by Jaden | Feb 23, 2012 | Homestead
I’ve always kept my distance from bees, I’ll blame it on a horror movie that I stupidly watched by myself when I was home sick from school. I’ve never been stung before, nor do I really care to purposely put myself in a situation where I might be....
by Jaden | Feb 16, 2012 | Chickens, Featured, Homestead
*** UPDATE *** We are proud to announce the completion of the Steamy Kitchen Palace Chicken Coop Construction Drawings. A 32 Page PDF showing every detail and measurement needed to recreate this chicken coop. It was professionally created by a licensed architect and...
by Jaden | Jan 19, 2012 | Homestead
Coco *loves* the hens….she considers them, “things to chase around” — the hens don’t like Coco much and normally squawk, freak out and run away. Lately, Fireflapper, our golden sex link hen, created a new strategy. “Aha! a chicken...
by Jaden | Jan 5, 2012 | Chickens, Homestead
We have it marked on our calendar the very first day we came home with the 1 week old baby chicks, to mark their “birthday” but also to give us a countdown of when we can expect our first eggs from the hens. It usually takes around 6 months before the...
by Jaden | Dec 15, 2011 | Homestead
The Problem Mercury is a potent neurotoxin. For a child or fetus, exposure to even a little of this toxic heavy metal can harm the brain and nervous system. Coal-fired power plants account for nearly half the mercury emissions that pollute our waterways and find their...
by Jaden | Dec 5, 2011 | Chickens, Homestead
My husband’s been working hard the past couple of weeks building the new Chicken Palace for our 5 birds who have quickly outgrown the coop we bought locally. Scott designed the entire coop on paper and then on transfering the plan to Google Sketchup for a 3D...