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Continue reading →: Chicken Math“Surprise, Husband! I bought more chickens!” The saying as a chicken owner is “chicken math” and boy, does that ring true in my house. We said a fond farewell to our dear roos recently, mostly because there were three of them and they were loud and a little “too enthusiastic”…
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Continue reading →: Your First Honeybee HiveA sweet little how-to guide to getting started in the magical world of beekeeping So you want to be a beekeeper… First and foremost: my best advice is to use your best judgement and utilize the resources available to you! These tips and bits of knowledge that we have to…
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Continue reading →: Easiest Easy-Peel Hard “Boiled” EggsOne of my least favorite things in the kitchen is peeling hard-boiled eggs. It’s a tactile reaction of little “crumblies” of shell that get left on the egg that totally gross me out and make me feel an entirely irrational amount of rage. To add insult to injury – fresh…
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Continue reading →: The “Float Test”How to tell how fresh your “fresh” eggs are Having access to fresh eggs is the best, it really is! But one downside to having an “endless” supply of fresh eggs that people don’t warn you about is that you have SO many eggs. There are eggs everywhere! There are…
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Chicken CoopsHow I decided that I was an architect, engineer, and builder on a random weekend in October Throughout our careers as “chicken tenders” (see what I did there?), we have had a total of three different coops. The first was the cheesiest Tractor Supply special that our cheap-ass selves could…
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Continue reading →: Prepping for Garden ChaosI would like to preface this post by saying I am not the gardener of my family. Not by a long-shot. My thumbs are much more distinctly grayish-blue than green, but I garden because it’s in my blood, I guess. My mother is a wonderful gardener and I remember a…
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Continue reading →: A Little History…How did it all begin? Mimosas. No, seriously. Mimosas. We got brunch-drunk and decided it would be a good idea to get chicks on a whim…the rest is history! Just kidding…not really. We really did get brunch-drunk and got chicks impulsively at the feed store but the rest is certainly…
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Continue reading →: Hello World!Okay okay! This is my FIRST official blog post on this new adventure in internet-ing/social-media sharing and needless to say, I’m HYPED! Not only am I excited to be sharing some content, but I’m so excited you’re here to enjoy it. I’ve got a unique little corner of the globe…
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