by admin | Jul 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
3 Young Ewes About 5 years ago, we purchased one ram and two ewes. We had one of the original ewes die whentrying to give birth to twins. We still have 2 ewes and the same ram, but we have kept them all in thesame pastures and just let them co-habitat. Over the years,...
by admin | Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Our last blog marked our 52nd blog. This week’s blog is meant to wrap up a full year. We have only missed a few Fridays, so in the last 55ish weeks, you have learned what happens during an average year on the Ranch. Below is a complete list of our 52 blogs that are...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Three years ago, Greg had a vision to create a poultry tractor for the meat chickens and turkeys. It is a movable pen that is 10’x20’ and made out of PVC pipe and chicken wire. It’s meant to do a few things. It keeps the birds ‘relatively’ safe from predators. It...
by admin | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
This time of year, birds are constantly being moved around and require different types of feed as they mature. Right now, we have mature laying chickens and ducks, adolescent laying chickens in Peyton’s Palace, younger adolescent laying chickens in the barn, baby...
by admin | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Having proper drainage from roof gutters is very important to any structure. It prevents foundation damage and mitigates surface ponding and erosion. When we purchased our house almost six years ago in the summer, we didn’t notice any drainage issues. Over time,...
by admin | May 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
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