Farmher

So I am so proud to say I have accomplished quite a few things myself at the farm. I was able to bring my baby chicks from the basement of our house to their new house outside. I even fixed their outside growing coop by MYSELF.

See my very happy little chicks?♡ The green wire is the new part I fixed on our growing coop.
I made a dust bath for my chickens out of DE. My youngest son helped me.

Also the HUGE manure pile on my garden is officially spread out and will be tilled in the soil next month.

We had our first broody hen today. She built a nest inside the dog house we have that we used for the ducks when they were smaller.
I ended up switching out her egg for a fake egg when she walked out and another chicken actually laid an egg in there.

My biggest gain today is my ducks laid their first egg today. Excuse the dirty eggs. My duck and hens like to hide them in a dirty part of the barn I can't reach.

Here is my beautiful duck egg cleaned up.

It's so nice getting eggs again. The kids get as excited as I do looking for them. :)

It's official!!

We have officially opened a chapter of Ladies Homestead Gathering for Maine. Our chapter will be called Penobscot County Ladies Homestead Gathering.
Our next meeting will be April 22nd in Springfield. Topic will be Beekeeping. I have reached out to Penobscot County Beekeeping Association and am hoping someone will be available to come speak to us about the beginning basics of how to do beekeeping.
By the next meeting in May we should have some flyers available to post in local farm stores and for people to hand out.
Board Members will be posted in May once everything is officially set up.
We appreciate your patience and interest of this group starting in Maine!!

Signs of Spring

Today my middle son and I started mucking out the chicken coop. We got about 1/4 of it done and will wait until it warms up a little more this week. The chickens and ducks were so happy to be outside for awhile. My son was a little

grossed out I was mucking it out in sandals instead of my boots. I did not want to take the time to go switch shoes after dropping my teens off at the mall.
I will be sure to post a pic of a freshly clean barn once i get it done. I need to completely clean the perches and duck area as well. I need to figure out something better for their water as the ducks love muddying it up.
Here are some pics of the memory garden. My crocus are blossomed already. Now I just need to rake out the beds this week when it warms up.

I love the flowers coming up. It's a true sign of winter going away!! 

I also filled some of my 🐦 feeders today. I have 2 more out back to fill. Then next week I plan on changing the corn on the squirrel feeder.

I need to get back to watching Battle of the Badges in Hampden. 

Have a good evening.

Homemade Broccoli & Cheese Soup

Tonight for supper I made my grandmother's Soup. It is pretty simple to make and very delicious!! Next time I make it though I just need to sift the flour so it mixes easier. 

I am happy to say by moving our heat lamp I have not lost any more chicks!!! It's been 2 days in a row they have been going strong so Im hoping we will not lose anymore. Out of 21 I lost 7 birds!!!

Mr. Krabs died this week too so this week I give myself an F as a homesteader!