• Poultry

    I’d like to formally introduce you to…

    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 by intention or necessity.) And, so, in keeping with the…

  • Eat,  Poultry

    The first duck egg!

    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 🙂 We were all so surprised and so excited about it that we headed straight inside to cook it up and see how…

  • Poultry

    Ducks!!!

    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 ourselves… And because we can… We have welcomed two Muscovy…

  • Chickens

    2016 Ameraucana Chicks

    It’s officially that time of year again! One of my very favorite activities each February is picking out the year’s flock additions. So, yesterday, after a long, exhausting day at work, we thought eight chirping, fluffy butted babies would be the perfect answer. They were! We are still looking to round out our additions this year with some white layers,…

  • Chickens

    The Case of the Missing Chicken

    Last night, after a gorgeous day of free ranging, all the ladies put themselves to bed in their cozy coop, as per usual. Shortly after dark, and a little later than usual, I made my way outside to count and lock up the ladies for the night. They’re easy to count, despite their huddled roosting, because they come in sets:…

  • Chickens,  Everything Else

    The Changing Seasons – January 2016 in Review

    In thinking about Cardinal’s monthly photo challenge, I anticipated doing what I did last year by going back through the month’s photos and trying my best to not include every single one of them in my review because 1) there is generally so much that happens each month and 2) because so many of my photos make me so happy…