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Oh no, we have to skip Friday!
Oh dear, I got days mixed up and it affected the whole week. So here it is Friday and we’re doing all the stuff we planned on doing Thursday. I guess we’ll have to skip Friday so that we get … Continue reading
“Help! The turkeys keep following me!”
We started out the day with our usual chores. Got a batch of apple butter started and chicken canned. The turkeys keep following Miley around and she’s a little weirded out by it because she’s not sure of their intentions.
Posted in Chickens, In the Kitchen
Tagged apple butter, homestead, homesteading, raising turkeys, turkeys
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We Switched Things Up a Bit
One day over the weekend the kids were gone and it was just my husband and I home. So we had us a little date scooping poop, cleaning things up and doing some much needed fixing up to a few … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Daily Vlog, The Garden
Tagged chickens, day in the life, gardening, homesteading, turkeys, vlog
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Freezing Tomatoes and Harvesting Sunflowers
It’s a busy time right now. We’ve had lots of stuff going on and we’ve been away from home a lot so I’m having to try to get caught up on a lot of stuff. Then on top of that, … Continue reading
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Tagged freezing tomatoes, gardening, harvesting sunflowers, homesteading
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Our Broody Hen Hatched Guinea Keets
We had a fun surprise in the barn when we went out to do chores. The nest of guinea eggs that our hen has been faithfully sitting on for the last several weeks finally started hatching. We ended up with … Continue reading
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Tagged Broody hen hatched guinea keets, homesteading, vlog
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Labor Day, Chicks and More Chicks!
Had a fun labor day weekend but it was so windy out that we weren’t able to do much outside. We got our fall meat birds and now the guinea keets are hatching, so we’re having to figure out where … Continue reading
Moved Turkeys To the Coop
It was long over due, we finally cleaned out the coop and moved the turkeys out of the house. I think they’re happy to finally have more room to run around. It was actually a fun day of work. Work … Continue reading
Building a Rabbit Run & Dramatic Chickens
We got our rabbit run built… now we’re ready for a rabbit. We let our turkeys out in the run for a while and boy did that stir up some drama with the chickens. New projects, chicken drama… there’s never … Continue reading
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Tagged building a rabbit hutch, homesteading, rabbits
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Just Another Day On the Homestead
Around here, most days start out with the usual morning chores and end with the usual evening chores. What goes on between those times varies greatly from day to day. Here’s a little glimpse into what one day here was … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Good Stuff of Life, The Garden, The goats
Tagged a day in the life, homesteading
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Our Turkeys and How We Sex Them
We finally got our turkeys ordered for this year. I think this is the latest we’ve ever gotten them. I guess it’s better late than never, right? In past years we’ve always raised broad breasted bronze turkeys. Up until last … Continue reading
