Category Archives: Chickens

Hatch 1- Fertile Check

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Life is blooming in Hatch 1! Man is it hard to be quick and try to get a photo of a back-lit egg that shows those babies.. I was not able to show the veins that I could see with the … Continue reading →

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Hatching Eggs-Set #1

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

42 eggs are in Hatch #1 this year, a mix of possible chicks, we will see how it goes, I am hoping to do 4 sets of hatches this year, we will see if the hens are willing to produce … Continue reading →

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Spring Eggs Collecting for hatching

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

O dippy egg, you are my favorite.. I like eggs in so many ways but I truly adore a good dippy egg fried up in home rendered duck or beef or pork fat, the edges crisp, the white set and … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens | Tagged Egg Collecting, Egg marking for hatching, Egg Storage for hatching, Feeding your Hens, hatching eggs, Spring eggs | 3 Comments

Buying Meat Chicks?

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

I am working on our meat production for the year and I am hedging on things, like most things in my life, I tend towards the prepared side of things, the have a backup to your backup.. or two is … Continue reading →

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Getting your hens to lay in the cold dark winter months

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

How do you get a steady supply of winter eggs on the homestead? I have gotten a few questions from local newer folks that are asking, how do I get my hens to keep or start laying eggs. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens | Tagged chicken tips, Chickens, Egg laying tips for winter, Eggs in winter, homesteading with chickens, How to keep getting winter eggs, Keeping your hens laying in winter | 9 Comments

Getting Ready for spring egg laying.

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

I know it seems like its right in the hard part of winter and I know from talking to my family and friends that they are either into hunker down mode or they are hitting the slopes, the trails and … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Critters | Tagged Breeding ducks, Chickens, Eggs, expecting sheep, geese, guard geese, Hatching, hatching chicks, homestead, Nest Setups, sheep | 2 Comments

Old Chicken- Tough Free range birds

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

So folks love to talk about how full of flavour free range chicken is, and if you butcher young birds in tractors that are moved daily, you get full flavour young tender well treated chicken.. But what do you do … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning, Chickens | Tagged Canning, Canning old chickens, cold process canning | 3 Comments

Learning a new skill for 2016- hatching eggs

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

While I will continue to use the mothers as much as possible, between some hens not sitting or sitting when I want, between ordering birds from the south and then having this past years bird flu outbreak and the chicks and … Continue reading →

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Winter eggs- How to get them

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

How do you get a steady supply of winter eggs on the homestead? Most folks talk about Light and how it effects laying and it does, and its important for sure.. Darker hens have more trouble with this then lighter … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens | Tagged 5 ways to keep your chickens laying in winter, Chickens, Winter laying of eggs | 14 Comments

Heavy Dual Bird Growout 2015 – Speckled Sussex

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

This grow out had a number of challenges, the least of which are that I got chicks at three different times of the year, so they have to be compared to where they are fair more then If I had … Continue reading →