Caring for Pullets in Winter
Our new pullets have been braving the cold weather and snowy days quite well. In taking care of our not-yet-laying hens, I’ve learned a few things about winter care for a small backyard poultry flock....
View ArticleBrooding Araucana Chicks
We bought six day-old chicks to add to our egg laying chickens flock, brooding them in May and June and introducing them to the flock in July. Here are a couple pictures of them during the brooding...
View ArticleOur Frugal Homesteading Adventure: Recent Updates
Our homesteading adventure continued this summer and fall with a new baby, a good tomato harvest, a fattened pig, home butchering and sausage making, new day-old chicks, and a brand new hen house....
View Article7 Quick Takes Friday: Frugal Fall Finds
It’s Fall here and cold but beautiful. We had our first real frost last night; the grass was white and frozen this morning. With the theme Frugal Fall Finds, here are my 7 Quick Takes for this Friday:...
View ArticleFive Favorite Things: Egg Baskets
I have a small obsession with egg baskets. To the point that, when I looked online for an egg basket a year ago and found almost nothing, I wound up buying a case wholesale to get the one I wanted...
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