The Idaho Pioneer Farm

12/25/2023

I want to wish all my family and friends a very Merry Christmas!

May God bless you 🙏

07/23/2023

I have meaty back and breast bones, feet and necks available. I want to empty my freezers so I can move them and clean them before another batch fills them up. Today and tomorrow I’m available and I would like to empty them! $5/lb

Message me or text me at (208) 250-0842

03/17/2023

Well, this is odd and frustrating! Part of me feels like it is not a legitimate Facebook warning. Take a look and let me know what you think. Thank you! 🙏

01/26/2023

I have seen this floating around, and I too would like to share it.

❤️ 🐓🥚🙏

As baby chick season approaches and the price of eggs keeps rising, I’m sure a lot of people are tempted to raise chickens themselves. Before people flock (no pun intended 🤣) to their local farm store and start buying all the baby chicks please consider the following 10 fun facts….

1. Most hens do not start laying eggs until 18-22 weeks of age (that’s about 5 months give or take)

2. For the first few weeks of their lives baby chickens need to be kept at a temperature of around 95 degrees Fahrenheit

3. Chicks need to eat…SURPRISE! And like the price of everything else chicken feed has gone up. A 50lb bag of a layer is over $20.

4. Chickens molt…what does that mean? Your chicken will become ugly and stop laying eggs for a while.

5. Chickens don’t lay as many eggs in the winter months.

6. The average lifespan of a chicken is 5-10 years.

7. Predators such as foxes, coyotes, NEIGHBOR's dogs, and even raccoons will hunt your chickens.

8. Chickens will p**p EVERYWHERE and I mean everywhere so be prepared to clean their pen often or if they are free range be sure to check your step or look before you sit.

9. Chickens love to dig holes and destroy bedding around flowers in the yard, good luck keeping them from doing so.

10. Chickens can get medical issues just like any other animal.
I’m not trying to discourage anyone from raising their food I think it’s great. However, chickens are animals, animals that require attention and proper care.

So while I get that you don’t want to spend $7 on a dozen eggs double think about your decision before you go gung ho on being a chicken farmer. Just do your research, it’s not like getting a fish 🤦🏼‍♀️
Sincerely,
A fellow chicken owner
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01/28/2022

Desperate times call for desperate measures to be taken. :)

If I can get 500 new Facebook "Likes", I will nominate myself to be in the 2023 Chicken Daddies Calendar. No Joke!

It's all in good fun of course, but if you want to see me in Daisey Dukes with a Bevy of Beautiful Barnevelder's then get to sharing this post, and let's see what happens!


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01/07/2022

Vote for your favorite! :)

Veggie Showdown Round #1
CARROTS or ONIONS? Winner will proceed to the next round on 1/8/22

11/24/2021

Of all the things I am Thankful for, our 10-acre farm is one of them! ❤

11/16/2021

They ran to the groceries, they filled up their carts,
They emptied the Tops and Price Chopper and Walmart,
They panicked and fought and then panicked some more,
Then they rushed to their homes and they locked all the doors.

The food will be gone! The milk eggs and cheese!
The yogurt! The apples! The green beans and peas!
The stores have run out, now what will we do?
They’ll be starving and looting and nothing to do!

Then they paused, and they listened a moment or two.
And they did hear a sound, rising over the fear,
It started out far, then began to grow near.

But this sound wasn’t sad, nor was it new,
The farms were still doing what farms always do.

The food was still coming, though they’d emptied the shelves,
The farms kept it coming, though they struggled themselves,

Though the cities had forgotten from where their food came,
The farms made them food every day, just the same.
Through weather and critics and markets that fall,
The farms kept on farming in spite of it all.

They farmed without thank yous.
They farmed without praise.
They farmed on the hottest and coldest of days.

They’d bought all the food, yet the next day came more,
And the people thought of something they hadn’t before.
Maybe food, they thought, doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe farmers, perhaps, mean a little bit more. ❤️

Author Credit: Anna Richards at—2020 Consulting