Meet Our Staff

Angel & Ben

Border Patrol

Ben and Angel are Great Pyrenees.  Wayne suggested that they would be a good breed to protect the farm from coyotes and mountain lions.  After researching a couple of dozen Alpaca, sheep and goat farms in California, I found that several of them had purchased their puppies from Randy and Barbara Coleman from Amity, Oregon.  They are located just west of Portland.  My sister Colleen and I took a road trip (1000 miles each way) and picked out our pups.  These are amazing dogs.  They are tireless guard dogs, but can be just as gentle with children.  They work all night and sleep most of the day.  You will get to know more about them later.

 Frick & Frack
Drill Sergeants

Frick and Frack are Black Spanish tom turkeys.  We raised our chickens and turkeys from 2 day old chicks which were shipped to us in California from Missouri via the US mail!  These two toms are inseparable.  Because we hand raised them, they are friendly to us and to visitors.

Platoon Leader Maybelline 
Maybelline and New Recruits

The cattle herd began last May with purchase of a Dolly and a little bull calf named Double Stuff.  They were "drop calves" meaning they could not be raised by their mothers and had to be bottle fed 3 times a day by us for approximately 2 months.  In August, Wayne, Marvin and I attended the Replacement Heifer sale at  California Mid State Fair in Paso Robles.  The auction was for pregnant heifers raised by children in the 4H and the FFA.  Wayne generously purchased 5 heifers and we now have 5 healthy calves which were all born between August and October.  They are Sugar Cookie and her baby Snickerdoodle, Daisy and Dandelion , Brook and River,  May and June, Betty Boop and Pudgy.   Our bull's name is Brutus. He is a Beefmaster and was bought from a rancher in the Huasna Valley.