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New Arrivals
Ivy Arts | September 1st 2008 by Peg
How many is too many? I don’t think we’ve found the answer to that yet, strangely enough. We received 30 guinea hen keets and 25 assorted “rainbow layers” from McMurray Hatchery last week. Such fluffy cuteness, oh my! We’ read more
It rained!
A Godly Maiden | August 26th 2008 by Lacy
Well.. We have to go back into the dentist today, since my Invisalign braces came in.. I’ll have to tell you about it when I get back since I’m not exactly sure what they’re going to do right now. I don’t know if they have to read more
Chickens, Chickens Everywhere…Raising Chickens for Fun!
Fowl Visions | August 6th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
I promised pictures to update you on my latest additions and how they are growing. In this post, Raising Baby Chicks I shared pictures of the newest hatch. Well tomorrow they will be three weeks old and look how they have grown… They have gro read more
Pictures Of Our Newest Family Members - Yikes !
Happy Beautiful Me | July 29th 2008
This is why my husband should NOT go shopping when he’s tired !!!!!! Of course He bought them and then pretty much said here, and they’ve been under my watch since ! LOL So Please welcome 8 New Baby chickens and 4 New Baby Ducks ! Farmer read more
Grasshoppers, Mushrooms, and Toads
A Godly Maiden | July 26th 2008 by Lacy
We have a dog that barks at grasshoopers, mushrooms, and hoppy toads….. He barks when there is a grasshopper in front of his pen, a strange looking mushroom in the field, or a hoppy toad in the yard. Strange puppy! And on top of that, my little read more
Raising Baby Chicks
Fowl Visions | July 23rd 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
Here is an updated picture of the baby chicks that were hatched on the 17th. As you will note in the picture, there are five little ones. Since this picture was taken something happened to the brown chick. I have checked the cage over for holes read more
The Baby Chicks are Here!
Fowl Visions | July 17th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
There is nothing more adorable than a baby chick! Well maybe I am exaggerating but here is some exceptional cuties. Here are three little ones. Two buff orpingtons (I believe) and one little yellowed-faced grey baby hidden in the shadows. Look cl read more
The Pipping has Started
Fowl Visions | July 16th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
What is pipping do you ask? Pipping is when the baby chick starts breaking through the inner layers of the egg to come out and embrace the world. Lacy, the brooding hen pictured in the previous post, is due to have babies this week and the process read more
Dentist and Jacob
A Godly Maiden | July 14th 2008 by Lacy
Well, today we had to go to the dentist again. I got another filling and a crown on one of my teeth. It wasn’t so bad, didn’t hardly hurt at all, and I got to watch them design my crown in a computer thingy. That was neat! They shaped it read more
Keets in Rooster Pen!
A Godly Maiden | July 13th 2008 by Lacy
The guinea keets have now been moved to their permanent home — the rooster pen. Which means the chicks have been kicked out and now they get to stay in the hen pen with the rest of the older hens.. we get to move them there tonight. They a read more
Dentist Trip
A Godly Maiden | July 8th 2008 by Lacy
Levi and I had to go into the dentist this morning for fillings, and we each got one today. They scheduled another appointment Monday for me to get my other filling and crown done. I don’t like going to the dentist! I couldn’t whistle al read more
Keets Out On Slats
A Godly Maiden | July 4th 2008 by Lacy
The guinea keets have been enjoying their new playpen, out on the turkey building slats! Since it’s been warm enough during the day to keep their heatlamp off, we decided we would just let them up on the slats since they were already big enough read more
Of birds and chickens
Marsha Loftis....The road home to Tennessee | July 1st 2008 by Marsha Loftis
I thought I would share the growth of the babies in the nest on the back porch and the baby chickens in the chicken yard. baby chickesn read more
More Pictures…
A Godly Maiden | June 28th 2008 by Lacy
I was busy taking some more pictures this morning, yet again. I love taking pictures! It is kind of hard to find a descriptive title for a post when it contains various pictures… So I just made it say more pictures. LOL The first one being of read more
More Babies
Hidden Haven Homestead | June 26th 2008 by Peggy
Chicks that is. Yesterday Killer came out of hiding with 8 little ones in tow. Killer is a very devoted mom. She got her name because she doesn't peck you like a normal hen. She grabs your skin with her beak, twists and doesn't let go. She draws blo read more
Baby Chick update
Fowl Visions | June 21st 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
I haven’t shared about my baby chicks lately so let me catch you up on the latest… On Tuesday after our short weekend trip, I was tending to my chickens and I let the Henny Penny, the mean hen, out of the cage. She is raising an Easter E read more
Psaltery and Storm
A Godly Maiden | June 17th 2008 by Lacy
Junior the rooster is now known as Daniel, or for short, Danny. We had to rename him due to the fact I shouldn’t have named them both with J’s. We started saying Junior when we meant Jacob, and vise versa. So, since everyone liked Jacob&# read more
Father’s Day and more
A Godly Maiden | June 15th 2008 by Lacy
Well, by the time I realized today was Father’s Day, it was nearly too late to make a wallpaper for Daddy. But I decided to do a quick one anyway! The poem is “Real Dads” from Brother Mark Bullen’s website, and the picture of read more
Chick Pictures
A Godly Maiden | June 10th 2008 by Lacy
I am probably going to be using Mom’s digital camera from now on, because it takes much better pictures than mine. And the camera actually works.. mine only works half the time. Oh.. if anyone’s tired of seeing pictures of the chicks, j read more
Baby Bird!
A Godly Maiden | June 8th 2008 by Lacy
This morning while Levi was out trying to shoot a squirrel, he discovered a tiny baby bird sitting up by our shooting range. We think it’s a little Blue Jay, but I got plenty of pictures just to make sure! I got to pick it up first, and it st read more
Growing, Growing, The Baby Chicks are Growing
Fowl Visions | May 22nd 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
Isn’t it amazing how fast a little bird/chick/biddy can grow? In an earlier post I wrote about a wren family and had pictures that were just days apart and it was very evident how quickly they grew. I haven’t shared any pictures of my ba read more
The Basics Needed for Raising Baby Chicks
Fowl Visions | May 17th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
I have gotten several questions about the requirements of raising baby chicks lately so I thought I would post what is needed to successfully raise your new biddies. The Brooder–the brooder does not have to be something fancy. It can be as si read more
A Surprise in the Chicken Coop!
Fowl Visions | May 14th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
I know I have mentioned in previous posts that my Black Sex Link Hen, Henny Penny, is sitting on four eggs. I have some marked with dates but they haven’t hatched so I assumed they were duds. Today I find this… What a surprise! I wasn read more
Mother Hen teaching Baby Chicks
Fowl Visions | May 13th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
Isn’t it amazing how animals instinctively know how to take care of their young? Watching Rhoda with her new little biddies is just amazing to me. In this picture below she is clucking to them to come over and eat what is presented in front o read more
The Latest on the Baby Chicks
Fowl Visions | May 12th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
Here are the newest pictures of my first set of biddies for this year. No names as yet. I’m still trying to figure out which hen they came from. The one with the yellow in the beak, I believe is part aracauna. The little one with the browni read more
Happy Mother’s Day–New Baby Chicks!
Fowl Visions | May 11th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
Finally we have some live chicks! Here is a picture of the first one: This is the first of now three that I have seen. We have about 3 more to go and the other hen should also start having some eggs hatching today too! I am so excited! I love to read more
Egg Hatching Again!
Fowl Visions | May 10th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
The process has started and Rhoda, my Rhode Island Red, eggs are starting to hatch. The first to hatch was from the silver-laced wyandotte and the biddy did not make it. It was moving for a while but I’m not sure what happened but it died. A read more
Sunday Farm Photo: Chick Days Are Here!
Farmgirl Fare | April 20th 2008 by farmgirl susan
A Little Freshly Picked Arugula While You Wait?Three weeks ago, two of Whitey's chicks - who are now grown-up hens and laying little brown eggs of their own - decided they were in the mood for motherhood, so they each settled down on a pile of eggs i read more
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