In Part 1 of this series I posted the considerations we take into consideration in our pig housing. In Part 2 I detailed the first pig houses we made. Today in Part 3 I will detail our second pig house design, a hoophouse! Here are some prior posts about hoophouses for more tips and tricks: […]
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Pig Housing Part 3 of 3: The Hoop House
Posted in Hogs, Uncategorized, tagged american guinea hog, chickens, ducks, goats, hogs, hoophouse, winter on February 6, 2017 | 1 Comment »
Friday on the Farm 2/03/17: Farm Store Open Saturday, Piglet Update
Posted in Farm Store, Friday on the Farm, Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, ducks, eggs, hogs, homestead, piglets, pork on February 3, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Farm Store Open This Saturday 12-4pm This Saturday is the first Saturday of the month, which means the farm store will be open! Come by to get some of our delicious pork! We also have duck eggs on sale, 10% off this Saturday only. Piglet Update: They’re Eating Solids The piglets are a month old […]
Weathering the Winter: Water
Posted in Chickens, Ducks, Goats, Hogs, Rabbits, tagged american guinea hog, chickens, ducks, goats, Rabbits, water, winter on December 19, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Every winter we work hard to ensure the animals have access to water. With several animal pens, this can be a challenge. It can be frustrating to refill a water bowl with fresh water only to have it freeze in a matter of hours. Here are some tips we’ve learned along the way that may […]
Homestead Things I Love
Posted in Animals, Chickens, dogs, Ducks, Goats, Layers, Uncategorized, tagged chickens, dogs, ducks, eggs, food, goat milk, goats, raw milk on August 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been so busy recently, I haven’t had the time to post about all the amazing things we’re doing! The posts will come, I promise. Still, I wanted to spend a few minutes sharing some homestead things I love right now. Roll Out Nesting Boxes If I could go back in time, I would have […]
New Poultry Feeder Setup, Great for Chickens and Ducks!
Posted in Chickens, Ducks, Farm, Layers, Meat Chickens, Uncategorized, tagged chicken, chickens, ducks, eggs, feed, feeder on August 4, 2016 | 1 Comment »
With so many animals and only two farmers, we are constantly looking for ways to be more efficient with our farm tasks. Efficiencies in daily tasks such as feeding and watering pay huge dividends. A customer recently shared a poultry feeder design that we’ve implemented with great success! Here are a couple links (Link 1, […]
Farm Fresh Food: Duck Egg Crustless Quiche with Goat Cheese
Posted in Ducks, Food & Beverage, Garden, Goats, tagged cheese, ducks, eggs, food, garden, goat milk, goats, milk, raw milk on July 5, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
While we have all these lofty reasons for having a homestead, at the end of the day what keeps us going is that we get to eat amazing food. We produce some pretty delicious stuff! This quiche is one of our favorites in the spring and summer as it’s quick and easy, which is exactly what […]
This Weekend’s Activities
Posted in Food & Beverage, Goats, Hogs, Layers, Rabbits, tagged chickens, ducks, eggs, food, goats, homestead, Rabbits on May 18, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
We have a lot lined up for the Loudoun Farm Tour this weekend! Our ducks will be out front to welcome you upon arrival. Ducklings will be showing off their antics in a pen. Then we have goat kids and piglets that are ready to be fed and petted. For the daring, the adult pigs and […]
Update: Ducks & Rabbits Sold Out! More Rabbits Coming Soon…
Posted in Ducks, Rabbits, tagged ducks, Rabbits on March 26, 2016 | 2 Comments »
The ducklings we are selling in April are now sold out. If you still want ducklings, contact us to get on the waiting list. We had 40 rabbit kits weaned at the beginning of March, and all of those have now sold! We will have another 3 litters available in mid-April, plus 7 more at […]
Weathering the Winter: Ducks
Posted in Ducks, Uncategorized, tagged ducks, homestead, winter on March 3, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s Weathering the Winter series post details our winter management for ducks. This winter we have a flock of 16 Khaki Campbell ducks, which we use for egg laying purposes. The ducks are one of our hardiest animals, and seem to do just fine in cold, snowy weather. There’s a reason humans take their feathers to insulate […]
Ducklings for Sale This Spring & Raising Ducks Class This Saturday
Posted in Ducks, tagged ducks, homestead on March 1, 2016 | 1 Comment »
This spring we are once again offering Khaki Campbell ducklings for sale! The ducklings will be available for pickup April 21-24, and are $8 each. There’s a limited supply of ducklings, so reserve yours now. We love our Khaki Campbell ducks. They supply us with plenty of delicious eggs, and they’re a joy to watch […]
Surviving the Snowstorm!
Posted in Animals, Ducks, Energy, Farm, Goats, Hogs, Layers, Rabbits, tagged american guinea hog, ducks, feeder, goats, homestead, snow, tractor, winter on January 27, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Along with much of the East Coast, we just endured a record-breaking snowstorm. When you live on a homestead with livestock, weather is a big deal. The livestock need to be cared for every day, and that means getting to them, and making sure they can get around, no matter what the weather. As we […]
Weekend Update
Posted in Farm, tagged ducks, hogs, snake, tractor on June 28, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
This was a busy weekend on the farm! We have a lot of livestock for sale and have been busy helping customers get started with their homesteading projects while maintaining our own homestead! Our lawn had been getting pretty overgrown recently because our tractor, which we use to keep the grass trimmed, has a bent […]
Duck Hoop House v2.0 [Video]
Posted in Ducks, tagged ducks, hoop house on May 21, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
We experimented with a hoop house designs for our ducks over this winter and spring. Checkout our latest iteration… Did you know that we’ll have fresh, never frozen, pekin duck available soon? Sign up for our mailing list to be first to hear about this new offering!
Friday on the Farm- 4/10/15
Posted in Ducks, Goats, Layers, Meat Chickens, tagged chickens, chicks, dogs, ducks, eggs, goats on April 9, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Oh my goodness do we have some fun stuff going on at the homestead! All kinds of livestock fun has been going on, read about it below! Chicks! So Many Chicks! And Ducklings Too… Over the past few weeks we have had so many chicks! We’ve had laying hen chicks, meat chicken chicks, meat duck […]
Chickens and Ducks
Posted in Chickens, Ducks, tagged chickens, ducks, feed on March 26, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I feel like we have quite the barnyard going on. When we had the ducks living in with the chickens, it was one of those times. This video captures the energy of a bunch of fowl at feeding time. Enjoy watching the antics of the animals! We have since moved the ducks out to their […]
Raising Ducks 101
Posted in Ducks, tagged ducks, eggs, feed, food, garden on March 26, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quick post addressing some of the questions I get most frequently when we sell ducklings. Most questions apply to anyone who’s considering raising ducks, with some specific to the scenario of buying ducklings from us. For more information, I’d recommend checking out all our duck blog posts. Housing Ducklings Ducklings should be housed […]
Friday on the Farm- 2/27/15
Posted in Beekeeping, Chickens, Ducks, Friday on the Farm, Goats, Household, Layers, tagged bees, chicken, chickens, chicks, ducks, eggs, goats, hens, homestead on February 27, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been another busy week on the homestead. This morning we’ve been busy preparing for the pekin ducks that will arrive next week! Look forward to some delicious, healthy pastured duck meat to be available around the beginning of May. Love for Whispering Willow Lip Balm I recently tested the Whispering Willow Lip Balm we […]
Friday on the Farm- 2/20/15
Posted in Ducks, Friday on the Farm, Goats, Hogs, tagged cold weather, ducks, feed, fodder, goats, hens, hogs on February 20, 2015 | 1 Comment »
It’s been another chilly week here on the farm! While it feels like spring may never come, I remind myself that this cold weather means less pests will survive winter and be around to cause trouble in spring and summer. More Goats! This past week we added two more goats to the homestead! First I picked […]
Farm Update!
Posted in Animals, Chickens, dogs, Ducks, Goats, Hogs, tagged cold weather, dogs, ducks, egg production, eggs, goats, hogs, homestead, weather on February 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Even though it’s winter, we’ve been very busy around the farm! Here’s a summary of just some of the activities from the past few weeks: New Dairy Goat! Hello, my name is Adrienne, and I have a livestock problem. If you’ve been with us for a while, you may have heard us say 2015 is […]
Duckling Update
Posted in Ducks, tagged ducks, eggs, homestead on December 28, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Remember those adorable little ducklings that arrived in the beginning of November? We kept the ducklings in a brooder for a few weeks as it was so cold outside, and they didn’t have any insulating feathers yet. Overall the brooder worked fine, but if you’re considering ducks, be aware that they smell! They love to […]
Ducklings!
Posted in Ducks, tagged ducks, eggs, homestead on November 17, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
We have a new species on the farm: ducks! We have discussed ducks for a while, but we didn’t want to commit to more animals unless they added value. Since our eggs are selling like crazy, we realized we could use more egg layers. I’m happy with the number of chickens we have and didn’t really […]
End of a Journey, Start of Another
Posted in Chickens, tagged bees, chickens, crate, ducks, friends, hens, homestead, new home on May 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Martha was able to reach out to a co-worker who she had heard kept chickens. We asked if they would be willing to take in our hens since we could no longer keep them. Thankfully they graciously accepted to take them and offered to give us fresh eggs from time-to-time as well. On top of all this it tuns out they are also homesteaders who strive to have an independent lifestyle, much like us!
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