One puppy has already gone home and we have a deposit on another one. They are so cute and sweet and we will be keeping a couple ourselves.

It has been foggy here for about a week. The trees and grass look like they have snow on them. It is beautiful

New Puppies

We have 2 1/2 week old puppies. The mother and father are our guard dogs for the goats.

What a beautiful way to start your day!!!!

Pot of Gold

What a beautiful rainbow yesterday. We truly are lucky here at WindyN

We have been very busy these past weeks with people picking up their meats.We still have a few pigs to sell and a couple of goats so let us know if you are interested. Many of you know about our Wagyu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagy%C5%AB (the breed from which Kobe beef comes from) bulls are crossing with our Black Angus cattle. Our first offering of this incredible cross will be available in the fall of 2013 and Full blood Wagyu will be available fall of 2014.

We have some more new babies at the ranch.

Festivus 2011

We had our Festivus in July with a small group this year but none the less lots of fun. We had singers both Friday night and Saturday night and hope to have them back next year. Some of the people floated the river others just went to the river with their chairs, food, drink and relaxed. There was also bike riding, walking, flying kites, etc. Oh, and also falling asleep in the lawn chairs.

We have a number of fun changes going on at the Windy N Ranch!!

Goats?? We have added goat meat to our offerings this year. You might be surprised to learn that goat is one of the most heavily consumed meats in the world!! Other countries favor it because of its unique taste. So if you’re looking to expand your horizons and your palate, we just sold out but you can reserve one for next year.

Meats: We sold out of beef a couple months ago but still have pork, lamb, goat, chickens and Thanksgiving turkeys. Grab the Order Form http://www.windynranch.com/Order_Form.html and let us know what you want. Our first chickens of the season will be available this Sunday the 19th.

Festivus: Each year we open our Ranch to family and friends for three days to come relax and enjoy the outdoors which will occur July 29th, 30th and 31st. We are going to offer tours of the Ranch over this weekend. We believe it is our privilege to care of the animals which nourish our bodies and we take that responsibility seriously. We are proud of how we treat our animals and love to share what we do with our friends, customers and other ranchers.

Organic: We have always been Grassfed and Pastured, but attaining the tile of “Certified Organic” is a bit more difficult. Certified Organic is a three year process to approve the fields and longer for most of our animals; we are currently at the end of our first year. Our pigs however, we are proud to say, will be Certified Organic for this year.

Other certifications:
1. Certified by Animal Welfare Approved http://www.animalwelfareapproved.org/
2. Certified by Food Alliance http://foodalliance.org/
3. Applying for non-GMO Project certification http://www.nongmoproject.org/

Looking forward to seeing you. Give us an email or a call to let us know your coming.

I was gone for a few days and when I came back the Evening Grosbeaks had taken over the feeders. I don't remember seeing so many before.

When I was out for my walk yesterday the fragrances were wonderful and they were mostly from the lupines and the lilac trees and it is so green here right now it also smells so fresh.

The orchardgrass is really growing now and we will be doing our first cutting pretty soon hopefully no rain this year.

We are almost through with the birthing of calves. It has taken longer than expected so this year we will have 3 Wagyu bulls. Two of them are already here and the other one will be here in a couple of weeks.

We have had so much rain this spring that we turned off the water for a while and it will go back on this week. I'm sure the workers were enjoying the down time it is a lot of work moving the sprinklers twice a day.

Well, Spring has finally made it to WindyN. The wind is blowing and the wild flowers are popping out every where and the Orchard Grass is starting to grow too.

We added a new boar to our family and he looks quite content being among his girls.

We are adding two new bulls tomorrow, they are Wagyu from central Oregon. Some of our beef will be 1/2 Angus 1/2 Wagyu and then eventually we will be able to offer all Wagyu.

On Monday we had 13 Ag college students from Denmark visit us for a couple of hours. They were a delite to have and will be in the States for 10 days.

I'm not quite sure when Spring will show up here at WindyN. Today we have wind, sun, and we had a flittering of snow. There are some brave wild flowers starting to show through so maybe we will warm up shortly. I know the young critters would enjoy warmer weather.

A new Billie arrived yesterday along with 3 new female goats. All the goats seemed to be getting along and I think setting up a pecking order. Bo wasn't too sure of the new arrivals and stayed back and just barked at them. Today she was doing better so I guess she understands that they are a part of her herd now.

We also had a new lamb last week and I'm not sure how many more we have to go.

Come Visit Our Goats

Momma pig just delivered the cutest pigs - they are spotted. I have never seen anything like that before. You have to look close to see them and I will get better pictures later. We have baby chicks that will be pasture raised and will have a new home that they can get in and out of and can be moved around. This will be much nicer and bigger than what they had before. It is still under construction so no pictures yet. It looks like 3 more Ewes are ready to give birth - we have babies everywhere.

We are still getting some snow over here we woke up to it this morning. The rains came in and it was all gone by noon. We might get some more tonight but we will see. We have had 3 pigs give birth and we have 2 more to go. All the goats have birthed and two of the ewes so things are happening around here. If you want to see the babies give us a call.

We had a fellow from Idaho come to shear the sheep and the alpacas. He had already done 55 that day at another ranch and then finished up at our place. It has been snowing all day today so the alpaca looks pretty silly running around without his fleece.

The babies have started arriving. We have 3 baby goats and a new calf. The rest of the calves will come in April. The bull got out early this spring so this was a surpise and we are hoping this is the only one for now.

The ice is gone and we ended up with a lot of wind latley. We are now awaiting the arrival of baby goats and sheep. They will be followed by pigs and cows. The next few months will be busy but a lot fun watching all the young ones grow.

The new arrivals are doing well. The pigs like their new shelters that Jose built for them and the puppies are being introduced to the goats and sheep. All are doing great. Now if we could just get rid of all the ice.