The weather has dramatically begun to turn into fall over the past couple of days and with the busy work schedule, I realized I have not posted for awhile. This is a quick review of farm activities over the past couple of weeks leading up to our last few days of warm weather. COOKBOOK: MyContinue reading “A Really Long Farm Update Before Fall.”
Category Archives: chickens
Walking goats & state fair countdown.
Dustin continually let’s me know that over the past couple of months we have created spoiled goats, which I wouldn’t disagree with. The goats are pretty quiet until around 6 pm. They know that is when we head home from school and work and they expect to get some attention. They usually stand at theContinue reading “Walking goats & state fair countdown.”
Garden update and hot chickens.
We have definitely had our share of hot muggy August summer days lately and the poor chickens have been trying to find some relief. In case you have ever wondered what a hot chicken looks like, here is one of my hens demonstrating the necessary pose. I also have a Loki update: He had beenContinue reading “Garden update and hot chickens.”
Barn Happiness
Things always seem to come back to perspective when you spend some time back in the barn. We have lots of little highlights that have been happening lately. Here are a few: [Uploading gallery…] The baby chick’s are as big as the rest of the hens. Ringo has plenty of action. Bob attacks Ringo ifContinue reading “Barn Happiness”
Barn Update
It’s been awhile since I’ve written a post life sure gets busy during the summer. The chickens are enjoying the nice summer days with warm days and summer storms that night. I was out of town last weekend and right before we left we had a pretty huge summer storm. Pretty high winds came throughContinue reading “Barn Update”
Are you smarter than a goat?
The barn is set up to house both the goats and chickens. The problem with that is we have to have a large gate that lets the goats roam free bht them locks out the chickens. I had done some research on goat proof chicken feeders and doirs and decided to try and creafe aContinue reading “Are you smarter than a goat?”
“WHAT” a white egg
So, I have all brown egg layers, well actually, I have a california white who was suppose to lay white eggs but has been laying brown since the beginning so I gave up months ago and accepted I have all brown egg layers. That is until today. We have a beautiful white egg. We eillContinue reading ““WHAT” a white egg”
Settling In
Enjoying the long weekend, I am happy to announce that the trio of goats are settling in and getting along. Aspen and Charlie are still putting Vanilla Bean in line but they take breaks to enjoy the good weather. I am also excited that the goats are getting large enough that only Aspen can sneakContinue reading “Settling In”
Part two
On the chicken side there have been some new updates: * Lahaina is still broody so no eggs 😔 * The larger chickens have been terrorizing the younger silkies so I needed to get rid of them. Unfortunately, I believe that is how I lost the tan one earlier this week. * One of myContinue reading “Part two”
Today started with a suprised of the kids making Dustin and I breakfast in bed. You guessed it… several different versions of eggs and toast. Eli even experimented with Tony’s spices. As we headed out to the barn to let the girls out we were sad to see we had lost a silkie during theContinue reading
Chick with a Whistle Farms 