Accidental Homesteader

chickens

  • It’s been a while.

    Um. Yeah. My tik tok fyp keeps telling me I’m ready for my villain era. Nah. Too much makeup. Anyway… Read More

  • Who’s Who: Chicken Edition

    We had a lot of predation this year, so we don’t have all that many chickens. Yet, most of them… Read More

  • Bonus Chickens

    We were on our annual trip to Colorado, last week. It was glorious. Read More

  • Poultry Updates

    Update 1: The Roostering So last fall we lost our rooster in the fall. Likely to a coyote. So we… Read More

  • The Hits Just Keep On Coming

    So yeah, 2023 has not been stellar. First we get a (minor, but still) cancer diagnosis. Now I’m back in… Read More

  • New Peeps

    So we got our new peeps this week. Of course on the busiest possible day. Our Honda is in desperate… Read More

  • Hatch 2: The Broody?

    We may have another hatch coming. A few days ago one of our Easter Eggers started brooding. There are at… Read More

  • Disappointing Hatch

    The hatch was a bit of a letdown. Out of twelve eggs we got three chicks. A fourth died while… Read More

  • Hatch Day 2022

    Hatch day is here! We started the day great! With two of the unsure ones pippin and zippin. But, thus… Read More

  • Chicken Math

    There’s a concept in hobby farming called “Chicken Math.” I have fallen prey to this concept. I really only wanted… Read More