Broody Lahaina One of the first things you learn if you own Silkies is when they say that they are a good mothers, they are very serious. Lahaina takes it very serious her broodiness and we were able to catch it on video tonight. Enjoy! My youngest chicks are approximately 15 weeks now andContinue reading “October Farm Fun”
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Getting ready for the show
It has been I’m busy couple of weeks. The kids last day of school came and we have enjoyed some hot humid summer days. This is perfect timing for us to try our hand at clipping the goats for the kids first youth goat show. The goat breeder was gracious enough to invite us backContinue reading “Getting ready for the show”
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
Broody Hens and Goat Training
Broody Lahaina This is our first hen to go broody. I had to do a google search to figure out what exactly it looked like. What I found were descriptors such as your hen refuse to move, flattening her body, etc. The suggestion is to pick her up and move her away from theContinue reading “Broody Hens and Goat Training”
All time high production
Today was a Saturday so we were able to be around the barn and a little more today. The girls were making quite the noise this morning and we were excited to see who was actually laying eggs. We had an all-time high of 7x today. If you are not familiar with the egg songContinue reading “All time high production”
Chick with a Whistle Farms 