The featured photograph at the top is of my grandparents’ farm in Winterport, Maine. They are at the very heart of my love for raising animals and growing plants. This is a work in progress and will be updated as the seasons come and go like tides in Maine forever morphing seasonal landscape. Below View Article
We sold the farm… this is why
A year after selling their farm due to burnout and personal tragedies, the couple moved onto a sailboat, then an isolated cabin, and eventually an RV. Their journey involved grappling with life’s challenges, reconnecting with family, and adapting to new environments, culminating in an upcoming trip to Hawaii.
Autosexing Olive Eggers: Golden Bielefelder x Cream Crested Legbar Olive Egger
Many offspring produced from Cream Crested Legbar imported to the US in 2010 developed warm tones in their feathering setting them apart from the imported pastel and gray toned Cream birds. These Legbar were established as a US variety, Golden Crele Legbar. They are currently housed with the Cream, offering a 50/50 chance of variety color. They retain their autosexing and colorful eggs, just look different than their Cream cousins.
Hen or rooster, preparing for winter, and getting more eggs
How to tell the sex of your chickens, bump up that winter production, and thinning out your flock.
Mushrooms and Life
This mushroom season has been great so far. A long sunny stretch in the next ten days or so ought to slow it down for a bit. This year I finally found the coveted Chanterelle and King Bolete while exploring the property we are looking to move our farm to. There View Article
Frizzle & Smooth d’Uccle Booted Bantams
I am becoming obsessed with these adorable d’Uccle Booted Bantams. I mean, just look at them! How could you not be obsessed? Those two-color freckles and fuzzy cheeks are out of a muppet movie—and they have “snowshoes” for feet.
55 Flowery Hen
The gorgeous 55 Flowery Hen have marking similar to Speckled Sussex, boast jumbo pure white eggs, excellent feed conversion, a calm personality, and are more friendly than the Legbar.
Buff Laced Polish
There isn’t much more of an awkward looking chicken than a crested frizzle bobbing around the yard! With over a decade raising this breed in standard large-fowl size I finally added some frizzling to the mix. I enjoyed this breed so much, and sold so many that the local market View Article