The first batch of chicks have hatched for this year and things look good. We do not have a final tally yet, but we’ve picked up a good batch of Cream Legbar and Wellsummer chicks (there are some Salmon Favorelle crosses that we tossed in from a mix that we like.) The new incubator seems […]
To remedy this, I purchased a used cow catch just north of Lynchburg, Va (about an hour and a half from home) and had installed it on some 4×6’s set in cement. I created an offshoot from my main chute but was never sure it would work. Today, it worked like a champ! Yesterday, I […]
We had a great hatching of Black Copper Maran chicks and around a dozen or still available! Reach out if interested!
One of our young hens, named Jo Annie, went broody in late January (when it was definitely VERY cold) and managed to hatch out a ton of chicks, despite leaving the nest for extended periods during the setting time. Interestingly enough, they did seem to hatch out around days 22 or 23, instead of 21, […]
In an effort to increase our genetic stock, we ordered 15 chicks from Myer Hatchery. Although it’s only a few days since the chicks arrived, I must say that I am impressed. A lot. We ordered Welsummer and Cream Legbar chicks, adding to the genetic diversity of what we have. What’s truly amazing is that […]
Late January and early February are some of my fav times of the year and not just for the Snow skiing:) This is the time of the year when lots of prepping starts. We have lots of eggs in the incubator, setting to hatch out of the next 7 days, one hen that’s broody and […]
Although this was the second automatic chicken door that I purchased, it was my first venture into the solar powered doors. For reasons that I do not recall, I chose one from chickendoors.com – a standard pullet, solar with battery. They have other sizes, but they all appear to operate on the same design. To […]
When we first moved to the farm, we had a single chicken tractor that we moved about the farm. It was NOT the most efficiently built (it seems that I always overbuild something the first time around…lol), but I was able to use a trolly on one end to move it through out pastures. Then […]
There is nothing quite like the first snow! It gives a both a feeling of peace as well as beauty. I think the blanket of pure white snow gives us a feeling of clean, so to speak! We went without any major snow last Winter, so we’re hoping for more blasts this year. Snow also […]
It’s been nearly two and a half years since we moved to the farm. It’s been a real adventure – tending cattle, ducks, chickens, peafowl, rabbits and various veggies and fruits. Although we had experience in each of these areas, we had never operated on this scale! Each adventure deserves a novel of it’s own…from […]