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Luke and Ollie.

Not often does Luke hang out with the girls and Ollie. But, he really wants to earn more money this summer, so he has decided he doesn’t mind helping with them sometimes.   Besides helping with the hens and rooster(s?), we are going to have some bake sales....

Wanna see how much the chickens have grown?

Martha may not be martha, she may actually be a he. We will keep you posted. If you remember how hard it was to determine if Mac was a boy or girl-4 name changes – we aren’t exactly good at determining gender on animals. :)   The hens roosting after a...

Crazy busy.

Finishing up our official year of school, planting, getting the land ready for planting, cleaning up outside and in, the endless demand of laundry, cooking with real food, classes and special events, gift-making… I just keep wishing I could get by without sleep...

This morning.

Here is Liz. How they do grow.    (This past weekend.)     (6 weeks ago.)   Here is a bit of breakfast. The recipe for the yogurt spread is from Tessa Kiros’ book “Apples for Jam”. I received it interlibrary loan, but it is one I want to...

Sneaky, sneaky…

Well, since the disappearance of the four chicks, we have been very cautious with Mac around. I have covered the chicken box with chicken wire, screen and a board. However, that does not stop a cat from trying. Matheau caught (and quickly took photos) of him trying to...

The newest chicks.

After our heart-wrenching loss of the four chicks, my soon-to-be-sister-in-law, Amanda, sweetly volunteered to pick us up some new chicks. So, we have three new Americauna chicks in our flock.  They seem to be adjusting fine. We had to get straight run, instead of...