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Mealworms Grown in Maine
Have you purchased bulk dried mealworms? You might have noticed they are often imported from overseas. Shipping products long distances is hard on our planet and local economy. Consider purchasing {read more}
How to calculate hatch rates: counting your chicks before they hatch
Count your chicks before they hatch by calculating the number of mature birds with this in-depth, situation-specific formula.
Spring 2022 Breed List
EDIT ON 2/27/22: After a tragic event resulting in euthanizing of our flocks, I took a long time to heal before I could face starting over. It was truly a {read more}
Is this egg a DUD? Good egg vs. bad egg
You are here because you’re wondering: Is this egg is a dud? Well, you’re in the right place. We candle our eggs at 10 days and again just before lockdown {read more}
Our Beloved Goats Went to New Homes
LAST UPDATED OCTOBER 26, 2020 We said goodbye to our herd of Nubian does last week. I am confident they all went to wonderful, loving homes where they will be {read more}
Spring Goat Kids and Rabbit Kits
Easy Girl, our yearling first-freshener, kidded at 3:40AM on 4/6 Running a small Maine dairy goat farm is often exhausting. Kidding season has added to the spring mayhem this year. {read more}
3 Easy to ID Edible Maine Mushrooms
Once again, it’s mushroom season in Maine. Periods of rain, foggy mornings, early frosts and insulative leaf litter summon the mycelium to shoot forth great masses of fruiting bodies, known {read more}
Our Wedding Gift: Grampa Grant’s 1952 IH Farmall 350 Tractor
On the day Kevin and I married down by the duck pond on Hobbit Hill, by his sister, we were gifted this 1952 Farmall 350 by my grandfather. That was {read more}
How to Treat Chicken Lice & Preventative Care Tips
LAST UPDATED DEC 12, 2019 This article explains how to treat chicken lice for beginners. This is my firsthand experience. There are multiple solutions and I ended up going the {read more}
A late summer hatchery update from the little mountain we call home and Celadon Quail hatching eggs are finally ready to ship
I popped 97 Celadon Quail eggs in the incubator yesterday, and I’m done hatching for quail the season. We will be filling our first orders of hatching eggs by mail {read more}
How to put a leg band on a chicken
Leg bands are used for many reasons. This article will show you how to put a leg band on a chicken as easily and stress-free as possible. Prepare Before you {read more}
A quick subscribers only update!
We have opened up Celadon quail hatching egg pre-orders and added more mealworms to the shop after filling our heatwave backorders. Hatching eggs The first celadon quail hatching egg orders {read more}
Getting started with quail
Getting started with quail is so simple, and we are offering a quick set up kit. We picked celadon quail eggs up on our insane road trip this May from {read more}
Summer Update: A quick hello from the farm
Quail eggs have been slow to arrive. Obviously there are hens and roosters, but a max of four eggs a day out of 18 quail is ridiculous. We had our {read more}
A sad and strange time here on the mountain
Just over a week ago both of my parents were struck by a coal truck as pedestrians in an intersection. My mom wanted to stop at a bookstore. And my {read more}