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What a beginning to July we have had. We had a wonderful opportunity to go visit family in Colorado and had a fabulous time! The kids and I have not left the farm since we moved in last March. However, my husband Jason has, with his having to go on work trips, we have set [...]
The weekend after we let our chicks out of the coop for the first time we were forecasted to have about 3 days of lows at night ranging between 19 and 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Our mature chickens had been sleeping in an outside chicken coop day and night. The coop was closed in on 2 [...]
On November 9th we let our Rare Breed Chicks from Meyer Hatchery explore outside of their coop for the first time. The birds were exactly 2 months old and they seemed totally ready for their Maiden Voyage. They have been inside their coop with complete ventilation and room for a heat lamp almost their [...]
We reached a new milestone on our mini homestead in October. We had one of our mature female bantams become broody and lay a nest for about 10 to 14 days before abandoning her eggs. This was amazing to experience. I have seen pictures and read a little bit about birds all of a sudden [...]
A lot has been going on with our chickens over the last few weeks. A lot of things have changed and my love for caring and raising chickens has only intensified during this time. First of all, all of our mature female chickens now produce eggs. So we get 2 white eggs, 2 brown [...]
Do you have a bucket list? Like a real one? Like a legitimate these are like 10-ish things I would like to achieve before I die? Do you and your spouse share like a communal bucket list? You know, you have your bucket list, he has his and then you guys have yours? Does your [...]
We ordered 20 rare breed chicks from Meyer Hatchery and I have edited and uploaded my first real video to youtube! This is so exciting for us. This is our 2nd go around on chicks and will be an entire new process introducing these new birds to our current flock. What is most exciting [...]