A new batch of meat birds arrived this morning!
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We have been using heritage breeds instead of the hybrid birds. It takes these birds longer to get to a good butcher weight, but they are able to forage and enjoy the pasture whereas the hybrid meat birds tend to have health issues and sometimes grow so fast their legs can’t support their weight. I’m not bashing the hybrid birds, just explaining that we prefer the heritage breeds.
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These little guys will be ready in 12-16 weeks.
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#meatbirds #heritagechickens #chicks #chicksofinstagram #raiseyourownfood #homestead #homesteading #homesteadlife #backtobasics @meyer_hatchery
Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar eating Butterfly Weed!
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#monarchcaterpillar #monarchbutterfly #butterfly #butterflyweed #caterpillar #caterpillareating #nomnom #yummy #yumyum #justinbieber #backtobasics
Happy 4th of July to everyone! Have a fun and safe holiday!!
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#watermelon #feelslikesummer #summertime #summer #chickens #ducks #chickensofinstagram #ducksofinstagram #backyardpoultry #pasturedpoultry #backtobasics
Quick and easy pallet raised bed with trellis for cucumbers (or any vining plants).
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An easy way to add a little verticals veggie growing space! You don’t need a lot of space to grow some veggie.
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#containergardening #containergarden #growyourownfood #smallgarden #cucumbers #veggietrellis #vegetabletrellis #palletgarden #thisishowwedoit #pallets #palletproject
Ugh. It’s Japanese Beetle season. 😡
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#japanesebeetle #beetle #beetles #grapevine #grapes #organicgardening #backtobasics
#farmlife #livinthedream #chickens #ducks #chickensofinstagram #rooster #goldenretriever #farmdog #hammock #settledown #family #smallfarm #handsinthedirt #backtobasics #slowdown
@cooper.the.goldenfarmdog rolled in something gross! Some random animal poop is my guess...he got an outdoor shower and all cleaned up.
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#goldenretriever #goldenretrieversofinstagram #goldensofinstagram #goldens #gross #yuck #outdoorshower #dogbath #farmdog
Making microgreens powder
Playing ball with Cooper...maybe Chloe and Claire want to play too? I don’t know about that, but Cooper is ready for me to throw it again! 😂😂
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#lifeonthefarm #farmlife #cooper #goldenretriever #throwtheball #minifarm #sheep #southdowns #blackfacesheep #smallfarm #backtobasics
Happy Thanksgiving! These turkeys were right outside our house yesterday afternoon...we let them all go. Lol
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#happythanskgiving #thanksgiving #turkey #turkeyday #wildturkey #countryliving #wildlife #backtobasics
10 minutes after coming inside, this is what my helper was doing. Lol!
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#cooper #farmdog #mansbestfriend #goldenretriever #goldenretriever #smallfarm #backtobasics
The chickens always enjoy it when we get rid of our fall pumpkin decorations. There are a lot of vitamins and nutrients in the pumpkin and its seeds.
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#backyardchickens #chickens #homestead #homesteading #pumpkin #compost #composting #wastenothing #backtobasics
I started worm farming today! Worms aerate the soil and produce the best all natural fertilizer in the world! They can turn almost any organic material into high quality soil.
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I will be using worms as an important part of our fruit and vegetable growing system. These worms are just the beginning of our regenerative agriculture plan to be able to rebuild and replenish our soil. This will be a system that is easy to duplicate and it can be scalable to different sizes of gardens, orchards, fields.
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#worms #redworms #wormcomposting #composting #compost #regenerativeagriculture #regenerativefarming #replenishthesoil #vermiculture #vermiponics #backtonatural #backtobasics #knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom #knowyourfarmer
If you peck the metal post water will come out? Wow! 🐓💧
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#chicks #chickenwaterer #water #meatbirds #cornishcross #chicksofinstagram #chickens #chickensofinstagram #backyardchickens #learntodrink #smallfarm #backtobasics #growyourown #knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom
The chicks are here!!!
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We’re raising one batch of meat birds this fall (starting today 😂)! They will be ready in mid December. Looks like a lot of fun!! Can’t wait to watch them grow!
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#pasturedpoultry #pastureraisedchicken #chicks #meatbirds #cornishcross #chicksofinstagram #backyardchickens #backyardpoultry #growyourownfood #backtobasics
Claire was testing out her new surroundings...and new electric fence today. Ouch!
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#pasturedlamb #lamb #lambs #lambsofinstagram #smallfarm #electricfence #pasture #pastureraised #grass #grassfed #grassfedlamb #growingfarm #backtobasics
There’s a new noise in the old barn!! This old barn and small farm is starting to come back to life!
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Meet Claire (black face) and Chloe (aka Stubby), the newest addition to Baaah-ck To Natural Farm!!
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#lambs #lambsofinstagram #ewes #ewe #baah #growingnewfarmers #lambsandchickens #homestead #homesteading #backtobasics
The patio is buzzing with bees finding some of the last pollen of the season.
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#bees #homestead #homesteading #savethebees #backtobasics
The chickens and ducks are loving their expanded foraging area...especially the leaf compost pile from last fall! It’s a process getting everything the way we want it to be at our new farm, but we’re getting there. .
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#backyardchickens #backyardchickensofinstagram #chickensofinstagram #chickens #ducksofinstagram #ducks #backyardpoultry #homesteadchickens #homestead #homesteading #pasturedeggs #pasturedpoultry #farmfresheggs #backtobasics #learnhowtodostuff #learnhowtohomestead #homesteadclasses #sustainableliving #learntogarden #learntohomestead
Hopefully this is all the closer the crop dusters get to our farm.
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#cropduster #nochemicals #nogmo #nongmo #noglyphosate #noroundup #whataretheyspraying #nodrift #driftwatch #dontspraymyfood #allnatural #natural #backtonatural #backtobasics
Even our dogs like microgreens!! They’re packed with nutrition and they taste great!!
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#microgreens #dogs #nutrientdense #packedwithnutrients #allnatural #eathealthy #microfarm #microfarming #backtobasics #eatlocalgrown
Finally getting the greenhouse all cleaned out, working on getting rid of the grass and weeds! Of course it started raining again. That’s ok! I love the sound of the rain. My favorite thing to do when I was a kid was to go out into my parents glass greenhouses during a thunderstorm...especially at night in the dark. It was amazing! It was like being outside watching the storm, but not getting wet...or struck by lightening. Lol. It was beautiful!!
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#raining #rainingagain #heartherain #listentotherain #summerrain #cleanup #greenhouse #giterdone #workingintherain #getbacktobasics #backtobasics
Happy May Day everyone! May Day is right...this wind is crazy!! The temperature went from 44 degrees to 65 in about 2 hours because of the ridiculous south west wind. I hope it settles down before it rips the plastic off my greenhouse.
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#mayday #happymayday #windy #wind #springstorms #backtobasics #getbacktobasics #microfarm #smallfarm #greenhouse
If you don’t mind...I would like some privacy so I can lay my egg now. NOW!!
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#eggsong #noisychicken #chickens #chickensofinstagram #farmfresheggs #farmfresh #productionred #rhodeislandreds #homestead #homesteading #farmlife #smallfarm #microfarm #backtobasics
This is from inside the chicken enclosure...the empty chicken enclosure because every chicken and duck is inside the coop...all day...by their choice. They aren’t as dumb as you might think. 😉
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It is currently 7 degrees with 25 mph winds gusting to 30mph which gives us a windchill of -14 degrees. It actually isn’t too bad out right now if you’re dressed for it. Obviously tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night are going to be much worse and very dangerous. Please pay attention and be careful if you have to be outside.
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#cooooold #polarvortex #polarvortex2019 #stayinside #winter #winter2019 #chickens #chickensofinstagram #ducks #ducksofinstagram #microfarm #smallfarm #backtobasics
Really cool sunset yesterday when I got to work.
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#indianasunset #sunset #wintersunset #indiana #farmlife #farmliving #sustainableliving #microfarm #smallfarm #backtobasics
Must be afternoon nap time. 😴😴🐶🐱
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#naptime #pets #puppy #dog #cat #lazyafternoon #farmpets #microfarm #sustainableliving #smallfarm #backtobasics #simplelife