FloppyEarsFarm
Hatching
- Feb 8, 2025
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Hello- we bought a house 2 years ago that just happened to have a run down coop in the back from the previous owners. I thought why not just fix it up a bit, well famous last words. We started with 6 female chicks (one died as a baby) so we had 5 hens for a while. I loved getting eggs and having little things to go see and feed. Then I got some ducks because why not, and now i have 13 cinnamon queens, 2 silkie girls and 2 silkie roosters, the original 5, and some ducks. They all live together in a bird village I built myself. We just did our first cornish hen slaughter and have months of organic, ethical meat.
We had no experience and did a lot of research beforehand. We made some mistakes. But we have been keeping chickens for 2 years now and can never go back. I have a home bakery so having eggs is a godsend.
Since then we have added a handful of goats, 2 donkeys, and a barn cat. We came to this little farm with 4 dogs and we have grown by 30+ animals.
We got married this past fall and want to raise our children here and leave them with something much more valuable than anything a bank can cash. We are expanding our garden and have a little orchard. We both work full time he as a corporate office guy and I am a paramedic for a nearby county. My schedule allows me to be home several days at a time which makes finishing projects and such much easier.
When we are not working outside, spending time with our animals, or at work I like to bake (with sourdough and beyond) and cook elaborate meals. My husband enjoys open world video games though we dont have a lot of time for TV these days. I seem to have stumbled on living a dream I didnt even know I had. I used to think my career was my passion and while it still is one, I have found what we do here on our homestead sooooo fulfilling.
I joined here to find valuable information and a network of people who do what we do. I dont have a lot of local people near me that I know who can give advice etc. Thank you
We had no experience and did a lot of research beforehand. We made some mistakes. But we have been keeping chickens for 2 years now and can never go back. I have a home bakery so having eggs is a godsend.
Since then we have added a handful of goats, 2 donkeys, and a barn cat. We came to this little farm with 4 dogs and we have grown by 30+ animals.
We got married this past fall and want to raise our children here and leave them with something much more valuable than anything a bank can cash. We are expanding our garden and have a little orchard. We both work full time he as a corporate office guy and I am a paramedic for a nearby county. My schedule allows me to be home several days at a time which makes finishing projects and such much easier.
When we are not working outside, spending time with our animals, or at work I like to bake (with sourdough and beyond) and cook elaborate meals. My husband enjoys open world video games though we dont have a lot of time for TV these days. I seem to have stumbled on living a dream I didnt even know I had. I used to think my career was my passion and while it still is one, I have found what we do here on our homestead sooooo fulfilling.
I joined here to find valuable information and a network of people who do what we do. I dont have a lot of local people near me that I know who can give advice etc. Thank you
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