This heat is something else. I think almost everyone reading this is in a region affected by the current (mid-July 2024) heatwave, you all know what I mean. The farm …
He’s not the “Number One” (best) rooster (that we know of, yet), just the first one to start crowing (err, sort of – you’ll know what I mean when you …
We learn the weirdest things when we start something new. What seems completely obvious in hindsight can be completely missed in the start up phase, while there’s other things that …
It’s amazing how fast kids grow. All kids. But chicks, they almost literally change every time you look at them. The chicks are about 5 weeks old, we’ve had them …
The chicks are starting to explore and get used to all the sounds and sights in their new world. They still startle but don’t get quite so frantic when the …
The chicks got to go “outside” for the first time today, and we also put together a roost for them!
This week we put together the chicken’s bucket feeder (still want a bucket waterer – soon!) and happily watched them start to use it. It’ll be much easier to fill …
Guys, it finally happened, we got chickens! We got word last week that we’d definitely be getting chicks from our neighbor, so we got to work converting half of our …
“A chicken in every pot” – 1928 Rep. Party campaign slogan “Don’t have a pot to put it in” – 1928 Dem. Party response slogan It’s time to get back …