One of our pullets (young hens), from our hatch of 4 back in early July, has created a mystery for us! This beautiful young girl (we hope she's a girl!) reminds me so much of one of our older hens, Anne. I wrote about Miss Anne back in the spring. In that post I stated both that Anne's eggs were different in shape than others, and also that I did not think she was mating with … [Read more...]
Small Farm Scenes
The one thing I will miss the most with summer ending is the evenings spent out on our deck simply watching our birds enjoying their free ranging. We've already had some evenings that were too chilly or rainy for sitting out, but there will still be plenty more to enjoy. The colors in our gardens are slowly fading but they are not giving up yet. As you can see in the … [Read more...]
Farm to Table – Kale BLT Pasta Salad Recipe
This is such a great summer harvest recipe, but I've gotta tell ya - it does not feel like summer here right now, our weather has plunged into autumn quite suddenly! However, it's still harvest time for the veggies, and this is one of my favorite recipes for using fresh kale and cherry tomatoes from the garden. I shared our other, Baked Eggs with Kale & Cherry Tomatoes, … [Read more...]
A Growing Flock
Our second incubator hatch went better than the first! We ended up with 7 chicks and 2 guinea keets. While still not phenomenal, we are happy with it. We think we know part of what we did wrong with the incubator last time, but in the end it turned out that many of the eggs simply weren't fertile. We only picked eggs from the hens we thought were some of our rooster Charlie's … [Read more...]
Change is Inevitable – Nature & Farm Friday
Some cooler nights here and there remind us here on the farm that Summer is beginning its wind down. We just had another hot spell though, so it’s not giving in yet! We had a spell mid-summer where the gardens were looking kind of bland. I got in and chopped down some of the weeds and things have been doing better since then! I think our lack of rain (we are considered in a … [Read more...]
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