Two Chicks and A Roo Homestead

05/15/2026

When you are in charge tortoise-sitting, the best place for him is fresh grass and the chicken tractor.

Safe to say he is staying safe on the homestead!

🐢🐓🐕

05/15/2026

Decided to check on the turnips, might be time to harvest!

I think there are several "jumbo" ones. 😂

05/14/2026

Sold a few chicks and customer requested all female and somehow we hit the jackpot, 8 out of 8 pullets! 🐥

Fast results from Knights Poultry and Lab LLC.

05/10/2026

All the chicken feet have been bagged up. There are several uses, we use for bone broth!

Feet are now in the deep freezer!

05/10/2026

This springs cornish cross was successful.

We culled at 8 weeks and 3 days.

100% of ours survived to harvest date.

Here are three of the biggest birds.

Cornish cross are from Valley Farms Hatchery .

Feed is from Taylor Family Farm

05/10/2026

05/09/2026

Time to get this party started!

05/08/2026

Tomorrow is the day to process our meat chickens!

Food trough is empty and they are thinking its feeding time, unfortunately no more food for them. Its time to empty their crops.

Will be weighing each one before culling and then again after finished.

05/04/2026

Roasting up 2 more of our home raised chickens.

Both a bit of the smaller birds, around 6lbs, stillgonna be delicious.

05/03/2026

Roasting up 2 of our home raised chickens.

Both over 8lbs, gonna be delicious.

Seasoned with butter and our own garlic seasoning & rosemary, which are freeze dried.