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Managing our American Bresse breeding flock
Spring is here and we are in the hatching season! The incubator has been busy since the last part of February. We hatched a batch of 7 Bresse chicks and sold 6. One met an unfortunate end. So we went for another round wi...
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Here's why you need to start your own homestead!
When we started our homestead in 2019, we really weren’t thinking much about how it might affect our health. But as we dug into producing our own food, it became clear that it really had a big impact. We left a small hou...
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The farm in the new year!
Well, first blog in a month! The new year is starting off rather quietly on the farm. Honestly, not a lot has happened over the last month. We've been very busy with other projects so the farm has not gotten much attenti...
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It's winter at the Farm
We are now fully into the winter season on the farm. Our winters start rather late, but they also end early. We had a week or so of frosty mornings, then the weather eased up and we got a day of rain and then a day of fo...
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A week of Thanksgiving!
This week has been a huge week for us. Mr. Farmer took a week off work and, with the help of our parents, we have been working on remodeling our infamous bathroom. During the week, we enjoyed a chicken and duck, both rai...
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Our farm is maturing! Our plan is working!
The cycle of life continues here at the farm. We have just finished up with the fall steer and the leather came back from the tannery this week (see video below). We hatched one batch of 10 ducklings and sold all of them...
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One year of farming: how have we done?
On Sept 28th, we brought our first animals to the farm last year. And that's when it all began! We brought the first two steers to the farm. Several days later, we hatched 3 not-Ancona ducklings and 13 cream legbar chick...
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We got a new puppy!
Finally, we got a little puppy that will grow up to guard the farm! Mr. Farmer has been wanting to for a while, but it took seeing a coyote kill 3 of our Ancona ducks to get Ms. Farmer on board. So here she is! Her name ...
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Fall is here! Time for more chicks!
The weather has finally broken and our temps are below 105F for the daytime highs. And, of course, we decided we need more chicks! We've been talking about getting some of the American Bresse for a while now, but we fina...
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Sometimes farming is hard! This week was a disaster....
Our little farm is pretty easy when everything goes well. But when things go wrong, it can be really difficult. Animals do stupid things sometimes and predators can really ruin a good plan. This week made us wonder what ...
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We grew our own grass fed beef!
One year ago, we brought the first animals to the farm--two black Angus calves. And now, the first one is headed to our freezer! We have really enjoyed the steers. They are actually the easiest animals on the farm. All w...
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We just put 35 chickens in the freezer! And nearly got crushed!
It was a very important day on the farm. Four months of diligent labor to raise our annual flock of meat chickens. This is what the farm was meant to be, a place to grow our own healthy food using sustainable agriculture...
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And our summer drags on...
Well, not much has been happening on the farm for the last few weeks. We are just trying to keep everything as cool as we can, including ourselves, until the heat breaks. This part of the year reminds us that we live in ...
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What is sustainable regenerative agriculture?
If you have been following our story, you have heard these words before: sustainable, regenerative, permaculture, etc. So what does all this really mean? These are buzz words that are thrown around a lot by the homestead...
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What is Arizona really like? Is all of it a hot, dry desert?
Last weekend, it was hot. Really hot. But we all survived! Not one chicken or duck lost. Even though we do enjoy the heat, it does have the same effect as cold winters in other places. We slow down, stay inside, and vaca...
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Extreme Heat! It's survival on the farm
Wow! It has gotten hot!!!! Really hot. This weekend on the farm is really hot, approaching record temps. And keeping the gardens and animals alive is taking a lot of extra work. While we routinely see 110 F, the 115 F we...
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Finally, a coop designed for ducks!
This week we made more progress with our flock--the new duck coop! This new coop was designed specifically for the ducks, after we learned a few things from the other two. It was not a total surprise, but the ducks do no...
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We're putting food in our freezer!
In February, we hatched 18 little cream legbar chicks. We were lucky and ended up with 9 hens and 8 roosters, so that was pretty good split. As we raised them on the pasture, a predator got 4 of them, 3 roosters and 1 he...
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We reveal our new logo!
We finally have it! Our new logo is ready for all to see! Special thanks to my sister for creating this. We think it is pretty cool. We hope to use it across our platforms for better consistency.
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Are Ducks Dumb? Can you Tame a Turkey?
Our Ancona Ducks and Bourbon Red Turkey bonded with each other but sadly not so much with us. They are a little wild and have no interest in hanging out with us or doing what we want them to do. Can we tame them? Watch o...