my life as a farmer
Around here, most days start with sun-up. Sometimes, that seems painfully early, but other days it is a glorious gift from Mother Nature that I’m awed and humbled to witness. Mother Nature’s gifts tend to run along those lines – they’re either painful or glorious, and sometimes the one shifts into the other. As you [...]
I finally found an excellent explanation of the difference between sex-linked poultry and auto-sexing (sex linkage can be a little confusing unless you’re comfortable with biology). You know those fluffy Black Sex Links, Golden Comets, and other chicks you see at the feedstore every spring? Do you know what happens when you try to breed [...]
It may only be the end of December, but farm planning for next spring is already in full swing. Did you get your Burpee’s catalog in today’s mail? To try to better keep up with demand for baby chicks, I’ve ordered a second incubator. I’m very excited to offer outstanding heritage and rare breed birds [...]
Today was our third educational outing with the chicks. After the story hour at the Porter Memorial Library, I talked to the kids about different chicken breeds, chicken behavior, and some assorted facts (like how long it takes a chicken egg to hatch). There were over a dozen children and seven or eight equally-curious parents. [...]
