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Halla_with_chicken

Halla_with_chicken


Julie_on_tractor

Julie_on_tractor


Jordan_guarding_brooder

Jordan_guarding_brooder


Pasture_brooder

Pasture_brooder


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Maybe_you_could_lower_this


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Pasture_is_fun


Duchess, a tri-color Freedom Ranger

Duchess, a tri-color Freedom Ranger


Hi Line Brown layer pullets at the drinker

Hi Line Brown layer pullets at the drinker


Halla, the Chicken Whisperer, and Nathan, the Willing

Halla, the Chicken Whisperer, and Nathan, the Willing


Halla and Nathan at our Bastrop Market booth

Halla and Nathan at our Bastrop Market booth


Mt. Tabor Mill in Wisconsin, sister to Coyote Creek

Mt. Tabor Mill in Wisconsin, sister to Coyote Creek


Jules views the scene from Mt. Tabor cabin

Jules views the scene from Mt. Tabor cabin


Ducklings Arrive September 10, 2008

Ducklings Arrive September 10, 2008

Ahhh, they're so cute!


Brand new ducklings!

Brand new ducklings!

They need easy access to both food and water, to wash down their feed... and oh! are they messy!


Three Day Old Duckling

Three Day Old Duckling

Sweet handful


Duckling Love

Duckling Love

What a pair, in their pasture coop.


jules and the Ducklings

jules and the Ducklings

On the day of their move to their pasture coop.


Ducklings Take a Dip

Ducklings Take a Dip

At two weeks, they get a big yard and small pool.


The Layer House

The Layer House

The Layer House became home to 300 one day old pullets on September 24, 2008.


Can We Go Outside?

Can We Go Outside?

Even at only a few days old, Flock 5 chicks just know there's a bigger world out there!


What a Beautiful Variety!

What a Beautiful Variety!

Flock 5 arrives October 3, 2008 and includes lovely tri-color chicks that add fabulous color.


Our cattle

Our cattle

Two cows, Penelope Bovine and Pippy Freckleface, due to calve in April. Two steer calves growing up to become food. All having a good meal of hay.


The New Playground

The New Playground

In a drought there's less to do... so i made them a playground! Next, we add shade to it.


Proud layer on the playground perch

Proud layer on the playground perch

Oh, she is beautiful!


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Photo


Sue among the layers

Sue among the layers

Oh, it's a balancing act when the gals cluster around for their mid-day 'lunch'.


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jules with an ealy batch of eggs

jules with an ealy batch of eggs

We thought this was soooo many and we were soooo proud!


Many Eggs on Display

Many Eggs on Display

Now we collect more than 200 each day!


The Egg, with Spots

The Egg, with Spots

One example of the wide variety of beautiful eggs we collect.


Layers on Pasture

Layers on Pasture

We make sure there's trees for shade and play in each pasture. Look! It's green again, from our 3+ inches of rain.