chicks

War on Cannibalism: Mission Accomplished!

three week old chicks on pasture

As of Tuesday night I am now back to sleeping in my bed, with my husband.  It is great.  Since last Thursday, I had been sleeping with the chickens.  On the floor, in the shed, where the smell of chicken poo had been steadily increasing each night.  As you may recall, Thursday night ended with the hens and guineas in larger yet unprotected accommodations in the almost-finished shed.  We thought we had solved our cannibal problems with more space.  And we had, for exa

Chicken Chaos

Young chicks in the shed

Today was not a good day to be a chicken at Tubby Creek Farm.

The chicks are here!

little fluffballs in the brooder

THE CHICKS ARE HERE!  This morning the post office called at 7:00 am to let us know our chicks had arrived.  Randy said he could here them peeping in the background.

Our chicks are here?!?!?! After being anxious all day yesterday I was surprised to find I wasn't ready!  I ran back and forth -- plug in the brooder lights!  mix some suger water!  oh wait, I need socks! 

Planting, planting and more planting

creative reuse chick brooder

I figured I was long over due in giving an update on the Big Freeze of a week or so ago.  The good news is that plants can be surprisingly resilient!  We had some burned cabbage leaves in the greenhouse, loss of some of our overwintered carrots (that haven't been doing so hot anyway) and a planting of just-coming-up carrots and beets that seem to have suffered the worst, but all the whole all is well.  The entire farm didn't up and die, so I am happy.

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