If you’ve seen our latest homestead vlog on the arrival of our new baby chicks, you’ll know that Matt put together a simple and inexpensive brooder to house them until they’re old enough to go out on pasture. For those of you interested in building a similar brooder setup, my husband kindly scratched up some…
chickens
Pumpkin, Butternut and Acorn
On Tuesday (November 5th) we welcomed these three little balls of fluff into our home to join our flock of backyard chickens. I should mention, this is the first time we’ve ordered chicks from a hatchery rather than running to the nearest feed store, and this is also the first time we’ve attempted to raise…
Extending the Flock (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme)
So, today we brought home some chicks. We have a Welsummer, an Easter Egger, a Blue Laced Wyandotte and a Gold Laced Wyandotte, and right now they’re peeping away quietly in our spare bathroom, which is where they’ll stay for the next two weeks or so until we can get a more permanent home set…