by Jaden | May 6, 2013 | Chickens, Homestead
The great thing about living near a farm store is that I no longer need to have baby fowl delivered via postal service. The bad thing about living near a farm store is that I just cannot stay away. Last week, the kids and I snuck over there while Scott was out...
by Jaden | Apr 24, 2013 | Chickens, Homestead
Hi. My name is Duckee Momo. I like to blog. I’m a ridiculously handsome duck. Do you want to read what I wrote? Are you suuuure?……….Okay, I’ll show you! Oh yes, you read that right…..eat mor beef. Beef is yummy. Ducks are...
by Jaden | Apr 22, 2013 | Chickens, Homestead
Our 10 hens are happy hens, they faithfully lay around 8 eggs per day and get to eat all the garden veggies they want. There are specific plants that I grow just for them, like my ginormous cabbage that produces leaves as big as a vampire’s appetite....
by Jaden | Oct 24, 2012 | Chickens, Homestead
This summer, our little itty bitty baby chicks that arrived in April began laying eggs. It usually takes about 6 months before chickadees develop into egg-layers, and like an impatient mother, I kept looking in the coop twice a day to check if my babies were growing...
by Jaden | Apr 20, 2012 | Chickens, Homestead
It’s been so quiet the past couple of days (taxes done, manuscript submitted, Scott out of town, kids at school) — unnaturally quiet until last night when I think Buddha just decided that our house needed an interjection of chaos to bring things back to...
by Jaden | Apr 6, 2012 | Chickens, Homestead, Video
When we first decided to get chickens, my intention came from an omnivore’s point of view….FRESH EGGS! Little did I know that these little darlings would become our lovable pets first and foremost….and fresh eggs as a really cool bonus feature....