2013 Turkey Hatch

Hatching turkeys wasn’t in our immediate plans, but then Farmer John found where our year old turkey hen has been laying her eggs. We could have just left them for some critter to eat or we could see if any would hatch. We chose to try hatching them.

Birds of 2013: Week 15

This winter I took part in Project FeederWatch for the first time. It is a citizen science project that is easy to do & is done right in your own backyard. I had many bird feeders set up & recorded which birds came to the feeders every Monday & Tuesday. I wasn’t glued to the …

Keeping Our Kids Busy on a 15 Day Road Trip

As I’ve mentioned many times, we went on a road trip in October. To read more about it you can click here. But, what I haven’t shown you yet is how we kept the kids entertained for 3500 miles. We don’t have DS’s or ipads or any other gaming device to take with us. When …

2013 Hatch #3

We’ve successfully made it through our 4th round of incubating chicken eggs! It continues to be an exciting experience. I get very impatient by day 20. I anxiously wait to see who hatches, then get nervous after some hatch & wonder why others aren’t hatching. I’m then excited when another few hatch. The truth is, …

Birds of 2013: Week 13

The last couple days we’ve had beautiful spring weather. I’ve taken advantage of it & gone on a few walks around my house keeping a lookout for birds. I even saw 2 mallards fly over, which is rare. The birds apparently are happy with the spring weather, too. I hear a lot of bird songs …

Trying Out 3 Egg Dye Kits

Easter is coming, which means it’s time to color eggs. Our hens are laying like crazy right now & we are getting at least a dozen eggs every day. I thought it would be fun to try out a couple different egg dye kits.