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Filling the Brooder

On July 1, 2022 By TheEmptyNestHomesteaderIn Backyard Farming, HomesteadingLeave a comment

Yesterday, just after the break of dawn, we had to go pick up this year's first batch of twenty cornish cross chicks who were waiting for us down at the post office... They filled one rack in our brooder and all look healthy, so we're happy. In eight to ten weeks we'll process them and …

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Anemoiac Moi

On January 22, 2022January 21, 2022 By TheEmptyNestHomesteaderIn Life Stuff7 Comments

Do you ever feel nostalgic for a time in which you never lived? Me too! Did you know there's a name for it? Anemoia is a word coined by The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which means: nostalgia for a time you've never known.anemoia.net So that makes us Anemoiacs (I presume). I feel especially nostalgic for …

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As the Windmill Turns…

On November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 By TheEmptyNestHomesteaderIn Backyard Farming, Homesteading, Life StuffLeave a comment

There's always some sort of drama happening here at the little homestead. Sometimes it's funny, like when I scared the flock with the white jack-o-lantern meant as a treat for them... At first Fred wouldn't let anyone near it until he gave it a few roundhouse kicks to make sure it wasn't going to try …

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A Day in the Circle of Life

On July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 By TheEmptyNestHomesteaderIn Backyard Farming3 Comments

This morning I sat and watched the humming birds draining the nectar from the feeder in the red maple tree out front. Of course when I tried to get a good picture of them the shots came out blurry. Or they had already flitted out of frame before the shutter closed, the fast little buggers. …

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