I wanted to share what George saw the other morning. The images are a little grainy, but these woodpeckers were on our water oak, and I had to show them off. If they were a little higher, my tree face would have ears! We have a family of Red-Bellied Woodpeckers Read more
Sometimes we wonder why egg production is low in the wintertime. Often chalking it up to just being cold which is a fair assumption. But what if it’s not? We did a little research and learned there are a few reasons this could be happening and some of them can Read more
We have done a couple of videos on hydroponics but didn’t have many folks interested in the topic, however, George set up some jars for lettuce and basil this year. The lettuce was mainly for the guinea pigs and the basil was for me…I like to dehydrate it for recipes Read more
Hello everyone! Here is an updated discount code from GrubTerra! This will give you 10% off the entire website. Just copy and click below! TBF10 Just so you know, they not only sell grubs for your flocks, but they also sell dog treats and reptile food too! Black soldier fly Read more
So much garlic! Back in the fall of 2022, we planted a good-sized bed of both hardneck and softneck garlic and they both did well; the softneck was huge! It takes around nine months to grow so we dug them up sometime around July 2023. Softneck garlic is so tightly Read more
I am not a big news follower, I know I should pay more attention. But the avian flu recently caught my eye as it is spreading to mammals. It’s happening to mountain lions, foxes, bobcats, and even harbor seals! This, as you know, is what has driven the cost of Read more
January is George’s birthday month, and I bought him a beehive. He’s been talking about it for some time, so I surprised him. I bought a Hoover Bee Hive kit from Amazon.com and I thought I had done pretty well. As George started researching it, we learned that actually, he Read more
It’s been a week since we took “Lottie” the Leghorn to the vet for her Bumblefoot and she is looking so much better! She is still getting antibiotics twice a day and her pain medicine once in the evenings, one of which smells delicious. Her foot is no longer bandaged Read more
Hi everyone, Cyndi here talking with you about Bumblefoot. This is a swelling in the foot of a chicken when the foot pad gets an infection. There are many causes, according to the vet, where a cut or a tiny abrasion in the foot causes a staph infection. A couple Read more
Building your chicken coop and run. There are a lot of factors to consider when building your chicken coop and run. How large does it need to be, how to keep predators out, and how to maintain it are questions you should be asking yourself. You will see so many Read more