It’s dinner time on the farm and the sun is still high in the sky, the air is warm, the chickens are frolicking, and the thermometer reads 65 degrees in the shade. We are delirious. Spring is here earlier than expected and she is kissing us hello. I had dinner on the screen porch, a [...]
Three out of five of my cows had a bad case of barn itch this winter, dry flakey skin, flakes as big as saw dust, your worst dandruff nightmare. Then I discovered they had tail-biting lice, a miniscule creature that makes its home on the head of a cow’s tail and lays its eggs there, [...]
A few days ago I placed an order for $164 with Mt. Healthy Hatcheries in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 50 one-day old chicks: 10 Barred Plymouth Rocks, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 10 Auracanas, and 20 Giant Blacks (10 cockerels and 10 pullets). We’ll be harvesting the 10 cockerels at the end of the summer, just about the [...]
The weather is fabulous and a little spooky. It has been in the 40′s and 50′s for a couple weeks. All the snow on the farm has melted and the grass is greening. Today it hit 60, and it is expected to hit 60 again for the next few days. My alliums, garlic, rhubarb, day [...]