Dawson Acre Homestead

05/25/2026

Hello All 👋
I know I've kinda disappeared over here. And it's mainly because we're just living and consumed in each day. The hours are long and the days are beyond full. We've experienced so many blessings and also some true hardships. This is all part of this lifestyle. But we are all happy and healthy - still grinding harder than ever before. What an amazing feeling of gratitude for what He has given us 🙏

03/05/2026

We still have little fluffy butts available. 😊🤍🖤

A week old tomorrow. Pm if interested.

03/01/2026

Well our house is no longer a barn (for now anyway 😉)

Little bottle baby Axel got his new friend today, so they are enjoying an area in the big barn together. 💙🐐💙🐐

And the chicks moved out of the house into the big brooder!
🐣💜🐣🧡🐣🩷🐣💚🐣

02/28/2026

Babies!!! 🐣🐣🐣
These little ones will be ready for you tomorrow (3/1)! 15 available

$4 each or all 15 for $50.

They are unsexed and BYM.

For fun, they are a possible combo of any of the following:
Ayam Cemani
White Leghorn
Rhode Island Red
Third generation Easter Egger
Second generation Olive Egger
Speckled Sussex
Silver Double Laced Barnevelder
Barred Rock
Welsummer
Golden Laced Wyandotte

Please PM if interested 😊

02/15/2026

🐥 🐣
Welllll....woops?? 🤔😆
We have too many chickens as it is, but I couldn't help loading an incubator up a week ago just to do a trial run. I honestly didn't expect much since it had been so terribly cold and the eggs we've been using didn't show high fertility rates.
So far 25 out of 28 eggs have happy healthy chicks in them! 😳🤣

If you'll be ready for chicks soon, these will be hatching two weeks from today. They are all barnyard mix, as I have not done any separations yet.

02/14/2026

With trying to remove absolutely all chemicals from our lives, this was our next step. Every time I wash my daughter's hair or my own, I cringe. It is time to make our own shampoo! If this one doesn't suit my liking, I'll bite the bullet and make bars. But if this recipe suffices - how simple and easy! And what a better peace of mind!

02/12/2026

This boy has now been doing barn chores completely by himself for the last few days - from hay and feed, to filling waters, to collecting eggs. He has been begging for this and he's nailing it 😁 Every morning he can't wait to complete his school work to get outside to the animals. I am so proud of him and this is such a bittersweet moment for this momma heart as I watch my little boy growing up on me 🥹

~The challenges and triumphs of farm life and livestock can teach you more about life, love and grit than any classroom ever could.

02/11/2026

It's true 🐄 🐐 🐑 🐥 🐇 🐎 😉

02/11/2026

02/02/2026

Just a reminder that hands-on crafting, stemming and building are important learning skills and "school" too. Especially when you're 5 and 7 years old. 😃