"A" Morning's Jennifer Madigan does a feature on Waddles'n'Wags for the
15th annual Rural Ramble in the Ottawa Valley.
September 23, 2009
This page is still under construction, more pictures coming soon!
The Llamas
Our 4 llamas are Leah and her male cria Ramses, and Ice and her male
cria Suede. Leah came to live with us in June of 2006. She was carrying
Ramses at the time and he was born on the morning of June 22, 2006.
Leah & Ramses are exceedingly friendly to the point of getting in the
way when we try and do anything in their paddock or barn. They love to
give kisses and have a good snuffle at any visitors that stop by the paddock.
Ice and Suede are more reticent and tend to stand back and watch from a
distance.
The Goats
Roe is a Pygora goat born spring of 2005. Pygora's are half pygmy and half angora goat. Roe's coat sheds every spring and she does not
require shearing despite her wooly appearance. Lambchop or "Baa" is
Roe's baby as well, born March of 2008. He was bottlefed as Roe had
mastitis and could not care for him. You can't miss him as he is always
somewhere underfoot baa'ing at you. Also born on the farm are LittleBug
and Rowena, both born fall of 2008.
The Potbellied Pigs
Kiki - born spring 2003
Baconbits - born spring 2006
Samson - born spring 2002
Kiki came to us already three years old, she was
once a house pig who needed a new home. She is very friendly and extremely food
oriented. Baconbits was purchased as a wee piglet, only eight weeks
old. He has been a hoot to watch grow up and remains a very sociable pig.
Samson came to live here spring of 2009.
Sunday the Alpaca
A new face to the farm as of fall of 2008, Sunday isn't quite as
social as the other camelids but he has a fuzzy comical endearing
quality about him anyway. We believe he was born in 2005.
The sheep!
Belinda was a bottle baby that we bought from a friend in the fall of
2006. She is a Katahdin/Blackbelly cross and remains very friendly,
especially if you have a handful of grass for her. Finney is a Finnish
sheep and came to live at the farm in spring of 2009. She was born
spring of 2007.
Mr.B the miniature horse
Mr.B came to live at Waddles'n'Wags on April 1st 2006. He was born in 2004
and is a registered miniature horse standing 30" tall. Horses are measured
at the withers, the point where their mane ends. Mr.B comes with a big long
name but we think "Bee" suits him just fine.
The Emu
There are currently 5 emu living at the farm; Ernie & Extra were hatched in
spring of 2008, Emily, Elf & Elvira were hatched spring of 2009. Ernie &
Extra are very friendly, for emus, and will come to the fence and let you pat
them. A word of caution, emus love "shiny stuff" and will peck curiously at
anything that glints or shines.
Turkeys
Salt (black and white) is a Royal Palm turkey and was hatched in spring
of 2008. Dumb is a Ridley bronze turkey and she was hatched in spring
of 2009.
Sunday the Alpaca
The sheep!
Mr.B the miniature horse
The Emu
Turkeys