Articles by bizzeeb60

So now we have cows! Two to be exact. So our "Mini Farm" is slowly building. We have decided to truly join the agriculture community in our neighborhood and start dealing with cows. We just got our first two young steers to begin our herd. This is Stanley. He is a Braferd, a cross between a...

THE POND Our pond covers about 1/3 of an acre. We built it ourselves from what started out as two very small overgrown farm ponds on the property when we purchased it. Now it has the appearance of a small lake and is a completely self sustaining ecosystem. View of northeast portion of pond We...

Bizzeeb60's Home Page..... Hey there everyone! Well, this chicken raising is a brand new experience for me. I remember having ducks, geese and even a turkey when I was very young and my husbands grandmother had abour 900 chickens when he was a kid but this is our first go at it. We bought our 5...

Well the chicks have grown and now we can definitely tell the hens from the Roos. Right now we still have 4 Roos along with the 5 hens. Since they are now almost 4 months old, three of the roos will be gone soon. The one pictured below is Chester. I am keeping him. Chester He just began crowing...

Well, here is my Coop page. I will do my best to explain the directions and materials list. We pretty much just "winged" the whole project. Front view of Coop We started with 4 10' x 4' dog kennel panels. On one panel we cut out a center section to accompany a 3' walk gate. If you have a kennel...