Archive for 'Eggs'
Posted: April 27th, 2008 by
Frank
Lisa and I both noticed that the eggshells have been getting a bit thin in the last week or so. I hypothesize that this is because the hens have switched from living on layer pellets to foraging which they find far yummier. However layer pellets are fortified with calcium while bugs are apparently not. I
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Posted under Chickens, Ducks, Eggs, Geese, Turkeys.
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Posted: March 23rd, 2008 by
Frank
Spring is oh so slowly coming. The twice weekly storms are more rain than snow, and I can leave the hose out to water the animals. We had the same temperatures in December, but the December sun was not enough to thaw the hose in the afternoon, while the March sun does.
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Posted under Building, Chickens, Farm Life, Hatching, Horses, Planting, maple syrup.
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Posted: January 24th, 2008 by
Lisa
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go! When we do morning chores, one of the things we do first is open up the hatch on the chicken coop, then jump back, quickly, because they are coming out, and coming out fast! No matter how cold, these Icelandic chickens are out and
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Posted under Chickens, Eggs, Pigs.
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Posted: January 9th, 2008 by
Frank
We’ve had a few warm days this week, and the bees are flying after six weeks or more cooped up in the hives. I was thrilled to see that the hive I thought would be dead by Christmas is still alive, if weak. They must have a queen after all. I gave all four
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Posted under Chickens, Eggs, Farm Life, Honey Bees.
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Posted: December 19th, 2007 by
Lisa
One of the (thousand) times I was walking the puppy today, I was pretty sure I heard what sounded like an eggaluyah. But since I had the (naughty) puppy with me, I didn’t want to take her into the coop to find out, so I just told Frank. I was right. (I speak chicken!)
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Posted under Bjarki, Chickens, Eggs, Pigs, Sheep, Töfradís.
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Posted: October 29th, 2007 by
Frank
We’re deep into building our second sheep shelter. The ones we built three years ago went up faster, but they were smaller and had no floor, which meant they couldn’t be moved later. These have a double floor on 6×6 skids, which doubles the amount of lumber involved although not the build time. Framing
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Posted under Building, Hatching, butcher.
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Posted: August 26th, 2007 by
Frank
This weekend has been hazy hot and humid. The kind you’d much rather spend at the lake. However we got quite a bit done. I actually got the sawmill running Friday night. A new blade finally got it working. We got four logs done, then I had to change the blade again, and it’s
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Posted under Back Hoe, Bees, Building, Chickens, Collecting, Eggs, Honey Bees, Horse Housing, Lily beetles.
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Posted: May 26th, 2007 by
Lisa
Poor thing. She just hates everyone and everything right now. I’m trying to coddle her as much as I can, to not add to her stress. The current theory with what killed Mary is an overrun of a common bacteria that lives in their respiratory tract, and that can be caused by stress. The vet
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Posted under Chickens, Collecting, Compost, Eggs, Farm Life, Llama, Pearl, Pigs, Potatoes, Prince, Raised Beds, Red Scoop of Joy, Snakes, Tomatoes, Turtle, Valerie, Vegetables, illness.
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Posted: May 24th, 2007 by
Lisa
We took the truck into town yesterday, so we could visit Wellscroft Farm to pick up some electrical tape and portable fencing to use for the horses, for a hopeless search for heirloom tomato plants, and to visit the new Cheshire Horse store. Dave showed me how to stop the puppy from barking while he
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Posted under Chickens, Eggs, Farm Life, Fencing, Jeremy, Lambs, Llama, Pigs, Red Scoop of Joy, Sheep, Truck, Valerie.
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Posted: May 1st, 2007 by
Lisa
That’s my girl, giving me my first two ewe lambs of the season. Perfect! My favorite and most tame sheep gives me girls, yay! She’ll show them the ropes, and keeping them tame won’t be hard at all. Way to go, Minxy! She had them both cleaned off and claimed, great for a first
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Posted under Chickens, Farm Life, Hatching, Honey Bees, Lambs, Trailer, Weeding, mega-catch, tulips.
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