• Chickens - Turkeys

    Holding Steady

    The mice are moving into and taking over the chicken coop, but so are the (baby) bull snakes. The hose that feeds the water to the chicken coop busted, spewing water all over the place, but it’s almost time to remove it anyway and unhook it from the spigots due…

  • Turkeys

    Raising Turkeys – An Update

    Well, it’s been 2 1/2 months since my last turkey post, so I figure I’m overdue! As I mentioned in my original post about raising turkeys, we’re newbies at this, which means the learning curve is pretty steep. For example: I’ve learned how to “walk wide” to corral them in…

  • Chickens - DIY - Goats - Grow - Harvest - Turkeys

    Life, Unfiltered

    Technology allows us to edit and crop the real life out of the “real lives” we all share via our websites and on social media.   As a blogger, I want to document our journey while creating a pretty, inviting space that you, my dear reader, want to spend some…

  • Chickens - Goats - Grow - Turkeys

    Playing Catch Up

    The last couple of weeks have been a bit trying for me.  Between work and home, there’s just so much to do and so little time!  I’m exhausted all the time.  Happy, but truly exhausted. I feel behind on everything. The garden is still being put in, we need to…

  • Turkeys

    Raising Turkeys

    I am not sure when or why it all started, but a few years ago, I got this wild idea in my head that I wanted to raise a few turkeys of our very own to add to the Thanksgiving table. How romantic, right? Purchase $7 day old turkeys, bring…

  • Chickens

    2015 Flock Additions – Marans

    For a short while this winter I thought that, for the first time in years, we wouldn’t add any new chicks to the flock this year. With all of the transitions and upheaval, I guess I was thinking that adding some Newbies to the mix might not be the best…