Field notes
Journal
What changed, what we observed, what the records say.
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Making Hay While It Rains
The Kilifi coast swings between drought and flood. When the long rains turned the fields green, we cut, dried, and baled the surplus, banking feed for the dry months ahead.
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Herd Health Check: Every Goat, Every Time
Zakaria checks every goat by hand: weight, coat, hooves, eyes. Routine work that prevents expensive problems.
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The Herd Grows: From 5 to 10
Three does kidded in August 2025, we added a new goat in January 2026, tagged the herd in February, and another doe kidded on 19 February.
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The Herd Arrives: 5 Goats
We bought 5 local-breed goats, 4 female and 1 male. The first step in building the herd from nothing.
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