Have you ever wondered: What’s a cockerel? What does ‘broody’ mean? What is bloom and what does it have to do with my eggs? And what in the world are wattles?! Here I will clear up not only those questions, but many others as well. If you’re going to own poultry, it helps […]
Welcome to “The Daily”, where we share with you some photos of our week here at Yellow Birch Hobby Farm. Here is our week of October 25th, 2013: This week was a tough one for us; we had a fox attack (luckily I was able to chase him off before he was able to grab […]
If you’re a fan of our Facebook page, you might be familiar with our album “The Daily”, where we post photos of our daily lives. I thought it would be fun to do a post each week displaying those photos gathered throughout the week here on the blog. I’m a bit of an avid photographer- […]
I’m going to start doing a breed focus every week (I hope!) here on the blog. My primary focus at first will be chickens and ducks and then we’ll move on to other poultry from there. Sometimes it’s just nice to know the facts before we go ahead and purchase our future flock members and […]
Sometimes I have so many things to share, but not enough about them to create its own post- so here we are today with random photos, thoughts, and updates. Fall is quickly turning into winter with snowfall already seen and accumulations forecasted over these next few days. The chickens and ducks don’t seem to mind […]
I must admit, of all my animals, my chickens are my favorites. It truly is a thing of joy to watch them running around in the grass, chasing bugs, scratching for treasures, dusting in the dirt, and then come racing toward me when they hear me yell “Here, Chickies!!” to let them know I’ve got […]
