I hope I don’t jinx it by saying this, but after months of waiting and two prior plans for hatching eggs failed, we finally have a broody...

Today was one of those days where I was excited and nervous all at the same time, it was the day I had decided to split our overwintered...

These last few months at the farm have been great. Now that we live here full time, we have been checking things off the to do list like...

I guess it’s true what they say about the best laid plans. In January I had carefully planned out the two month long process that I would...

Rhoda and Raquel turned four years old this month, which has gotten me to thinking about all we’ve learned and how far we’ve come in our...

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for. –Louis L’Amour We hike the...

I may be a bit early in saying this, but it looks like spring has sprung at 5R Farm. It’s been just over a week since the last of the 18...

We’ve been snowed in at the farm for five days due to 18 inches of snow that just won’t melt, so what better way to spend the time than...

Last weekend I was planting seeds in the greenhouse, weeding the garden in just a T-shirt, and thinking spring was right around the...

We had some sad news at 5R Farm recently which is that I lost two of my best lap chickens in December, the remaining two Sweet Peas. They...

Usually around this time of year, when it’s cold and rainy out, I’m hard at work looking through the endless pile of gardening catalogues...

Now that we’ve gotten settled in at the farm, we’re trying to make time to take the occasional break from the chores and get out and...

I never get tired of watching the antics of Brown Rooster from the back door. When it’s not raining I usually put him outside of the...

It’s been beautiful at the farm for the last week after the first snow of the season. The temperature didn’t get above freezing for over...

(Originally posted on UndercoverCaterer.com) You may or may not have noticed a little box on the sidebar of this here blog advertising 5R...

Now that it’s getting dark so early and the number of daylight hours is almost at its annual low, the ladies’ egg production has dropped...

We’ve had several frosty mornings here at 5R Farm lately, but the ladies and gents are taking it all in stride. They can easily manage in...

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. – Arthur Conan Doyle It’s been a month since...

Last weekend we took a big step in our journey toward self-sufficiency at 5R Farm. You may recall from The Rooster Dilemma post that...

It’s that time of year when many chickens go through the annual process of molting and grow a new set of feathers. It’s easy to tell when...