UrbanFarmerC
In the Brooder
- Apr 19, 2017
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I know the title is laying it all out there, but I have no shame with my battle. My Therapist suggested to follow dreams and, well, chickens were one of them (Urban Homesteading).
After 4 years of infertility, my husband and I finally welcomed out sweet tiny lady in Dec 2016. Shortly after her birth, I developed Postpartum Anxiety (PPA) and Dysophoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER). Being a very natural minded mother and with a very supportive Therapist, I have been led to a new hobby of chickens, instead of medication that would force me to stop breastfeeding. I know it sounds crazy, but... what helps with my anxiety is always being busy. We were modern urban farmers to start with, always supplementing our table and bank account with a large organic garden, so this is just taking it one step further.
But anyway... I am a 27 y/o wife and first time mother to an amazing little one (Caroline) and a part-time Vet Tech on a mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic (a converted RV). We live in Knoxville, TN, literally in the middle of the city. We have 4 English Bulldogs (Mrs. Bea, Earnest, Brutus, and Toad) and one stray mix breed rabbit (She doesn't really have a name). We own a 1920's Craftsman on a standard city corner lot and have a passion for gardening. I am a very passionate person and parent, and now I am completely obsessed with chickens.
Some of my passions:
Cloth Diapers, gardening, heirloom tomatoes, animal rights, women's rights, rabbits, and now chickens....
Currently we have 0 chickens, technically. . . BUT, we have 16 eggs in the incubator on day 8. We started with 20, but 4 failed to develop. Our eggs are just a large breed barnyard mix (all varied large brown eggs), heck I do not even know the breeds possible. We were gifted the eggs from my Aunt and Uncle for eating, but with them giving us 4 dozen we were unable to eat the all. I had been seeing homemade incubators on a homesteading facebook group, so one day I decided I would start a new project to fill in my time. It took all of $5 to build and finish my incubator, 24 hours of letting eggs reach room temp again (had been in the fridge for like 2-3 weeks, but more on that later), and 24 hours of temp fine tuning before starting our journey. I knew using refrigerated eggs was a risk, but seeing I build our incubator out of materials we just had laying around, I wanted to do a test run before purchasing hatching eggs.
But anyway.... I hope to keep everyone updated on my project and hope to have little peeps soon.
After 4 years of infertility, my husband and I finally welcomed out sweet tiny lady in Dec 2016. Shortly after her birth, I developed Postpartum Anxiety (PPA) and Dysophoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER). Being a very natural minded mother and with a very supportive Therapist, I have been led to a new hobby of chickens, instead of medication that would force me to stop breastfeeding. I know it sounds crazy, but... what helps with my anxiety is always being busy. We were modern urban farmers to start with, always supplementing our table and bank account with a large organic garden, so this is just taking it one step further.
But anyway... I am a 27 y/o wife and first time mother to an amazing little one (Caroline) and a part-time Vet Tech on a mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic (a converted RV). We live in Knoxville, TN, literally in the middle of the city. We have 4 English Bulldogs (Mrs. Bea, Earnest, Brutus, and Toad) and one stray mix breed rabbit (She doesn't really have a name). We own a 1920's Craftsman on a standard city corner lot and have a passion for gardening. I am a very passionate person and parent, and now I am completely obsessed with chickens.
Some of my passions:
Cloth Diapers, gardening, heirloom tomatoes, animal rights, women's rights, rabbits, and now chickens....
Currently we have 0 chickens, technically. . . BUT, we have 16 eggs in the incubator on day 8. We started with 20, but 4 failed to develop. Our eggs are just a large breed barnyard mix (all varied large brown eggs), heck I do not even know the breeds possible. We were gifted the eggs from my Aunt and Uncle for eating, but with them giving us 4 dozen we were unable to eat the all. I had been seeing homemade incubators on a homesteading facebook group, so one day I decided I would start a new project to fill in my time. It took all of $5 to build and finish my incubator, 24 hours of letting eggs reach room temp again (had been in the fridge for like 2-3 weeks, but more on that later), and 24 hours of temp fine tuning before starting our journey. I knew using refrigerated eggs was a risk, but seeing I build our incubator out of materials we just had laying around, I wanted to do a test run before purchasing hatching eggs.
But anyway.... I hope to keep everyone updated on my project and hope to have little peeps soon.
