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So much of life is about momentum. Things at rest tend to stay at rest. Things in motion tend to stay in motion. It is easy to cruise through months just doing what you’ve always done. There is always an excuse not to start the next phase. Always a reason not to take a risk […] Continue reading Do Something. 
Anyone who has known us very long knows that we had quite a hard time getting started with keeping chickens. It was pretty early after we moved back to Iowa that we decided to acquire some laying hens. At the time, we didn’t really want to have to wait, we wanted eggs now. So […] Continue reading Determined To Keep Chickens 
On Sunday we were glad to welcome a new addition to the farm. We knew Number 3 was going to have her calf soon. She had been showing signs for almost two weeks. When we got home from church there she was with her brand new bull calf.
As you can see, the […] Continue reading New Arrivals 
Even though it doesn’t feel like spring today, we know that it will not be long before our garden is going to be full of young plants. That being the case, it is important to keep our chickens from scratching around in the garden beds. The fences in our chicken run are only about five […] Continue reading How to Clip Chicken Wings 
I don’t know how closely many of you follow the signs of the moon. There are many farmers out there that really believe that the movements of the moon and stars and sun have an awful lot to do with how a person ought to operate his farm. For example, if a person were […] Continue reading Number 8, And The Calf That Almost Wasn’t. |
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