Homesteading on 2 Acres – a Girl and her Dogs
Homesteading on 2 acres in a tiny house; a girl, her dogs, and some vegan recipes
One day i went outside and found an 8 foot snake skin hanging from the top of the pullet pen. I had never seen a snake that long and made a note that there was a rather large snake in the area. Now, rat snakes like to climb up high to shed their skins and …
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This was the first whole carton of eggs the pullets ever laid. The eggs started out very tiny. I had to decide which of the people i supplied with eggs got the first batch of enchantingly tiny eggs because as the chickens grew, so too would the eggs, and only one carton was ever this …
This is Daisy, my favorite chicken. Ironically i cried more with Petunia but that has to do with the fact that she was suffering terribly and i had to kill her to put her out of her misery when i raised her from a day old chick and i couldnt fathom my body ending the …
The pullets started laying an egg a day with the arrival of warmer weather. in some cases it was in the 70s and 80s in the afternoons. The people who were getting eggs from me regularly had discovered free range eggs from homesteaders who had time and ability to stand guard over free ranging chickens …
I have orpingtons. Everything ive read about these chickens says they are supposed to start laying eggs around 6 months of age. Yet, my second batch of chickens started laying at around 5 months and these last pullets began laying at 4.5 months. I am not complaining. I think its great. I just wasnt ready …
Okay, i began with six chickens, or what i thought would be six chickens. iris turned out to be more of an ira, which was fine until he hit his homicidal streak, began ripping out all the chickens feathers, beating them daily if they did not cooperate with his advances, and engaged me in a …