A week or so ago, Aaron went to town for farm stuff and came home with new chicks. Without missing a beat, he had a whole chick habitat assembled in the garage as if our March chick babies had never left. Since we’ve been down to 7 chickens in the coop – we’ve been feeling the itch to grow the flock. …
Water for the Calves
Aaron has a general mantra for pretty much anything that challenges either fo us: “We will always find a way.” As annoying as it can be to hear it sometimes – he’s generally pretty right. When the cows moved out to the pasture, getting water to them became a pretty big challenge. The longterm goal is to build them a …
The Freeloading Chickens
They finally quit being complete and utter freeloaders. After the recent loss of another chicken and our last guinea – we are officially down to 7 chickens. We think we have 4 hens and 3 roosters – but our opinions there tend to change day by day. Finally. Fiiiiiiiinally. Our chickens are no longer total freeloaders. I’ve been telling Aaron …
Is it a Corral if You’re Keeping Cows in it?
We’re not sure. Regardless, the calves have gotten a major containment upgrade. They’re officially out of the pole barn and into the pasture! These little guys have been some real troopers waiting for us to put a solution together for them to be in the fields. While our long-term goal is to have them permanently fenced on the pastures with …
Clucker Check-in
The chickens have been living THE LIFE lately. I’m honestly a bit jealous. I’ve gotten more brave about feeding them random bits from the garden. Where I used to hand them handfuls of clover, they now get lettuce, nasturtium flowers and even a bit of watermelon. They love sampling the mint from the herb pots. We’ve even gotten a new …
Chicken Farming Struggles
We started with 14 chickens and guineas combined. We’re down to 9. Thankfully, the ones with names have persevered – but honestly I’m getting nervous. We lost the first guinea when all three stayed out overnight. We had been attempting to let them roam free range around the farm. They did fine on the first night and figured out how …
We Still Have 3 Chucks
This is less of an update and more simple photo documentation of the Chucks. They’re still here. They’re still doing great. In fact, they’re looking more and more tasty by the minute. The Chucks were all bottle calves that came to us around March-ish. After some damp and cold weather, we worked through a handful of health issues. Now, the …
Chicken Sandwiches
…sound pretty delicious. I’m not going to lie. The chickens have officially been here for about two and a half months. Since it feels like years have passed (a day in quarantine time must count for about 3 months), we’re feeling the itch for our egger babies to start laying. We’re guesstimating the bulk of the flock is about 12 …
Our “Chunnel” Chicken Tunnel Prototype
Aaron and I have been on a “let’s make these chickens work for us” kick ever since we moved to the farm. Building them a happy chicken palace was only step one. Now, we want them to be able to clean clover, insects and ticks out of the garden. Originally, we hoped to build a long system of chicken tunnels …
Chicken Update
These cluckers are huge. Not even kidding – a couple of these guys look like they ate their chicken-twin. Every day, the chickens keep growing and every day I discover more people that are fascinated that we have them. Let’s be honest, you guys – chickens are not an out-of-line farm bird. There are people that raise hundreds of these …