{"id":35,"date":"2026-10-12T13:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/?p=35"},"modified":"2026-10-12T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:01:21","slug":"why-we-show-sold-placed-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Why We Keep Sold and Placed Animals on the Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1621428047980-d773eb8b5f59?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3w1Mzc1fDB8MXxzZWFyY2h8MXx8ZmFybSUyMGZlbmNlfGVufDB8MHx8fDE3OTE4MzUwMTN8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\" alt=\"Illustrative stock photograph: farm fence\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Illustrative stock photo \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@peterm4988372?utm_source=wpvibe&amp;utm_medium=referral\">Peter Muscutt<\/a> \/ Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A farm website can become confusing when old listings disappear, available animals mix with past ones, or a visitor cannot tell what the farm has actually raised. We keep a Sold &#038; Placed section because it solves all three problems.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It keeps availability honest<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every animal listing should have a visible status: Available, Reserved, Sold or Placed, or Staying Here. Moving a completed placement into its own section keeps the current page useful without erasing the animal from the farm\u2019s history.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It shows real experience<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A record of past animals gives future buyers a clearer picture of the breeds, litters, and types of animals that have been part of the homestead. It is more useful than vague claims about experience.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It respects the animal\u2019s story<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Animals raised here remain part of our story after they leave. A placed profile can preserve photographs and a few appropriate details while respecting the privacy of the new family.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What a good placed profile includes<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A photograph of the actual animal.<\/li><li>Name or litter identifier.<\/li><li>Breed or parentage when known.<\/li><li>Birth date or approximate age.<\/li><li>The clear words Sold or Placed.<\/li><li>Only the placement details the new owner is comfortable sharing.<\/li><\/ul><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#28352d;background-color:#edf0e9;padding-top:22px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:22px;padding-left:24px\"><p>A sold profile is history, not an advertisement. Current inquiries should always begin on the Available Animals page.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sold and placed profiles help visitors understand our history while keeping current availability honest and easy to read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals-husbandry","category-farm-field-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}