There’s something almost magical about a barn, especially an old barn with its weathered wood, its history and its memories. But it’s not all romance-it’s hard work. Satisfying hard work. Here, I’ll be posting my stories and lessons learned as we build our own new “old” barn and populate our forty-acre farm with chickens and ducks and goats, oh my!
Homemade Chicken House Kit
Trip to a Chicken Farm
Candling Eggs
As the Egg Turns
Lucky
Baby Book
Hatch Day
I Have Chickens
My Little Flock
Ordinary Splendor, Defined
Goodnight Chicks
It’s a Big World Now
A Little Golden Book Story
The Good, the Bad, and the Banty
Today in Banty History: The Fight for Freedom
Up with the Chickens (and the Goats)
Waiting, Waiting
The Secret Life of Chickens
Ducks
The Real Reason I Got a Tractor
Farm Cats
She Can Poop Wherever She Wants Today
Finding Sugar
When I’m a Cat
It’s a Sheep, It’s a Bear, It’s a Giant Puppy
I Hope She Doesn’t Have to Chase Any Coyotes in Her High Heels
Coco Takes a Bow
Coco Meets the Goats
Kids Today
Letter to Coco
Coco the Pest
The Path to the River, and a Tale of Two Dogs
Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats
Trip to a Goat Farm
Every Time God Laughs, Another Goat Baby Is Born
Our First Goats
I Have Goats
Hoof Trimming and Disbudding
Will Roll Logs Uphill for Cheese
And Then She Kicked Me
I Just Want Two Tablespoons of Milk, Is That Too Much to Ask?
You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country, But You Can’t Take the Country Out of the Boy
Score for Clover
Score for the Milkmaid
The Taming of Clover, Or How I Took the Tears Out of Milking
Those Naughty Kids
Clover the Self-Hobbling Goat
Handling Milk
Wild Birds
Make Your Own Wild Bird Suet
The Attack of the Hummingbirds
If You Give a Flying Dino a Cookie
Books
General
Barnyard in Your Backyard, by Gail Damerow
Chickens
Chickens in Your Backyard: A Beginner’s Guide, by Rick and Gail Luttmann
Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock, by Jay Rossier
Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, by Gail Damerow
Goats
Storey’s Guide to Raising Dairy Goats, by Jerry Belanger
Raising Milk Goats Successfully, by Gail Luttman
Resources
General
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
Learn about and raise heirloom breeds.
Chickens
The World of Jenotopia
Links to information on predators, housing, supplies, and breed information, plus chicken web cams and chicken blogs!
Incubation of Poultry
Part of the University of Missouri Extension Service’s Small Flock series.
The ICYouSee Handy-Dandy Chicken Chart
An alphabetical list of more than 60 chicken breeds with comparative information.
Murray McMurry Hatchery
The world’s largest rare breed hatchery.
Goats
Fias Co Farm
Goat care, health, information, cheesemaking.
Hoegger Goat Supply
Online store for goat farmers.
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