Three years ago, Destiny and Kyle Malcolm moved from western S.D. to 20 acres of land south of North Platte, purchasing a former bed and breakfast.

“We lived in small town of 600 people,” Destiny said. “We were super-bored, so we looked around for other places to live. We found the place North Platte for sale, and when the asking price dropped $20,000, we decided that was a signal to make the move.”

Within six months of arriving, they bought four goats, intending for them to be pets. They also bought some chickens, and animal by animal, the business kept growing.

Today, they have 40 goats and 60 chickens. They sell the goats through the North Platte Stockyards and the eggs to neighbors. Destiny bakes goods, specializing in zucchini bread, to sell at farmer’s markets and arts and crafts shows. The zucchini comes from their vegetable garden.

“I love it out here,” Destiny said. “We have no regrets.”

The Malcolms have several breeds of chickens — Polish, Naked neck, Americana, White Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds among them, plus a turkey and guineas. They also have a pot belly pig, two cows and some house pets.

They are steadily expanding. A barn, under construction, should be finished this year. They’ve added a greenhouse. They intend to start selling meat chickens next year and are considering adding another cow or two. Five acres of their land is fenced off from the rest, and they’ve hardly needed to use it yet.

Besides their small farm, Kyle sells insurance, and Destiny is a social media marketer on the internet.

To help market their eggs, Kyle built a storage box that stands along the county road next to their place. The box has a cooler and a temperature gauge, so customers know the eggs are in good condition. Neighbors buy them at the self-service stand as they drive by. Destiny said it’s been a success, and ready or not, they keep growing.

“The last 3 years, we bit off a lot,” she said. “I hoping that it might slow down a little bit, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen. We are breeding goats now and finishing our barn.”

“We are super-happy about living here,” she said.

If interested in the products of Malcolm Farms, call 605-569-1108. (Note: the phone number has been corrected.)

This article was first published in the Bulletin’s Oct. 22 print edition.

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