It is about 10 thousand degrees outside right now. I’m not kidding. I’m Canadian I was not built for such extreme temperatures. And so far on the hottest day of the year I have managed to sell 5 dozen eggs!…
Tag: chickens
Two weeks ago was the first time I was ready to throw in the towel on farming. I’ve been broken down before, as farming has a way of doing that to a person, but I had never been so fully committed…
There are somethings that I know that I tend to think everyone else knows too. Ya get me? Like where tomatoes come from (ok that’s an easy one), or how to make mayonnaise (I’ve done it in my sleep, only…
My husband and I began this journey because we like to eat. Seriously. But with our love of food came a concern over the use of pesticides, non-sustainable farming, GMOs, and goodness knows what else. In our quest for good…
Friday afternoon carried on like usual. I checked on the goats, threw a few more pine branches in the paddock for them to nibble on and went looking around for Loretta, my one rogue hen who will not stay inside…
On December 27th my two hens Lois and Cleo got into an argument, that ended with blood dripping all down poor Lois’ face from a nasty bite on her comb. I took her inside, stood her up in front of…