Quail for Your Homestead: Before buying jumbo and celadon quail hatching eggs Dreaming of fresh eggs and homegrown meat, but limited on space and time? Look no further than Coturnix quail! These remarkable birds offer an impressive array of advantages for any small farm or homestead, proving that good things View Article
A Life on Chesuncook Lake
Being the fourth generation to live and earn a living in the outdoors in Maine, the state is dear to my heart. Logging runs in our veins. Logging was a way of life on both sides of my family. The Moore side logged along the shores of the Chesuncook Lake View Article
Ghost pipe also known as Indian pipe and it’s many uses
Dive deep into the shady underbelly of Maine’s forests where ghost pipe, Monotropa uniflora, lurks as a devious freeloader, sapping life from innocent trees via fungal middlemen. Don’t be fooled by its eerie, ethereal glow; this perennial predator thrives in the dark, pilfering nutrients without a hint of photosynthesis. A touch of mystique surrounds its limited culinary and medicinal applications—handle with care, if you dare.
Abandonment Photography by Arend Thibodeau
Golden Hour A poem by Arend Thibodeau The sun touches the horizon Sending colors into the sky. Crimson and violet, beauty That cannot sustain. The golden glory Fades away We must be ready for night. Twilight’s gleam brings shadows And we become apparitions Our glow is no longer vibrant But View Article
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 on day 18. Candling can be done before 10 days but keep in mind the embryo is quite fragile during the first week. Handling them View Article
Finding the Best Autosexing, Rare and Fancy Chicken Breeds
What we’re looking at for 2023 breeds:
55 Flowery Hen
Black Ameraucana
Lavender Ameraucana
Black Copper Marans
F1/F2 Olive Egger
Cream Legbar
Opal Legbar
Mille Fluer d’Uccle
Frizzle d’Uccle
Gold Bielefelder
Polish (multiple colors)
Frizzle Polish
Javier and Pablo
Javier and Pablo are our donkeys and they love it when I talk about them. My partner and I were both born in Maine, and started our farm in 2020 with three Scottish highland heifers. Maine has always been home even when I lived in Milwaukee for graduate school, I View Article
The Healing Nature of Goats
I was raised in my great grandfather’s old farm house. He was born in my bedroom. Farming was his whole life. He raised sheep and chickens, and made hay. Lambs were born and reared in our basement for decades. I always say that I must have gotten a piece of View Article