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Power Outage

What happens when you lose power? We lost power this last week after a heavy rainstorm passed through. We called PGE to report it, and they said that several thousand people were without power. They did not know the cause which means they had no idea of when the power...

Solar Update

Not many weeks have gone by in the past year that we have missed a Friday From the Farm blog, but last Friday was one. We were so excited to give an update on the craziness over the last several months with the solar panels, but it did not come in until late Friday...

Cornish Cross Chicken

Happy May Day!!  This morning, we picked up one hundred Cornish Cross meat chickens. When the post office called at 6am to say “your birds are here” Peyton was excited and ready to go. Upon bringing them home, we divided them into four troughs, each...

Chicken Transition

This week, we moved our eight-week-old Whiting True Green Layers out to Petyon’s Palace. This took many hands and some patience. First, we used a fishing net to catch the birds in the barn where they have been living for two months. Second, we clipped one of...

New Surprise Layers

Things have been a little out of the normal for everyone lately. We have been doing our part of staying home and social distancing, which Greg loves. It is forcing him to be home and finally work at that never-ending to-do list. On Saturday, I ran to the feed store to...