Pecking Order: Chicken Nest Box Turf After a lot of indecision, I picked up a pack of these to try out. I found them on clearance, then only to discover the clearance price paid wasn’t really any less than it is listed for at most online sites. The turf seems to be secure. I was concerned about the chickens trying to eat it. It washes easily, however, it quickly gets dirty, and the chickens aren’t happy they can’t scratch around in it like they do when there are shavings and herbs in their nest boxes. So the eggs…
Spring Fever: Hatching Eggs and Embracing New Beginnings As I type this, after a few years of being without poultry we now have 6 ducklings and rapidly hatching baby chicks. There is nothing like the miracle of those little babies growing and hatching out of their eggs. Introduction: As the chill of winter melts away and nature begins to stir from its slumber, there’s a palpable sense of anticipation in the air. Spring has arrived, bringing with it a contagious energy known as “spring fever.” It’s a time of renewal, growth, and the promise of new beginnings. And what…
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases if you click through a link and purchase through my website. Thinking Spring 2022 Thinking Spring 2022 On Harmony Homestead. All winter I thought of all the plans I had for spring. Each spring usually brings baby poultry, seedlings and dreams of spending days sitting in the sunshine. Just so you know this last week of April we still had snow showers here in Maine.…
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Linking up at Farm Fresh Tuesdays Heating The Hen House: 3 Good Sources say No When I became a chicken keeper over 10 years ago I had a lot to learn. Over the years and long Maine winters I watch as folks debate the proper way to care for chickens in the winter season. Some say it is wrong to use supplemental light to encourage laying all winter. Some say it is fine. The bigger debate that involves safety is whether or not…
2020 Goals Plans Hopes and Dreams I am working on having a clear vision for 2020
Seeking Serenity and Harmony in the Hen House Our Chicken Adventure started Spring of 2012.Reggie the Rooster and Regina pictured below. Our next two chickens were White Rocks named Water and Melon. Meet Snowball the first hen to ever give me an egg. My First Hatching Experience Diary April 8th 2016 there is now a 3rd incubator running.. Me no I don’t have an addiction to spring hatching. My first silkie~ Roo isn’t he cute? His name is Fuzzy Wuzzy Slick Willie ———————– More pictures from Harmony Hen House Don’t ask me to do my chicken math right now. …
Whoopsies I never actually published my 2019 Goals list. that is included here along with a 4 month accountability update. My motivation I was inspired to put it out there and make my goals public by Becca Moore of The Moore Family Homestead. She said in an email to me ” Writing down our goals was the best thing we could have ever done. We took the first 65 days of this year and really laid out what it was we’d like to see happen over the next year. We don’t think all of them will happen, but writing them down…
I am linking up at Farm Fresh Tuesdays, Its been awhile but I am happy to be back at the blog hop. Goals for the winter During the winter I hoped to check off a lot of these things mentioned in this article about winter homesteading activities. Strengthening your homesteading skills and staying productive during the winter was the focus of this article. There was another great article that inspired me in January and It was by the Tannehill Homestead. It was very inspiring and added to the inspiration I was feeling to be as productive as possible. Now…
Chicken Coop Light Solution My husband was tossing out a hanging light that was being discarded on one of the job sites. Then I was inspired and wanted to turn the wire shade part of it into something for the chicken coop. I have been using some solar bulbs out there that I bought on Amazon. I was looking at those bulbs and the old light fixture and had an inspiration. Then I took the solar light bulbs and hung them by the hooks they have on them to the metal light fixture and then hung that…
Its that time of year, the days are getting longer. Spring is in the air the snow and ice are melting. It is time for hatching chicks, sprouting seedlings and tapping trees. We have only about a 1/4 of an inch of sap so far but it is supposed to start running good soon. The turkeys in the incubator are due to hatch any time now. One has externally pipped a hole in the shell. We have seedlings sprouting up in the seed trays we’ve started. …