Another Weekly Update: Week 1 for Baby Chicks
I realize it has been FOREVER since I have done a weekly update. I have been moving a lot of stuff around, cleaning things, etc. I have also been really […]
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The Cold Brooder for 25 chicks
Let me preface this post by saying that I wanted to be a green as possible with this batch of chicks. Since we live in the south east, and it […]
The New Babies are Here!!!
How many urban post offices get chickens sent to them? Walk up to the counter and say “we have the noisy box”. They laugh, and bring us our chicks. Open […]
El Monstro is No More: Week 7
Got a WHOLE bunch of work done at the homestead this week! Picked up six free Angora and Lionhead mix rabbits this week for free food, as well as paying […]
Six Weeks of Crazy, and a Saturday to Forget
This week, I got my Sawzall and angle grinder, so I have been tearing up the pallets needed to construct the new quail and guinea pig cages! YAY! I also […]
The Continuing Saga of Monster Chicken: Week 5
What a week! From archery, to canoeing, to agricultural history, it has been a great one! The quail eggs will be arriving some time in the next few days. and […]
The Crazy Experiment, Week 4
I didn’t really manage to get as much work done on the homestead as I planned (I am pretty sure that is a problem with ALL homesteaders…), but good things […]
Week 3 on the Urban Farmstead…
I realize that last week, I didn’t do my weekly update until like, Thursday. I was sick. I am still sick now, but at least I am moving again! I […]
On the Farm, Week 2
Last Sunday, we went back to the auction and picked up 11 quail (Coturnix). There were three males, and 8 females (I THINK, I can’t vent sex for the life […]
Camp Acres – Week 9 and 10
So, I have had back to back weekends with Agility Trials, so I haven’t gotten to update as planned. Every year at camp, the state health inspector comes. My boss […]
Chicken Program #2: Finished Tractor!
We made many different colors of paint (acrylic) available to girls aged 6-9 (and the helping CIT2’s). I didn’t know exactly what would happen in this mural of craziness, but […]
Chicken Program #1
So, last week, I featured the rabbit program. They are still majorly successful due to the cute, fuzzy factor. Well, what about the chickens? Today, I was going to do […]
Counselors in Training Program 1: Chicken Tractor Building
So, we have some lovely chickens, which means it is time to build them a house at camp. I decided on building them a triangular chicken coop, with a nightly […]
Camp Acres! Week 7
After returning from Harvard/MIT, I had discovered that one of the chickens died during the storm that knocked out power. They did not have access to water, or light (to […]
The Cost of Feeding Chickens
I already wrote this post for rabbits, but I needed to also analyse my chicken operation. Capital Investments 2 Feeders – 2 x $5.99 = $11.98 2 waterers – 2 […]
Four weeks on…
Well, I am back in North Carolina (followed by a short stint at a soil physics conference in Lexington, Kentucky). The little bunny is now 5.1 lbs, and the big […]
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