Category Archives: Critters

3 Tons of Grain

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Just another day on the farm

A ton of Barley Wheat and Oats have arrived on the farm this week.. beautiful local non-gmo grains grown locally by a wonderful farming family about 15 min up the road. Now that is close and that is local and … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Critters | Tagged buying directly form the farmer, buying non-gmo grains, Mixing your own grains, Sprouting grain as feed, supporting local farms | 5 Comments

Wood Shaving Shortage

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

if you have not already put up a order of wood shaving for bedding, might want to get that order in sooner then later.. there is up and coming wood shaving shortage coming across Canada this winter.. The slowed production … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters | Tagged animal bedding, cost of straw per pound, higher prices on wood shavings, reduced amount of wood shaving bedding, Straw bedding, weather effecting crops, wood shavings | 4 Comments

Local Grass-fed Beef Order

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I was thrilled to pick up my quarter beef of local (up the road about ten min) of grass fed beef. I have a lot of chicken, turkey, duck, goat, pork and will have a good amount of lamb.. so … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Critters | 4 Comments

Baby’s Hatching.. New little Wee ones join the farm

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Look what hatched by the pond! New baby turtles joined our farm and our new front pond! How exciting! Now we have laying and hatching native turtles in both our back pond and in our front yard pond.. Hubby had … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters, homestead | Tagged hatching wild turtles in our pond, Native Turtles ontario, new baby turtles 2019, supporting native turtles | 11 Comments

No Spring Kittens for us!

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Little Baby LeeLoo was growing up fast and turned six months old.. With the longer days and the warm sunlight it was only a matter of time before she was going to go into her first heat and we all … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters | Tagged altering your farm cats, farm cats, fixing your farm cats, Getting ready for spring, Getting ready for tick season | 7 Comments

Treating Mild Hypothermia in Ducks

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Its bone chilling cold, we have been sitting between -35 to -38 for close to 24 hours, and we had a solid dump of snow of around a foot at the “warmest haha” part of the afternoon in full deep … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters | Tagged Bitter cold on the homestead, Cold weather events, Mild Hypothermia in Ducks | 9 Comments

Do you want your Lambs or Kids to be birthed in daytime hours?

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Would you like to know how a simple change can help increase your flock or herd’s day time lambing rates? Do you dislike cold winter all night baby watch, checks and 1 to 4 am birthing times. How you ask? … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters, Real Life | Tagged how to help your goat kids be born in daylight hours, how to help your lambs be born in daylight hours, kidding, lambing, simple feeding chance helps lambs be born in daytime hours | 30 Comments

How to Keep your Chickens Laying in Winter!

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

How keep a 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 a … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Critters | 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 | 16 Comments

Skunked! How to remove the smell from your dogs!?

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

The house has a whiff of skunk.. I have company coming next weekend and so I have a week LOL to try to air out/clean the house. On Friday Night the hounds headed out the door to do evening chores … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters | Tagged Bathing a Skunked dog, Dog got skunked, How to de-skunk a dog, How to get the skunk smell off your dogs, Sprayed by a skunk | 10 Comments

Happy National Cat Day

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Our Current Purr Pride of farm cats send a big old hello to all of you 🙂 Sunny Cat is now our old man, approx. age 8 or older now.. unknown age so its just a best guess. He is … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters | 11 Comments