They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
The pigs have less than a week remaining before they go off to the butcher, and the meat birds are now four weeks old, halfway through their brief lives. It is time to get them out on grass, but we don't fancy the attrition rate we had last year with the chickshaw only. We would… Continue reading Bird-Mobile
Considerably more than tins, a bag to feed them, but, if they all survived to adulthood, we should be able to turn a profit on their meat. Early morning, breakfast picnic on the back of the truck. We replaced the old wooden feed trough at the chicken coop, because it was too small for the… Continue reading Meat the Birds!
The hens we bought in January are beginning to lay eggs. They haven’t quite got it down yet, so they are laying tiny little eggs with only white and no yolk in them. But at least they are laying them with great love, we hope. Either that or they have no sense of humor… because… Continue reading Little Things.
It has been a long time since we have posted here. Daddy has been busy doing National Guard stuff (Boo!) and Mommy has been busy holding down the fort (Yay!). But we're back with a quick fire post to get us up to date. What is Winne so excited about? Moo's! Not just any moo's.… Continue reading Good to be back
Her "Buck-bucks" wanted to go scratch through the pigs' straw pile, so she helped them out. What comes out, must go in. Eventually we should alter the fence lines so the chickens can forage in the pig pen, but right now they would jsut get out into the driveway and make a mess and then… Continue reading Winnie Help!
A new batch of chicks is coming this week, and we are going to try something new with it. We are going to keep the chick brooder in the chicken coop. There are two reasons for this. One is so that the new chicks and the old chicks will get used to the sight, sound… Continue reading Trying something new
Last Saturday and Sunday were the first family weekend we have had in nearly three weeks. Enjoy! Yes, she is feeding the baby chicks in her jammies. She threw up her breakfast (yogurt) and the smell was such that we felt she needed to change. Jammies were what we had on hand, so, jammies it… Continue reading Family Day
Monday of Holy Week, that is, March 25th, we decided to move the chicks. There were several reasons for this decision. One is that we are getting new chicks in about three weeks, and want to have the brooder cleaned out and ready for them. Another reason is that we wanted to get the manure… Continue reading Moving the Chicks
Really should have been done in November. The deep bedding system builds a thick pack of hay, shredded paper and poop over the year. This ultimately goes into the garden or the orchard or the compost pile. Frosty but clear. Listening to “Bible in a year” and moving wheelbarrows. Our flocks and herds, scratching the… Continue reading Cleaning out the hen house
As the days get longer (we passed the 10 hour day just this week in Tacoma!) The chickens have begun to increase their egg laying. Even the Americaunas (who took most of the winter off) are starting to produce again. Perhaps it is the sunshine, or perhaps it is just the friendly feeding. So we… Continue reading Eggs are picking up!
Little Farm in the Big City 