Butter Chicken. Served over basmati rice. I love Indian food.
Read More »Wheatgrass Juice Without the Juicer
No Juicer Wheatgrass Juice Wheatgrass is healthy for your chickens as a supplement. It is easy to grow inside, cheap, and healthy. Not only is it good for helping winter chickens with green feed, but it’s good for you too. Using a food processor and a nut bag strainer it can …
Read More »Portlandia Fertile Eggs Hatched
Grocery Store Eggs Hatched Grocery store chicks hatched yesterday. White egg laying white colored birds. These were bought at Whole Foods and the carton says “Fertile Eggs”. About 60 percent hatch rates overall counting the carton of eggs from another small farm that hatched similar chicks. The second small farm …
Read More »Roasted Coturnix Quail
Roasted Coturnix Quail Roasted quail over potatoes and broccolini with stuffing. The coturnix quail is a fast growing bird that produce both tasty little eggs and a tender delicious meat. These are about 6 weeks old or so, perhaps a couple weeks older. Quail are quiet and easy to keep …
Read More »Coturnix hatching
Some quail eggs from rainwolf are hatching today. Not much cuter than fluffy little chicks. These things are tiny compared to the chicks of Large Fowl breeds. In just 6 weeks or so they can start laying. Fast growing birds!
Read More »Building a DIY Poultry Egg Incubator on a Budget
Researching Before Building a DIY Incubator Anyone who wants to hatch their own eggs always has a lot of incubator questions. There’s tons of information about them, especially brand reviews. They come in many sizes, configurations, and qualities. There also is a wide range of prices and models. When first …
Read More »Quail Motel
The Quail Motel for Micro Farming Quail cages. Lift out of the tray to clean and replace wire cage back into the tray. Doors flap inward. Trying different feed and water options. Coturnix are great layers and handle confinement very well. Unlike Bobwhite and California quail, corts as they are …
Read More »Wheatgrass
Wheatgrass waiting to be juiced. Wash a couple times throughout the growth to keep fresh and watered well. Surprisingly tastes like melon for some reason when shoots are still tender. When they get older it tastes like yard grass, not so tasty.
Read More »Dried Hay for More Winter Eggs From Your Flock
Hay and or rabbit pellet feed will help your hens lay a little better during the winter. Even without additional lighting. Sprouted oats also work.
Read More »Keeping the Chickens Cool This Summer
Keeping Your Chickens Cool in the Summer Many places during the summer experience high temperatures. Just in case some of you are in those hot places, here are some tips and tricks to help you deal with your chickens in the heat. Chickens are quite hardy but we have to help …
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