A couple of mornings ago I walked to the coop to give the Ladies some leftovers and noticed, out of the corner of my eye, one of our Ameraucanas on the outside of the coop, right by my feet! Thoroughly confused, I let her into the coop. I couldn’t, for…
I’ve been kind of out-of-sorts for a couple of weeks now. Full-on sick (kidney infection first, then the flu), as have Tool Lady and Fish Girl (just the flu for them…horrible, no good, very bad, long lasting flu). It’s hard to focus on anything when your body hurts and you…
When checking for eggs yesterday, I was greeted by one of our two Black Australorps who was ready to lay. Curious to see what she would do with me watching, I left the door open, stepped back and watched for a minute. After assessing my intentions, she began moving the…
I am incredibly happy to report that our chickens are officially laying again! We hit a dry spell there last fall when several of the ladies were molting…Then, the weather got cold and I think they all went on strike! That is, until last week when they started laying again…
I mentioned in December that we’ve been freezing our leftover goats milk every few days in preparation for eventually making our first few batches of Goat’s Milk Soap. Well, the day finally arrived and we jumped into making soap for the very first time!…
…like to eat. A lot. This was a little treat…a mixture of warm goat’s milk whey (leftover after making cheese) and some oats and it made them very happy on a very cold day. Hope you’re staying warm wherever you are! xoxo, M
I’ve found myself in this pattern recently…walk outside, check the chickens, feed the chickens, water the chickens, collect the eggs, go back inside…Repeat as necessary. It’s cold outside and not appealing to my senses, so I haven’t been spending much time out there. I have found, though, that I’ve been…
Our adventure with goat milking has been very fruitful so far and we’re honestly just trying to find ways to keep up with the production! Who knew goats could produce so much milk?! Well, now we do! Cajeta, cheese and fudge are delicious and goat milk makes a nice addition…