When the rat snake posted up inside the pullets’ pen i thought, “what in the world are you doing in there? Why not get in the adult chicken pen where they have an occasional egg? Because the pullets were not supposed to start laying until september, so they started 3 weeks early. Turns out, the …
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Hand Stitching Scrubs
Im currently in a financial era of my life where i cannot afford the services of a tailor…and the one i had retired anyway, so, if threading busts, i have to fix it myself. Due to a bunch of trauma surrounding my sister sewing through her finger and passing out still attached to the sewing …
Sili’s New Addiction
This damned dog has started eating cactus. And that goes about like one would think it would go. I know she’s been doing it again because she comes back with a face full of cactus needles. I mean hundreds. And not the big spiky white ones either. No, the teeny little orange ones that are …
Connect the Dots with Fedex
I’ve been fighting a lot with Fedex lately. I’ve been receiving a misfits market box in the mail for years now. Misfits market has a deal with Fedex. FedEx delivers the package. In the entirety of the time I have had the service, I have never had to sign for the package, nor have I …
Learning to Change a Tire
When the flood happened i stayed home from work for 2 days. The first day i stayed home because the river was rising and i didnt want to be separated from my animals when it took the bridge and cut us off from the rest of the towns and cities. Who would feed them, hive …
The Chickens Go Outside
It is exactly what it sounds like. The baby chickens graduated. Fully feathered and able to regulate their own body temperatures….they went outside. Poor Sumac has to stay in the house until he is 18 weeks old because he is meant to go in with the older buff orpington hens who are already on adult …
A Pitiful Amount of Grass
I had to wait for the last frost to plant the grass in the baby chickens’ pen. I didnt want it to freeze after id planted it. I emptied a whole bag of grass seed in there and covered it over with a thin layer of dirt, then watered it daily. Nothing happened. I mean …
The Neighbor’s Longhorns
One day i came home and the neighbor’s longhorns were right up near the fence. They weren’t friendly like his previous cows so i rarely got a good look at the longhorns but this day no they stayed within view for a good while and i could see all their magnificent patterns.
Garden Update
There are only okra and sungold tomatoes in the garden this year. It is an environment inhospitable to gardening. Ive decided to just do what i can with the greenhouse and grow lights. They are both rather flexible and tolerant plants.
Sumac Rejoins the Flock on the Homestead
I originally had 2 roosters but the one named mochi died. He came from the hatchery sick and i separated him and nursed him along for a bit but he never did grow a smidgeon and was very lethargic. He ultimately passed. Now i had a problem because i didnt like this experience with this …