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Doing Chores In The Snow

By - DiyGarden
Posted on January 15, 2025January 13, 2025

It’s not often that we are doing chores in the snow but this last week in North Texas found us doing just that. Since we have been here for a few years we did have almost everything we needed so the animals weren’t affected that much… besides the chickens pouting in their coop because they

Chicks, Chicks, Market Chicks

By - DiyGarden
Posted on October 10, 2024October 9, 2024

There really isn’t anything cuter then baby chicks in my opinion. About 5 weeks ago we got 30 cute little fluffy, yellow, chirping chicks delivered to our house. Now, fall isn’t the normal time for most people to get chicks because of the cold season approaching. However, we are not most people! We live in

Market Chick Brooder Installation

By - DiyGarden
Posted on September 26, 2024September 24, 2024

We had market chicks coming which was a good thing since I’ve been out of chicken for a couple of months. But… there was another problem, where were we going to put them? In case you don’t know there are companies that sell chicks and send them out all over the United States through the

Doing Mid-Summer Morning Chores

By - DiyGarden
Posted on August 22, 2024August 20, 2024

I thought you all might like to go along with Ron and do the morning chores on this hot summer day. We have chores down to pretty good system. Ron still works a full-time job so systems are needed here on the homestead. Right now our animals are easy to care for and we are

Easy to Make DIY Chicken/Poultry Feeder

By - DiyGarden
Posted on February 22, 2024

Going to show you how some PVC pipes can come together easily and make a weather-proof chicken feeder.

The First OG Egg Mobile

By - DiyGarden
Posted on January 11, 2024January 11, 2024

We have a group of hens that lay beautiful colored eggs, from green, blue, and different colors of brown. Lately, our girls are laying more eggs then what we can eat. I’ve done a lot to store eggs such as water glassing them, I make hard boiled eggs, make egg sandwiches, the list goes on

Learning About the Chicken Chores

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 29, 2023December 29, 2023

Learning about the chicken chores, it’s funny how 14 cute little chickens can take up so much time and attention. That is exactly what our hens are doing with Ron and I. They are close to the house, maybe to close but I can enjoy them from the living room window so I’m ok with

Adding Aloe Vera to the Chicken Yard

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 21, 2023December 21, 2023

I have a project that we are working toward setting up in the Spring. Setting up a food forest for our chickens. Planting grains and seeds in their yard. We also have some of our orchard in the yard, it will offer shade to the other plants plus the chickens. I want other greens such

The Tale of Two Gates Leading to the Chickens

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 14, 2023December 14, 2023

In the beginning we didn’t realize what two gates would do for us or our chickens. Like I mentioned in an earlier blog, you can check it out here. We really wanted to free range our chickens however, not all of our property is fenced and every neighbor has dogs and they don’t always stay

Learning How To Water Glass Eggs

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023

Chickens and Eggs You might be wondering why I’m talking about water glassing eggs right now. It’s late fall and most chickens are in the molting stage; where they are losing old feathers and growing new. The sun is going down and there isn’t as much daylight as what we had during the spring and

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