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Keeping Poultry Healthy
Read moreOne of our number one goals on this farm is to have not only happy animals, but healthy ones. Animals who are healthy produce healthy offspring, healthy eggs, milk, and meat. There are a bunch of things you can do to make that a reality and I’m going to share what we do to keep our poultry healthy. FOOD & WATER WATER Everyone knows to begin a healthy regimen you…
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May Updates On The Farm
Read moreOur first pastured fenced, adding more chickens, and anxiously awaiting our first eggs…May updates on the farm. I’m not gonna lie, it’s getting harder and harder to blog frequently. There is something to always do on the farm and squeezing time in to write (even though it’s one of my favorite things) is difficult. Just this morning as I was filling up waters for all the animals, I kept thinking…
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How To Introduce New Ducklings To Your Original Flock
Read moreHow To Introduce New Ducklings To Your Original Flock. You plan everything out. You’ve read all the books and articles. Now it’s time to finally introduce your new ducklings to the original flock, but how? Here is how we did it. FIRST AND FOREMOST Before going on, I want to remind you that not only is every flock different, but you have to use your best judgement. Do you have…
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April Updates On The Farm
Read moreApril updates on the farm are here. We’ve been here 6 MONTHS! I can’t even wrap my head around that. It has flown by. Here is what we’ve been up to this month. NEW CHICKEN COOP(S) We are starting our plans for the mobile chicken coop, but until then, the older pullets needed somewhere larger than a brooder to stretch their wings. I had been searching for forever for a…
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Moving Livestock
Read moreLiving on the farm means you are constantly tweaking things in order to keep not only the livestock safe, but alive. Moving livestock is part of that plan. Here’s what we mean. You can also learn all about our ducks here. We share so much on our IG. Come along and follow our crazy adventures. WE LOST TWO DUCKS PREDATORS In a matter of two weeks, we lost two ducks.…
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Farm Routine
Read moreI don’t know about you, but I find other people’s routines and daily tasks fascinating. It’s like being able to see inside their homes for a day. I wanted to give our readers a glimpse into the mundane, yet magical day into ours. Our farm routine. ALARM GOES OFF AT 6 AM Our farm routine begins at 6am. Now do I instantly get up with the alarm goes off? Of…
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Mother’s Day Farm Style
Read moreGiggling as I type this, but boy have things changed. I’ve never really been a girly girly per se, but I never thought I’d ask for a garden cart for my birthday either lol. Yep, that’s what I asked for my birthday when my mom asked what I wanted. It got me thinking, I can not be the only one who now loves anything farm related as gifts. Mother’s Day Farm…
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March Updates On The Farm
Read moreMarch updates on the farm. Well, Spring has officially landed here at The Pendleton Family Farm and we’re in full swing on projects. Between caring for the ducks, chicks, baby goats, new puppies, and the greenhouse, we have arrived at farm life. LOTS OF BABY GOAT FEEDING The kids are officially 4 weeks old and are still being bottle fed three times a day. In a couple of weeks, we’ll move…
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Our Livestock Guardian Dogs
Read moreGoats came into the farm and then we looked at each other and thought…you know, now might be the time to get some LGD puppies so they bond well with the baby goats. We don’t do anything slowly that’s for sure lol. Meet Ruger and Remy, our livestock guardian dogs (aka: puppies). *Please note this blog post contains affiliate links. If a purchase is made through one of my links,…
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The Greenhouse
Read moreIt is officially Spring. I realized after I shared this little snippet of our greenhouse on Instagram the other day, I had never shared on our website. The Greenhouse is housing tiny seeds ready to be taken to the land as soon as it stays a little bit warmer. Here is all about it. TEMPORARY GREENHOUSE… I say temporary for two reasons. One, we will use this as long as…