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We had a little photo shoot today with the chicks. Accompanied with their photo is history of the breed. Although some of these breeds are considered dual-purpose birds (eggs and meat), we are raising them for eggs alone. We chose heritage breeds to support genetic diversity in our food supply. What are heritage breeds and [...]
Our baby chickens are here and they are ridiculously cute! We have two of each of these heritage breeds: Buff Orpington, Partridge Plymouth Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Black Silkie Bantam, Buff Brahma Bantam. We constructed the brooder using scrap wood. The sheet covering the bedding is meant to keep the young chicks from ingesting too [...]
Our baby chicks will show up this week and we are VERY excited about it. This first batch will all be egg layers, but if we’re ever going to make it to 50% of our own food production, we figured meat birds would probably figure into the equation at some point. Our friends Ryan and [...]
Here is a little wildlife update… I found this beauty today. It is an Ornate Tiger Moth (Grammia ornata): This buck is very unique. Maybe he’ll find his way like Rudolph did… This handsome guy makes the goofy buck feel a little inadequate: And now for a wildflowers update! This is a new one to [...]
We got some great photos on the motion sensor camera this week. Here’s a big white tail buck: A doe and her fawn: Another handsome buck: A curious boy: And here is our first use of the video function:
The birds around our house have become pretty comfortable with us. They wait longer and longer to fly away when we come close…sometimes they stay on the feeder as I’m carrying it away to fill it! Last week on a whim, I walked out to the bird feeder and offered my finger to a pine [...]
We started our Irish Eyes seeds indoors in early March. Before long, they were overflowing the seedling trays, so we moved them to bigger containers. We bought some black plastic pots made specifically for the purpose, but we also used containers from our recycling like yogurt and sour cream. Washed and with a few small [...]
This was a busy busy weekend working on the chicken coop. Friday at 8:00am the chicken enclosure and coop looked just like this… After a quick run to the lumber yard I came back with 3 pieces of decking and 100 standard 2×4′s. The decking went on quickly and by 10:00am I was building trusses [...]
