Farm life doesn’t ask for perfect weather — it just keeps going. And sometimes, it throws you a mess that tests your heart more than your hands.
We’d had nonstop rain for days. The whole property was soaked, and the chicken run had turned into a sloppy swamp of red clay mud, thick enough to...
We're officially 4 days into the incubator with a brand-new batch of eggs I picked up from eBay — yep, I’m rolling the dice, and honestly... I’m feeling pretty lucky so far.
Here’s what’s in the incubator:
🦆 14 Silver & Blue Swedish Pekin Crested Ducks
🦆 18 Mallard Ducks (well, 17 now — had...
So here’s how my early morning started...
Around 4AM, my rooster loses his mind, crowing like the world’s ending.
Then I hear my 6-week-old goose honking like it’s being chased by a ghost,
Ducks quacking, chickens flapping — the whole farm is losing its feathery mind.
So of course, I fly out...
There’s peace on the homestead... until someone cracks open a watermelon.
I learned early on that my ducks, chickens, and goose all have one thing in common: a totally unhinged obsession with watermelon. It doesn’t matter if it’s 100 degrees or a cool spring morning — as soon as they see that...
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I am being emotionally blackmailed by my Silkie rooster.
Meet Tulsa King — majestic, fluffy, dramatic. He crows. Not just in the morning like a respectable farm bird. No. He crows when I'm inside the house. He crows when I leave the coop. He crows like a...
🐣 The Welcoming Coop: Our Alternative to the Garage Brooder
At Mother Flucker Farms, we do things a little differently when it comes to raising new chicks and integrating them into the flock. Instead of the usual brooding box in the garage, we raise new additions in what we call the Welcoming...
Hi everyone!
It’s been a few years since I was last in the chicken world, but I’m excited (and honestly a little emotional) to say I’m back at it again.
About 5 years ago, I had a small flock that I loved deeply — until a predator attack wiped out the entire coop in one heartbreaking night. It...