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July 9, 2012 in Chickens, Ducks, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
Cleaning Eggs To clean or not to clean…. THAT is the question! Well folks…. I clean them. I have read many articles telling me that it is best not to clean your eggs. Instead you are supposed to take the eggs straight from the coop and stick them in your fridge. THEY say that by [...]
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February 25, 2012 in Ducks, Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient by Cathy
Should you help ducklings out of their shell? No! Well…in my case….YES! (Here is why) I wouldn’t normally help a duckling out of its shell. They should be able to get out on their own; HOWEVER, my donar incubator, Chippy Chip Chipster the Chippiest of Chippy Chickens, decided to reject the little peeps beneath her. It [...]
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February 20, 2012 in Cathy's Videos, Chickens, Chickens and Duck Videos, Ducks, Farm and Garden Videos, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient, Videos by Cathy
Learn what “The Deep Litter Method” means when freshening up the chicken coop and how it helps to keep your poultry warm during the winter months. 
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February 7, 2012 in Cathy's Videos, Chickens, Chickens and Duck Videos, Ducks, Farm and Garden Videos, Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient, slide show videos, Videos by Cathy
Here is a typical morning at Heritage Hollow! I show you some of my duck and chicken breeds and the different coloured eggs they lay…including green!
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January 7, 2012 in Chickens, Ducks, Funny Farm, Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
I’m very lucky…My husband is quite the handy fellow…AND…he really does ALOT for me (even when he doesn’t want to). It can’t be easy living with me…. I get bored very easily and I’m always dreaming up something. For example: Me: “Hon, I think we should get another dog” Buddley (his nickname since high school) : “No” [...]
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September 9, 2011 in Ducks, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
Poor Poor Poor Elvis with his bum leg, wiggly tail and his puffty puff…….. was taken…but not by a coyote… He was taken by a FOX! First time I ever cried over a bird. We nursed little Elvis since he was a baby. He was extremely gentle and sweet. I am so MAD! My husband sat [...]
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July 23, 2011 in Ducks, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
Bad Dog! Bubbles, our farm mascot, and beloved pet duck, best friend and lover of Elvis, Queen of the Pond, Mother of Weber and Splash, was taken along with her friends Pepe and Snow White, by a large Coywolf the size of my German Shepherd. I know this because I saw him. A beautiful red [...]
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December 9, 2010 in Ducks, Funny Farm, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
“What the heck is all this white stuff?” “Ask Bubbles, she’ll know what to do!” “Gather Round, Gather Round! I’m calling an emergency meeting!” “It’s settled…this white stuff sucks! Even the dog’s gone crazy…he’s eating wood again! We’re going back to BED!”
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November 22, 2010 in Ducks, Funny Farm, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
I hope he doesn’t step on us! We bought a pair of ducklings named Frank and Bean When they grew up, Bean was nice and Frank was mean Elvis came along with a big hairdo And took away a girl or two Frank got mad and tried to kill him But Bean got protective and got inbetween em [...]
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November 11, 2010 in Ducks, Funny Farm, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show funny farm by Cathy
If you haven’t met Elvis before…Here he is! Strike a Pose! And I LOVE HIM! Today he is having a particularly good hair day. You see Elvis doesn’t always have a spectacular bufont. Sometimes, when he’s having a rough day he looks like he got roughed up by a gang of hoodlums. You see Elvis is Lame…Rescued [...]
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August 10, 2010 in Ducks, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
The Baby Peeps are three weeks old today! They have officially graduated to the big kid swimming pool…..sigh
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August 1, 2010 in Ducks, Funny Farm, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show funny farm by Cathy
Is that the Human Man Dude over there? What we call the Funny Farm, our ducks call the world. It’s all they know. I’m not really sure if they realize there is anything beyond the front field. If they do they have never ventured there. There is too many interesting things around here to keep them occupied; like [...]
