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CITY STOCK: Holistic Chickens & Ducks(2)

July 16, 2014

Are you thinking about raising chickens or ducks in your backyard? Then this class is for you! We’ll give you the nitty gritty details–for newbies only (who have no prior experience raising poultry)

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BEST BUDS: Marley & “Me”


Posted by Anais Dervaes | July 11, 2014

Just the other week, I was woken up at 3 am by piercing cries. I sat up in bed and immediately knew it was a kitten.

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RAISING QUAIL


Posted by Anais Dervaes | February 26, 2014

The Cortunix quail have fit nicely into the homestead. They don’t require much space and eat considerably less than chickens and ducks.

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WE GOT QUAIL!


Posted by Anais Dervaes | January 29, 2014

We have new additions to the homestead menagerie, Quail!

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POULTRY HEALTH: WINTER WONDER GRASS


Posted by Anais Dervaes | January 28, 2014

Wheatgrass is not just for people, it’s enjoyed by chickens and ducks on our homestead.

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POULTRY HEALTH: EGG SHELLS


Posted by Anais Dervaes | January 9, 2014

As old-time homesteaders know, nothing goes to waste on a homestead … not even egg shells.

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GOING “HERITAGE”


Posted by Anais Dervaes | January 5, 2014

Heritage seeds are not the only thing we like raising, we are also passionate about preserving heritage critters too.

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INTEGRATING THE NEW DUCKS


Posted by Anais Dervaes | December 12, 2013

The baby ducks aren’t babies any more! They grew up sooo fast!

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ONE MONTH MARK


Posted by Anais Dervaes | December 3, 2013

This new batch of ducks are almost fully feathered and they’ll be probably joining the older flock in a week or two

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MIRACLE RECOVERY


Posted by Anais Dervaes | November 21, 2013

A friend of ours recently had a horrible contagious (and deadly) disease (Mareks) run thru her flock, a few hens had already died and one was still hanging on but was paralyzed.

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