Breeding and raising rabbits has been a homestead goal of mine for quite a few years. Seems simple enough, right? After all, the term “breeding like rabbits” came about for a reason. Yet, I seemed to fail over and over again.
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Animals
Hatching Baby Chicks on the Homestead – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Spring is almost here and this is when I hear many newbies mention how much fun it would be to try hatching baby chicks themselves. And that’s great! Hatching baby chicks is fun, educational, and rewarding. But, it’s not always just cute little bundles of fluff. Sometimes it’s difficult, and even downright disgusting. So I thought it would be a good idea to tell you exactly what to expect when you have baby chicks hatching.
Chick Season
There are a few little clumps of snow on the ground and there is always a chance for more where we live, but Spring is near and on the farm, that means babies! In our case, we put eggs in the incubators. Soon we’ll have chicken and quail chicks. Again.
Continue readingBirds, Birds and More Birds!
This is what we were greeted with Thursday morning.
We really have a lot of birds. And I am not talking about the wild ones either (though we really have a lot of wild birds, too). I am talking about birds on our homestead. I think they are taking over. Continue reading
Relax and Enjoy the Moment
A couple of weekends ago, we were really getting a bunch of stuff done around the homestead. As a result, I was feeling pretty rough. It doesn’t take much to wear me out and that is usually accompanied by pain, so I try to be careful not to over do it, but sometimes…
Anyhow, we decided to relax on the porch. Jeff likes to put out bird feeders and we both enjoy seeing what birds come to visit them. We even enjoy the “plain” sparrows. All of them are so much fun to watch.
Continue readingBaby Bunnies and Other Homesteading Failures
I have really been having a hard time the last month or so. I have been feeling lousy, for one thing. And for another thing, it seems like everything has been going wrong.
Continue readingEggstraordinary Amounts of Eggs
Wow do we have a ton of eggs! The chickens are finally laying again and, even though we lost a few over the winter, we are getting way more than we can eat. See all those eggs in the picture up top? That’s after Jeff took 2 or 3 dozen to work for people.
We also got a couple of coupons from one of our local grocery stores for free eggs. And I can’t turn down free.
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Happy Spring! I know that spring started a few weeks ago, but I have been a little preoccupied lately.
We had our first bonfire of the year on Easter Sunday. I really love to watch a good bonfire. Those flames are like art to me and my husband, being awesome at building fires, is my favorite artist. The embers were so hot, they looked like an enormous pile of glowing rubies. So beautiful; it’s hard to keep from reaching out to touch them sometimes.
What Is an Average Chicken Egg?
I hadn’t really given this question much thought before today. Do you know the average weight of a chicken egg? I didn’t, until I looked it up.
Continue readingNew Baby on the Homestead
Welcome to the world!
Wow, what a day. We decided to put clean straw in the birthing stall today because we knew Molly was going to have her baby soon and we wanted to get ready. Well, we have some amazing timing.
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