Our baby Buckeyes are doing fine and growing up fast! They all have feathered wings, and some have tiny tail feathers, too. Buckeyes are big, active chicks, so ours are already trying to hop out of the brooder.
Our chicks arrived on Friday, and now there are 10 red-and-yellow peeps in the living room. (Their brooder makes a good light for when me ‘n’ Uzzi creep in at night to use the computer.)
Mom is getting excited because it’s baby time on our farm. Our first lambs are due in just three weeks, and next week we’re getting chicks!
Before you add these new peepers to your coop, give them a good start to life with these helpful hints.
A profitable egg business requires more than raising healthy chickens. Use these tips to get your egg business up and running.
The soil on our farm is so rocky that it’s hard to garden or even dig a hole, but apparently not for moles—a mole is digging tunnels all over our yard.
Last Thursday evening, Uzzi and I were hunkered down for the night, chewing cud and gazing up at the rising full moon, when Uzzi said, "What’s that?”
Mom’s been noticing signs of spring, but she got a big surprise. We had two blizzards in two weeks, and the last one was a doozy!
Take caution when disposing of chicken carcasses so as not to spread disease.
Before making a commitment to raise dairy goats, learn what it takes to produce high-quality milk.
Prevent founder and colic in your horses by carefully reintroducing them to pasture in the spring.
Give your livestock room to roam and make sure that you have enough farm space to support them.
