xoxo, M
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Our White Leghorn and Ameraucana pullets recently made the move from the brooder to a portion of the coop and it’s been so much fun watching them explore, scratch around, and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air! We have eight of each and it’s hilarious to watch how skittish the…
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As you might recall, on Day 86 I wrote about our wonderings as to whether or not Mama was actually pregnant and finally deciding that yes, in fact, she must have at least two kids in there! Well, now that we’re about a month out from her estimated/official Kidding Day…
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Red & Kitty
Since we’ve officially decided to keep our two Muscovy ducks as a mating pair into the foreseeable future, we have decided to give them names! (You know, unlike all of our other poultry that don’t get names because they have a greater potential to become dinner either… -
I kid you not… Less than 24 hours after bringing home our ducks, we were gifted with our very first duck egg! I guess our pair is settling in nicely and enjoying their new digs just fine
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Because we don’t have enough to do already… Because Kim is the Queen of Craigslist.. Because the bugs here are insane… Because we’re always up for learning about something new… Because sometimes the turn around time from idea to research to implementation is quite quick here… Because we enjoy challenging…
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I’ve been driving myself a bit crazy trying to figure out if Mama is pregnant…reading a bunch of articles, constantly checking for signs of heat, watching her belly…all in the hope that she will, in fact, give us at least one (but maybe more!) kid in May! I am so…
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Despite all of my angst around this big, white, fluffy, livestock guardian dog (LGD) of ours (between her escapes, her seemingly endless heat cycle, and the necessity for our newly installed electric fencing), I just have to say that… She is doing so well! She has calmed around the chickens…