Welcome back to our series “The Chicken Profiler”! It’s been a long while since I’ve posted one of these blogs – far too long really. When the bobcat came in and killed most of our flock, I lost a lot of motivation to even talk about them. It was really hard for me to focusContinue reading “The Chicken Profiler – Polish”
Tag Archives: chicken keeping
The Cost of: Raising Chickens for Eggs
An analysis of the cost of raising chickens for eggs.
Raising Meat Chickens: 2nd Year Lessons
5 things we did differently from before and even more goals for how we’d like to do it next year.
My Homestead: Should I Invest in Incubation?
A comprehensive Pro vs Con list of whether or not incubating eggs is right for our homestead.
Meet Our Newest Flock Members!
An introduction to the chicks we added to our flock March 2019.
Homestead Update – January & February 2019
A recap for the months of January and February of 2019 at Gillis Gardens, LLC.
Just for Fun- Celebrity Farmers
Celebrities who spend their free time out on the farm.
Spring Chick Order
The ten breeds of laying hens we are investing in this year.
2018 Goals Recap
The end of year reckoning- how well did we do accomplishing our goals?