So, why do people put bands on their chickens? Im not talking about the silly bracelets. Our bands are solid colors fro the time they are chicks to 14 weeks View Article
Growing a balanced homegrown quail feed
This year we purchased our very first quail. They are Coturnix quail with a rare gene causing them to lay gorgeous little blue eggs with cute little brown speckles. These View Article
Growing quail for meat on your homestead
Firstly, there are no quail-specific feeds on the market. What you will find is a general game bird feed. Chicken feed is not suitable for quail, which have a higher View Article
Indoor Gardening for Winter
The premise of the indoor growing began with marijuana—that became the framework for the indoor vegetable and herb garden. I needed to keep one mother plant going through the winter View Article
An Update on the Frizzle Mille Fleur Booted Bantams
Our pint-sized Mille Fleur booted bantams are four months old this week and so sweet. They are curious, calm and very personable. I can’t believe I have raised chickens for View Article
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 View Article
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 View Article
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 View Article