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}
Quail egg and meat nutritional facts: a complete overview for your health
This article is based on widely-ranging research, peer-reviewed articles, trustworthy news sources, and curated for the sole purpose of education. Each section, graph, and list is immediately followed by hyperlinked {read more}
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}
Getting started with your own quail
We picked celadon quail eggs up on our insane road trip this May from Miami, Florida back to our farm in Bucksport, Maine. They hatched on Memorial Day, and the {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}
55 Flowery Hen
We plan to have 55’s available for spring 2023! A follower on Facebook reached out and offered us a breeding pair. Unfortunately, before we picked them up the rooster had {read more}
Our 2022 hatchery re-boot chicks hatched!
As a reminder, as we have been asked several times, the chicks hatched this week are absolutely *NOT* for sale. We lost our flocks in 2021, and these sweet feather {read more}
The Quail hatched!
I had never seen a quail in person, let alone a teeny, weeny hatchling before. And the second I peered into the incubator and say the floofy little chick I {read more}