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Transferring Chicks into their New Home Muppets Fozzie and Kermit sang "Movin' right along we're truly birds of a feather, We're in this together, And we know where we're going." And now the chicks know their new home! By the end of May, the chicks were already getting too big for their cardboard brooder box, and we knew we needed to think about moving them. This set of chicks has grown faster than any of our previous groups. Their feathers came in swiftly. Within a week afte

"Wool is a remarkable substance!" So says the excellent book, Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep by Paula Simmons and Carol Ekarius, and I agree! Last month, I helped out at a farm where I watched a master shearer at work. Corralling the sheep, catching the sheep, holding them just right so they are immobile, and cutting SO MUCH wool. Hard work indeed! As trade for my assistance, I took home some fleece. Sheep prior to shearing; one has a hay crown According to recent Consumer R

6 Olive Egger Chicks We expanded our flock with the addition of six Olive Egger chicks! I picked them up on April 9. They were likely only a day old, and clearly adorable! They are light brown with dark brown stripes on their backs. The picture above is what they looked like in their travel box. These Olive Eggers have a Cream Legbar father and a Welsummer mother. I think our five 2-year-old Olive Eggers are of similar or the same crosses. They are sexed and should all be

Business Plan Book So, yes, I am very old-school! Or maybe just plain old. I drafted my business plan on physical paper! By myself! No AI! The actual book is pictured above - I took that picture! I also took all the other pictures on this site (OK, I am cheating a bit in this post because the next two images are not mine, sorry). Oy, though, business plans are heavy stuff. Definitely a work in progress. Maybe forever. Drafting this book has been critical in informing this web