Since we are in the middle of all of all of the newly planted, installed and such growing, I thought I would complete our family by introducing our third four-legged kid, Ri Ri! Ri Ri, aka Ri (most often), Ri Ri Baby (no I am no ashamed of that one) and Houdini, is Abby’s sister Read More
What’s all the Buzz about?….The Bees are Here!
After much anticipation, preparation, reading and a week-long 20 hour class at UT, the bees have arrived and been hived! I initially ordered two packages from Smoky Ridge Apiaries, however, after meeting with and speaking with my new bee mentor, I changed one of the packages to a Nuc. So I have one package hive Read More
Spring means….A Garden!
When I say a garden, I mean a garden! For us this year, a garden is a big 30’x80′ area of manufactured dirt. If you live in East Tennessee, you know that our “dirt” is really good ole red clay. And rocks. Lots of rocks. Did I mention we had a lot of rocks? Big Read More
Where have I been?
Gracious, it has been a while, huh? Sorry about that! I had to take a bucket list trip. Really, simple as that. I wasn’t even thinking about this blog during the trip, that is how bucket listish it was! Iceland. Yes, Iceland. Yes, it was cold. And it snowed. And there was ice on the Read More
The Canine family, part 2!
Enough about chickens! Let’s move on to introducing our second canine family member, Abby! Abby is also known as Abbylicious, Little Bit and more often, Goober. She is a hyper and adorable 2-year-old Cane Corso. She is about 85 pounds of running joy! If you haven’t heard of a Cane Corso, you are not alone. Read More
No water, no life…the evolution of our waterers!
Yesterday was all about food. Today it is all about water. Chickens have to have lots and lots and lots of water. Just like us, they can survive without food, but they cannot survive without water. It is always better to have what you think is too much than not enough. So, without further ado, Read More
I’m Hungry! The evolution of our chicken feeders-the bad, the good and the better!
Today, we are making a new feeder for the Chicken Tractor and fixing an old feeder for the run. So, how appropriate to write all about the evolution of our feeders. As I am sure you are wondering, How often do chickens eat? How do you feed them? What do you feed them? Believe me,there are Read More
Why does a chicken coop have two doors?
Because if it had four, it would be a chicken sedan! Ha! Sometimes I really crack myself up! Coops and runs, runs and coops! We have both! We have a coop with two runs and a run with a coop. This post is all about our main coop and our Chicken Tractor (better known as Read More
Blessings
Happy Sunday everyone! Initially, I was going to blog about chicken homes today; even took cutrent pictures and made sure I had all of the pictures of the build ready. However, time got away from me and here I am spending a beautiful evening outside on the deck with my hubs and enjoying a glass Read More
The canine family, part 1
In addition to the chickens, we have three amazing canine kids! The oldest is Jake who turned 9 last month is our “first born”. He goes by Jake, Knucklehead (mostly because he has a pronounced bone that sort if sticks up on the top of his head but sometimes he really acts like one), and Read More