California Bred | Colorado Led
The baby ducklings that we incubated and hatched were just introduced to the pond and welcomed by their mamas! Lots of happy duckling noises over here these days. We sheared the sheep! And be “we” I mean Johnny had help from Uncle Jim and neighbor Jason. The turkeys are getting HUGE! They are very gentle [...]
Our mama bunny Faye makes some pretty cute babies. These eight little guys are Flemish Giant + Rex mix. I spy Lincoln snuggling with our ferocious (eye roll) Pyrenees princess guard dog.
The big four spent a week with Uncle Jim and Aunt Peggy who spoiled them rotten! They then took them swimming at the local hot springs pool. They didn’t want to come home! This girl loves her chickens. She carries them around like dolls and they let her! We had to pick up a few [...]
Summer might be over, but you bet we will soak up the rest of these 70° days with neighbors, friends and family! Crosby helping dad build the sheep’s “pen-demic.” Neighbor/Auntie lets Lincoln come help with the goats often. Trying to get someone excited for our Sunday morning walk...he currently wants to be carried everywhere. We [...]
School’s out!! And so are the baby chicks! Glad to have my garage back, cause boyyyy are these girls smelly. Also, it’s possible that saggy britches is eating a dried mealworm here.
What a month it’s been! Chicks, ducklings, sheep. It’s kinda become a joke with my husband, “What’s she gonna bring home today?” Well today I came home with bunnies! This whole homesteading thing is kind of addicting. Almost like a giant, real life FarmVille! Is that still a thing? The kids are all fantastic with [...]
It all started out as an average weekend. Johnny and Boone planned to finish the chicken/duck run and build a duck house. That was it. First: Lowe's and Tractor Supply. Everybody loaded up, masks and bandanas in hand. After the necessities were collected, a drive thru Freddy's Frozen Custard run was in order. It was [...]
When we moved from our home in California, what we lost in square footage we gained in acreage! Because our garage had become kind of a storage unit of sorts, Johnny decided he wanted to get some shipping containers. We learned after our first glorious summer of thunderstorms that Colorado loves surprise hail storms. The [...]
As I recently told a friend, "I don't like cats and I am not really an animal person." Correction: I didn't like cats and I wasn't really an animal person. In October we caved and got a cat to take care of the mouse problem. Fast forward six months and we now have two cats, [...]
Yesterday was a big day. A few neighbors decided to go in on an order from an online hatchery (who "guarantees" female hens, so stay tuned for that one!) Anyway, we decided to start our little homestead with the gateway farm animal: Chickens! Ten of them! They were shipped on Monday with a estimated delivery [...]
Phoebe Gillespie 