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All the babies have hatched and some have made their way to their new home! We welcomed 6 new babies to our flock and couldn't be more thrilled with having a second generation of birds!

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These babies are starting to really make their entrance into the world today!!! We are excited for them to be here along with some of their new families who are waiting for the okay for pick up!! Im so happy that our homestead has grown so much in the last year! We started with a small budget and dream; now we are building the ladder for success one sturdy board at a time!!

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #baby chicks #chicken coop #chickens #affordability #barter and trade #awesome #babies #new #working #hardwork #dedication

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Something big has been happening on our homestead! We have been incubating our own eggs for baby chick's this year! After 21 long days of waiting we are starting to see these babies make their way into the world! We are excited to expand our flock since we are now having more people purchase eggs locally from us! We will see what happens over the next few days to get an exact head count of little ones!

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #baby chicks #chicken coop #new to the world #simple life #life #wonderful #awesome #babies

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Made some homemade gummies for my toddler! Super simple recipe with only three ingredients: fruit juice, honey, and unflavored gelatin. Its that simple to switch from artificial coloring and flavors. We have been working on cutting out red dye 40 from her diet along with processed sugars. After a week of not having them in her system we noticed a heavy change in the way she listens and follows directions.

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #health #healthy #toddler #snacks #no dyes #pantry #food #yummyyummy #yummyfood #gummies

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With the rise of food prices that are not going down any time soon. I have taken the liberty to start to learn new things to stock my pantry. Today I made some bagels completely from scratch! Well worth the time to make them and now I do ever want to buy store bagels again!

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #fresh bread #bagels #everything bagel #yummyfood #yummyyummy #new recipes #pantry #affordability

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So I had a wonderful surprise checking on my chickens last night! We noticed over the last week our daily egg count was down from 7 to 2. Well I found the thief. Thankfully my husband was able to handle the problem and the chicken got a nice snack out of the deal! This snake was 6 feet long😬 hopefully this is the only one!

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #farmlife #hobbyfarm #homesteading #chickens #snakes #sneaky

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Some of our flock was enjoying the evening sun after all the bad weather this week

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We have 4 new members to the homestead! These little kittens will be joining our other 3 cats in keeping the mice down in our feed shed once they have been fixed of course. Im excited to have more helpers keeping the pest problem down.

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Don't mind my messy table! This morning has been a blessing! This is the harvest from our garden so far along with some eggs from the girls!

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Today I scavenged through the old green house bars and made this for the girls nesting boxes. I am working on adding curtains for privacy for the lady's to lay!

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LOOFAH UPDATE!!!! I am beyond excited that these are growing in so well! They have started to vine up the trellis and more have germinated since the beginning. We now have 6 out of 12 seeds germinate. Im excited to see what becomes of these and how much they produce

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Added a full roosting bar for the girls even though they like their shelf up top the younger girls seem to like the smaller roost

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Added two roosting bars to the windows to allow for them to look out and get some fresh air!

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #farmlife #hobbyfarm #homesteading #chickens

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The deck off the coop is officially nailed down and ready for some relaxing mornings watching the girls scratch the ground! Don't mind my chair set up I'm trying to locate a little bistro set for here!

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #farmlife #hobbyfarm #homesteading #chickens #buiding #deck

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You win some and you loose some. This is what the homestead brought in today. 2 eggs 3 small potatoes and a tomato! Still awesome to be able to use my property as my own store but today's yield was little compared to the work it takes to get these items. I know as my plants mature ill have greater yields. I can see why people get so heart broken when they do not produce what they thought they were going to! Tomorrow's a new day an I am hoping for a better yield.

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #farmlife #hobbyfarm #homesteading #chickens #farmland #farm struggles #food shortage globally #food shortage 2022 #grow your food #food #still something #better than nothing

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Today has been eventful! I've made my first two trades today. I traded 2 cartons of eggs for a bottle of lavender perfume and a quart of strawberries!

#sustainability #sustainable #sustainable lifestyle #country #farmers #farmlife #hobbyfarm #homesteading #chickens #barter and trade #grow your food #food shortage globally #food shortage 2022 #cool #awesome #the old ways

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My lovely husband has surprised me with this cute little Venus fly trap! I've always wanted to dive into the carnivorous plants but never bought one for myself. I've ordered a new container and peat moss just waiting for them to arrive!

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