Chickens, ducks, geese

The past few years we have gotten certified organic pullets from a gentleman near Lancaster, PA. It is much less expensive for us to buy them at his price than to raise them during the winter (probably to raise them anytime, but especially during the winter). Since we have many more egg customers in the … Continue reading »

Moved the chicks out of the basement yesterday. Yea.  Well, it was nice having them there to go down and look at frequently, but they have stirred up a layer of peat moss on everything down there, are getting enough feathers that very soon they will be producing their own “dust” of feather bits, and … Continue reading »