You may recall, as seen in this picture, that our turkey hen (aka Big Mamma) is our best broody bird. She likes nothing more than to sit on a clutch of eggs for a few weeks and hatch some little chicks that will follow her around until they realize she’s a turkey. Well this year [...]
Yesterday I put in the corn and beans, added mulch, watered the garden, spread gravel in the drive, cleaned out the gutters, put up the hummingbird feeders, pulled weeds, thinned seedlings, etc…. so I decided to take today off, as recommended by at least one out of four major religions. Here are just a few [...]
Last Saturday I went to nearby Border Springs Farm for their annual sheep shearing day. They invite anyone to come watch and hope spinners/crafters will snatch up some fleeces to take home for their fiber projects. And that’s exactly what I did! I picked out two nice fleeces that I will eventually wash, card and [...]
Big Mamma is laying again. I found six turkey eggs in the corner of the chicken coop today. She’s been sleeping with the chickens lately. I think Big Mamma feels more comfortable with the chickens because she can keep up with them. The guineas are too fast. Either that, or the guineas just gave her [...]
I’ve always had a deep yearning to ”keep” bees for more years than I can remember, but finally got my first hives about 3 years ago. I was as green as it could get. I didn’t have a clue that the majority of the bees in the hive were female, I didn’t know that a bee’s life was a meager 4 weeks [...]
Bib Mamma (our turkey hen) has a crush on me. Yesterday we were finishing up painting the fence (FINALLY!) and she followed me around all day cooing. When I turned to look at her or walked toward her she would flatten herself down on the ground. I told her that I didn’t go for turkeys; [...]
This week our chickens started laying eggs again! We’ve been getting 1-2 eggs every day so far. I love finding the eggs when I go let the chickens out in the morning, but I love to eat them even more! The store bought eggs can be down right depressing. From the styrofoam containers to the [...]
Our rooster came over to check me out (i.e. wait for a food handout) when I was taking pictures of wood piles (Yes, my life is really that exciting these days.) so I snapped a quick one at just the right moment…
I was looking around some of my files and found this brief write-up about my first encounter with the slaughtering of a hog. Both my father and husband are deer hunters so I have seen animals cut open and “processed.” Tommy and I have also processed our chickens if they were roosters or when they [...]
When my husband and I first brought chickens to our new homestead, we jumped on the chicken tractor bandwagon because it seemed to be the thing to do. Since then, though, we’ve been assessing various alternative chicken keeping arrangements and no longer believe that chicken tractors are the best method for every situation. I’ve summed [...]
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