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Velvet today gave birth to her second calf, a healthy bull calf. Dexters are such easy birthers. We knew she was due soon, but just like last time we didn’t […]

Over the past few market days, a number of people have expressed a desire for smaller broilers. So this week we processed 12 chickens all about 3 pounds each. We […]

This was our first week back at the Lampasas County Farmer’s Market for 2025. Our new marketing director (our daughter) has revamped our booth with custom table cloth and better […]

Once the Christmas season came around, all our chickens stopped laying! We were down to as little as 6 eggs per day from our 40 layers and started to get […]

(yes, all puns are intended) It’s Christmas time and here at the end of 2024, we wanted to give an update from the local yolkels as to where we stand […]

Today we spent our first weekend at the Lampasas County Farmer’s Market. We took about 20 dozen eggs and about 7 whole broiler frozen chickens. The weather was great and […]

In anticipation of starting to go to the Lampasas Farmer’s Market, we got a batch of 20 Cornish Cross broilers to raise and be able to sell. The first problem […]

After only two weeks (and a nice family vacation to Arizona for my oldest son’s Army AIT graduation), we had to move the purple flock to the intermediate brooder because […]

The original red flock started with 13 chickens and a rooster. Over the course of the years, we hatched 17 eggs from them, with about half being roosters. We processed […]

This flock has been designated as the Purple Flock. We initially purchased 15 chicks from Ideal in Cameron, TX, but instead of 15 chicks, they sent us 25! With this […]

Here’s some cow photos for your internet enjoyment. Gideon has been separated from the ladies for the past month. Twice he got out of his paddock, one time getting over […]

After a week or so of mornings with no milk, we’ve decided to give up the milking until next year for a number of reasons. As mentioned before, first time […]

Today we started seeing the first eggs from the yellow flock. Of course, the eggs are the smaller pullet eggs as you would expect from a group that just started […]

We planted a few things in the garden this year. It’s hard to get things to grow to harvest because the chickens keep finding a way into the garden no […]

Now that warmer weather is here to stay, the green flock moved into the yard and into the secondary chicken tractor and out of the gardening shed. The secondary tractor […]

After a week, we have increased milk production from the single glass to over a pint (mostly from Rosie). I am confident that the milk production will continue to increase […]

Today we started the milking routine for the cows. We are not expecting much now since these are first mamas and the calves are still young but instead wanted to […]

With our two cows now providing milk, we needed some way to get them into a head gate so we could easily milk them. We purchased this from the fine […]

After Velvet delivered earlier in the week, we expected Rosie to follow on fairly quickly. However, she held on for a few more days and finally delivered her calf on […]

Today the yellow flock made their way from the back yard area to the south pasture, where the cows had been kept over the winter. The A-frame chicken tractor (built […]