Tag Archives: Chickens

Fall Meat Bird Grow out Stats

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

In Sept 25 White Rock Meat Chicks ordered from Frey’s Hatchery here in Ontario though our local coop arrived on the farm and were cuddled by Miss R an coo’d over indeed. Dec 10th 24 healthy White Rock Meat Chicks … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Real Life | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chickens, Costs of raising your own meat chickens, Farm Life, food, homestead, Homesteading, Meat birds, Meat chickens, raising meat chickens, Save where you can, Saving money | Leave a comment

Chick Order Time 2025

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

The last couple years i have been ordering in six ready to lay hens and keeping my bird flock very small indeed. It was strange because for the other 17 years on the farm, i always have a mixed flock … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Climate Change | Tagged backyard-chickens, Bird Flu, Chickens, chicks, Duel Purpose chickens, Eggs, Farm eggs, homestead, Homesteading, Ivory Chickens, Raising your own, Turkeys Mini Classic, White Rock Chicks | Leave a comment

The never ending game of repair!

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

When you have livestock, you have a mix of bedding/hay/feed and poo.. When you use the deep pack method, you have to do big clean outs, those with equipment and planned buildings for said equipment can do it in very … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, farm | Tagged barn, Build it, Chickens, Ducks, Farmstead Repairs, Fixing it up, homestead, pens, photography, Rebuild to suit, Rebuilding it, Repairs | Leave a comment

Wow, the blog is 13 years old this week!

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

This past year I wrote 25 posts, and with just shy of 3500 hundred posts in total on the blog, on so many subjects the views hourly still keep coming in. There is a wealth of information on the blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Cats, Chickens, Fall Veggie, Farm Life, farmgal photography, Ottawa Photographer, photography, Red Rose Tea with milk, Winter wood stores | 5 Comments

Wood Ash Chicken Dust Bath

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

Got Chickens? Got a wood stove? or access to someone that is burning clean wood? Make sure this is clean wood ash, no burning garbage or plastics or anything else in the fires. (and yes I do know people that … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Life moves on daily | Tagged ash dust bath for chickens, Backyard flocks, barckyard chickens, Chickens, Wood Ash, Wood Ash dust bath for chickens, wood ash in coop floor | 2 Comments

Friday Ramble-Prepping for Another Lock Down

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

While it seems like everyone around me is thrilled at all the things opening up, their children heading back to school, sports are a go, concerts and professional sport events where 10, 000 of thousands gather.. As summer came into … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chickens, Farm Life, Garden, Prepping for winter, sheep, Veggies | 8 Comments

Chick Care 101

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Ideally, if you already have chickens you are going to let your broody hen do all this work for you. You can help pick the eggs she is sitting on but its just so much easier to let the … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Chickens | Tagged Chickens, Chores, Farm Fresh Eggs, Farm Life, manure, Raising newborn chicks, Tips for raising chicks | 4 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

5 Things you are looking for in a Broody Hen

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Yesterday May 9th 2018 our first broody hen hatched out a lovely clutch of healthy looking little fluffy butts. This is a proven broody hen and she made both my hubby and I laugh so hard as she lead … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Critters | Tagged broody hens, Chickens, chicks | 2 Comments

Chickens are useful for cleaning up compost piles

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

This is the keep back hatching clutch of mixed eggs from this spring and a fine group they are, could not be more pleased with them. The purebreds are in their own group at this time and one of the … Continue reading →