You may recall a couple years ago we made a significant upgrade to our chicken coop by adding on a fully enclosed chicken run. This was necessary in order to keep our chickens safe from the resident Redtail Hawks. You can read about that project here: Chicken Fortress It’s been wonderful improvement because the birds […]
Eggs aren’t created equal
So if you have eaten farm raised eggs, you know they are completely different from store bought eggs. There is much more flavor and the yolks are more vibrant and colorful. Eggs also come in a wide variety of colors depending on which chicken breed laid the specific egg. But as you can see in […]
Our Family is Growing
No, not the four legged ones. We are officially all sold out of baby goats. I mean the two legged ones. Baby chicks! Let me back up a bit. Our 15 chickens are over three years old. That means their egg production is decreasing. We needed to start thinking about what to do with our […]
Milk Hen
Some people say that chickens are not smart; I have a Milk Hen that will prove those people wrong. It began with a spill of goat milk. I had accidentally spilled the strip cup milk one morning when one of our Austrolorp hens was in the milking room. She went over to inspect it, and […]
Easy Homemade Chicken Run Door
Michael came up with an easy homemade chicken run door to solve our problem. “What problem?” you ask. Goats. Yes, they are often a problem. We just have to be smarter than them. Let me explain the situation. In the upper pasture, we have the barn, chicken coop/run, and various other things. We have a […]
2015 Farm Production Report
A happy Monday to you. Isn’t it nice to see blue sky and green plants. Almost makes you feel warm even though it is January. Almost. I thought you might be interested in knowing what Salt Creek Acres grew/produced over the last twelve months. I guess I should clarify. The only things that have been […]
Chickens are Omnivores. I Have Proof.
Being busy, I’ve forgotten to post about our Thanksgiving turkey. It was delicious. You remember we celebrated with my family up in Portland. We brought the leftover turkey home and put it in the refrigerator. The next day, I took it out to make lunch. I made myself a turkey,provolone, cranberry sauce panini. I left […]
Two New Additions
We have a new rooster and hen. They are of the Light Brahmas breed. Let me back up a little bit. Last week we went to the Clackamas County Fair for a day. Here are Michael and Nicholas testing out farm equipment….or maybe just enjoying sitting in something cool that we don’t really need. We […]
No Waste. It’s a Good Thing.
I dried more apples and again I realized how little food we waste. Since we grow our own apples I chose to not work so hard around blemishes, bugs etc. I just cut those parts out and put them in the waste bowl. But the waste bowl doesn’t actually go to waste. I can give […]
Chickens Don’t Mind Goats
Every morning when I head to the barn I pass the chicken coop and hear the chickens stirring inside. They go to bed early and wake up early ( I can relate to them). Most of the time I open their coop before I open the barn. For a while the chickens have been leaving […]
Birds
We have so many beautiful birds around our home. Above is an Osprey in a tree by the pond. It is fun to notice the cycle of birds as some migrate through and others are here all year long. Our first venture into science was using Apologia’s “Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day”. We bought […]
We’ve Made it a Year
Today is our one year anniversary of moving from here to here. I thought it would be nice to look back at how things have changed. I’ll zip through the changes we’ve made to the place. We’ve added some toys…..oh yeah, I’m supposed to call them tools. We cleaned a really dirty barn. We added […]