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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- 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...
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stacy
- May 22, 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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stacy
- Dec 1, 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...
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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!
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stacy
- Oct 27, 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....
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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