Egg Production Winding Down

Egg Production Winding Down

Oct 2, 2019 | birds & poultry

With the fall equinox behind us the days are noticeably getting shorter. A month ago, I was shutting the chickens in at 8. Now, they’re in by 7:15. By the time we “fall back”, they’ll be in by the time I get off of work and home, so when...

Itty Bitty Chickie Update: Now With Pictures!

Sep 29, 2019 | birds & poultry

I haven’t posted about the itty bitty chickens lately and when I cleaned their pen yesterday and moved them out of the brooder box and into the playpen directly, I took some pictures. This is the naked neck serama and a frizzle. Enjoy!
Preparing For Winter Bunny Style

Preparing For Winter Bunny Style

Sep 26, 2019 | Bunny Tales

I’ve talked a lot about making sure that my horses have enough hay for winter, and considering that many of us in the equine world call them “hay burners”, well that makes sense. But did you know rabbits also need a lot of grass and vegetation each...
Egg Production Winding Down

Freida The Frizzle

Sep 24, 2019 | birds & poultry

My little itty bitty chickens are getting feathered out and to the stage where I can see what I have. The genetics of these chickens were serama (tiny), naked neck, and some frizzle. A frizzle chicken looks as if it has a bad case of bed head, except all over its...

How to come back from writing burn out (Writing Advice)

Sep 23, 2019 | writing

My latest writing advice blog post over at my Patreon just went public, so I’m inviting you to hop on over and see it. Here’s a snippet: Last week we talked about how to recognize burn out. Now, how do you come back from it? If you rely on writing for your...
Update on Hay Fund Raising (Sunday Horses)

Update on Hay Fund Raising (Sunday Horses)

Sep 22, 2019 | horse stuff

For today’s Sunday Horses post, I wanted to give a thank you and a shout out to everyone who has helped me in my fundraising goal. As of yesterday’s delivery we have 3 loads of hay (18 bales), and as of the first of the month I’ll have four, which is...
Egg Production Winding Down

The curse of 25 cent chickens…

Sep 17, 2019 | birds & poultry

There’s a ham radio meeting tonight, which means I’ve got roughly an hour and a half between the end of work and when the meeting starts. And, the meeting venus is about halfway to the nearest TSC. I’ve got a coupon I need to use, and I could use...

How to recognize burnout for authors (Writing Advice)

Sep 16, 2019 | writing

My latest writing advice blog post over at my Patreon just went public, so I’m inviting you to hop on over and see it. Here’s a snippet: Writers reach burnout due to a variety of factors these days, the biggest one being the state of the market. When I...
Update on Hay Fund Raising (Sunday Horses)

Breyer Horses: A Gateway Drug

Sep 15, 2019 | horse stuff

Now that I’m done going through mom’s boxes, the next big project is straightening and organizing the house now that we know what we have and where we need to put it. One of these items are my remaining Breyer horses. You see, in the late 80’s and...