The Micro.blog challenge word for day 21 is “colors”. Here’s a picture of our custom chicken coop from the recent ice storm, with the translucent icicles and white snow adding to the many colors of the coop, inspired by Caribbean houses. 📷 #mbfeb
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The Micro.blog challenge word for day 19 is “alive”. Quality feed not only keeps our chickens alive, but also healthy, happy, and productive, when combined with tasty treats. 🐓📷 #mbfeb
On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
On the homestead blog: more pictures from our ice storm: generator, chickens, ducks, bees. ❄️🔌🐓🦆🐝❄️
On the homestead blog: some snowy duck and chicken pictures, plus the ducks using the new island, which makes me happy. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
On the homestead blog: it’s quack and cluck day. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “layers”. Our 19 chickens are good layers, averaging about 14 eggs per day in summer; the number reduces to only one or two during fall molting, but is starting to ramp up again now, at about five per day. 🐓🥚📷 #mbfeb
On the homestead blog: one of my many homestead tasks is mucking out our two chicken coops and duck house. 🐓🦆
On the homestead blog: a bunch of pictures of hummingbirds, chickens, and ducks. I know, very surprising for a Flock Friday post. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
On the homestead blog: Welcome to Flock Friday! I couldn’t help myself, I succumbed to the Bernie meme with a couple of the pictures this week. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓