Bantum eggs compared to a standard store-bought egg.

There are two standard chickens, one hen and one rooster. We haven't seen any ''standard'' eggs that we can tell. The other eight are Bantum chickens, quite a bit smaller. The Bantum rooster is the size of a coffee pot, but absolutely fearless!

There are two standard chickens, one hen and one rooster. We haven't seen any ''standard'' eggs that we can tell. The other eight are Bantum chickens, quite a bit smaller. The Bantum rooster is the size of a coffee pot, but absolutely fearless!

Sally and Scout are the goats. Scout is the white one. She's got quite a personality and she's pickier about what she'll eat than Sally. The goats are funny, they are kind of like dogs with attitude. They have pen, but they like to get out and exercise a bit every few days. We haven't let Simon out to play with them yet. We've heard they ...

Sally and Scout are the goats. Scout is the white one. She's got quite a personality and she's pickier about what she'll eat than Sally. The goats are funny, they are kind of like dogs with attitude. They have pen, but they like to get out and exercise a bit every few days. We haven't let Simon out to play with them yet. We've heard they ...

Sally and Scout are the goats. Scout is the white one. She's got quite a personality and she's pickier about what she'll eat than Sally. The goats are funny, they are kind of like dogs with attitude. They have pen, but they like to get out and exercise a bit every few days. We haven't let Simon out to play with them yet. We've heard they ...

Trey (the friend two offices down that we are house-sitting for) didn't really live here in the farmhouse full time. He has another house in Salida in a subdivision, near the golf course (I didn't know Salida had a golf course). But he wanted some chickens and goats, so when his parents bought this farmhouse as an investment, he used the barn ...

The kitchen window has the most beautiful view!

We moved into the farmhouse a few weeks ago. At first, we had problems with all sorts of creepy noises and knocking at 3am. We joked about the ghosts in the farmhouse and the water heater that sounds like the Indian war drums my grandmother used to talk about hearing when she was a little girl. I announced to the ghosts one morning, ''Mr Ghost, ...

We moved into the farmhouse a few weeks ago. At first, we had problems with all sorts of creepy noises and knocking at 3am. We joked about the ghosts in the farmhouse and the water heater that sounds like the Indian war drums my grandmother used to talk about hearing when she was a little girl. I announced to the ghosts one morning, ''Mr Ghost, ...