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    Winter Flock Care
    stacy
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Winter Flock Care

    The cold weather has arrived, and that can be stressful for your chicken flock and for us chicken keepers too. I remember my first winter...
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    Chasing the Feather and Egg Rainbow
    stacy
    • Aug 30, 2021

    Chasing the Feather and Egg Rainbow

    It's inevitable, really. The longer you have chickens, the more of them you'll end up with. It all starts innocently enough. Just a...
    201 views
    Chicken Math - Adding Pullets to Your Flock
    stacy
    • May 23, 2021

    Chicken Math - Adding Pullets to Your Flock

    Raising chickens is a heartwarming experience, that is until the first time you add new members to your flock and you realize they really...
    405 views
    Spring Fling
    stacy
    • Apr 27, 2021

    Spring Fling

    I fall in love with the farm all over again at this time of year. The new life and promise of what is to come during the spring and...
    114 views
    Happy Mail
    stacy
    • Mar 9, 2021

    Happy Mail

    In my 11 years of chicken keeping, I had never ordered chicks in the mail from a hatchery until this year. Most of the time I buy chicks...
    232 views
    Spring Dreaming
    stacy
    • Feb 7, 2021

    Spring Dreaming

    It's the time of year when little pops of green are starting to appear in the flower beds, and it gets me anxious for all the good things...
    97 views
    Country Christmas
    stacy
    • Dec 18, 2020

    Country Christmas

    I can't believe that Christmas is only a week away! It feels like the last month has absolutely flown by. Between working my non-farm...
    166 views
    A Day in the Life
    stacy
    • Nov 8, 2020

    A Day in the Life

    Taking care of the farm is the best part of my day, but it's not the only thing I do all day. 5R Farm is a hobby farm, and it doesn't pay...
    229 views
    A Summer to Remember
    stacy
    • Sep 28, 2020

    A Summer to Remember

    It feels like an understatement to say it's been an unusual summer. There were some fun things we had planned that just didn't happen. I...
    115 views
    Full Coop, Happy Heart
    stacy
    • Jul 1, 2020

    Full Coop, Happy Heart

    It had been a while since we added a big group of chickens to the farm. In 2012, we moved the founding members of 5R Farm – Rhoda,...
    311 views
    
Winter Done Right
    stacy
    • Feb 8, 2020

    Winter Done Right

    55 views
    Thankful, Grateful
    stacy
    • Dec 2, 2019

    Thankful, Grateful

    As 2019 comes to a close, I can't help but reflect on how fortunate I am. As I do my rounds during the peaceful mornings to bring out...
    27 views
    Backyard Poultry Magazine Feature
    stacy
    • Nov 20, 2019

    Backyard Poultry Magazine Feature

    I'm thrilled to be featured in the current edition of Backyard Poultry Magazine! Pick up a copy at your local farm store, or read it here!
    35 views
    The End of an Era
    stacy
    • Oct 28, 2019

    The End of an Era

    It's the end of an era at the farm as we bid goodbye to our flock matriarch, Raquel, the last of our original 5R Farm feathered ladies....
    81 views
    Wishing away Winter
    stacy
    • Feb 10, 2019

    Wishing away Winter

    Oh winter, I’ll be glad to bid this one goodbye. It started out as a fairly uneventful winter, busy with work and the holidays, but still...
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    Thankful
    stacy
    • Dec 9, 2018

    Thankful

    We’ve had so much going on at the farm that the end of summer and fall just flew by this year! A big project that has been ongoing for...
    6 views
    Chick Season
    stacy
    • Mar 22, 2018

    Chick Season

    Spring is an exciting time at the farm for many reasons, pretty spring flowers in the yard, starting seeds in the greenhouse, the...
    11 views
    February on the Farm
    stacy
    • Feb 18, 2018

    February on the Farm

    After months of the chickens spending most of their time hunkered down in their coops from the cold and the wind and the rain, they are...
    4 views
    Rest Easy Reuben
    stacy
    • Jan 18, 2018

    Rest Easy Reuben

    My special needs rooster, Reuben, finally crossed over the rainbow bridge. Of course I knew this day was coming, I’ve known it for a...
    6 views
    A Very Good Year
    stacy
    • Dec 27, 2017

    A Very Good Year

    This was our fourth year living at the farm full time, and every year it gets better and better. One of my favorite things about living...
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