally have 6th gen stock that are the first registered purebred mini nubians in the US.  We have 2 bucks and 1 doe that Magnolia gave birth to that morning.  I am thinking she may be rebred already as Reuben had to be kept in with her this whole time and they say that a doe can be receptive for the first 24 to 36 hours after giving birth...Have any of you heard that about goats ?

I will let you all know if we actually get the house...

Blessings

Linda