Rocking 69 Peck and Hop

06/01/2026

The boys were back in the front yard today. Their antlers are growing.

06/01/2026

Finally!!! Needed this so bad.

06/01/2026

Just some of the wildlife at my waterfill the other day. It’s nice to see them coming in again. ❤️

05/30/2026

First Muscovy hatch. Good morning peeps!

05/30/2026

First baby fluff butt I have seen this year. It was still wet, but on the move with mom. ❤️

05/28/2026

Oh my gosh!!! This is exciting news!!! Congratulations Tiny Dinosaurs Hatchery. I wish you all only the best!❤️❤️

🥁🥁🥁 DRUM ROLL PLEASE... 🥁🥁🥁

WE HAVE A NUMBER!!! 🎉🎉🎉

After months of paperwork, testing, cleaning, waiting, more paperwork, and questioning all of my life choices, Tiny Dinosaurs Hatchery is officially NPIP Certified!

And the big news?

Our Tiny Dinosaurs can officially travel across the country! We can now ship hatching eggs and day old poults!

Now, before anyone asks, no, I cannot officially call the flock "AI Clean" yet. Apparently passing the Avian Influenza test and being negative isn't enough. The program requires a full year of negative testing before that designation can be added to the listing.

This is a HUGE milestone for our little hatchery, and honestly, I'm still kind of doing the happy dance.

So if you've been waiting for hatching eggs or poults from Tiny Dinosaurs Hatchery.. Game on!

🦖🎉

05/28/2026

For those of you that has followed along or even commented on my original post about the complaint I had about my animals, here is more of the story…..
So as I stated before we bought this property three years ago. When we did we were handed the original covenants to the property. Come to find out in 1998 about 15 houses were out here and decided to be rezoned rural residential with no benefit to the development or thought to future owners. There are so many more houses out here now than there were back then. Most everyone I talked to who has bought in the last 10 years had no clue about the zoning or the ordinances.
Fast forward to today. I finally got a chance to go in and talk to the man who wrote my violation order. He explained that there were two separate complaints about my animals. Which I told him yes, I was pretty sure on that. I also sadly informed him this was the culmination of a friendship that ended years ago. I apologized for them having to deal with it and that I know who complained because I have caught them and their friends taking pictures of my property.
I am not going to go into every detail of this meeting, but I am excited about the possibility we discussed. I explained to him that when we bought the property three years ago the animals came with us. This is not anything new. I have been doing this for over ten years now. I also explained that I do not make money on my animals. Yes some people pay us for an animal, but it’s never at a profit. I raise good clean meat for those people that need or want that option without breaking the bank for those that can’t afford it on a regular basis. I raise meat and get eggs for those that are going through cancer treatments and can’t have meat pumped full of steroids and antibiotics. I think ya’ll get the picture.
He told me that with what I told him I should apply for a conditional use permit. That would allow me to continue to do what I do if it was approved. He explained what information I needed and what letters of support and validation I would need. We discussed an approach to this application and he let me know he would help me finalize it before I submitted it for review. It goes through a two step review process. If it fails any of those two I have an option to appeal it to a higher authority.
I am very blessed for those that have helped me dig for information and those that made great suggestions or sent me material that was relevant. For the rest, You do you boo. 😘😘

05/27/2026

We had visitors out our front window tonight. Four bucks and a doe. ❤️❤️

05/21/2026

Can you guess where I went today? Thai Pho with beef and liver. A bit of eel sauce added, sesame oil and Vietnamese hot chilies. I could eat this everyday!!

05/21/2026

Some of last nights shenanigans before bed time.