Life With Animals
In the past 24 hours, we have had all the chickens (about 40) escape and 3 of the bunnies (out of 9) escape out of their cages. Eh…such is life with animals!! Thankfully we noticed them in time to be able to catch them all. …
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Large Family Raising Fruit John 15:5
Animals
Chickens – old & new
Our chicken journey began in May 2017 when we bought our first baby chicks. We purchased 15, received 17, 2 died & had 15 healthy chicks. We had a rough fall and winter & lost all but 4. So in February of 2018, we bought …
Fair Judging Results – Part 2
If you haven’t read Part 1 – you can read it here: https://applehurst.com/fair-judging-results-part-1/ Logan had his 2 Poultry entries on Friday – eggs laid by his chickens & his chicken Dominique who he incubated from our hen’s eggs. It was hotter on Friday, but still …
Fair judging results – Part 1
Xanna had 7 projects & Showmanship entered & received 1 Champion, 1 Reserve Grand Champion, 2 reserve Champion, 1 Honorable Mention, 1 Top of Class & the rest were all blue ribbons. She was chosen as a State delegate for her Creative Writing (Communications category) …
Eggs, eggs, glorious eggs….
We love having our chickens & yes, that means fresh eggs. We haven’t bought eggs in a long time. We purchased chicks 2 years ago, & it took a full year to start getting eggs, but for the past year we’ve enjoyed collecting fresh eggs …
Working on 4H projects
We are busy around here working on our 4H projects…sewing, baking, painting, writing. Chickens & rabbits & eggs, oh my!
Incubating & hatching chickens
We have had chickens for over 2 years, but this has been our first year to incubate eggs & hatch our own instead of purchasing them. It has been such a neat experience for our family & everyone is always excited by the new chickens. …
Sunday games
Yesterday afternoon we took a much needed day of REST! We played games, laughed a lot & were so thankful for the time. Instead of playing a game all together, we spent the afternoon playing games with 1 or 2 kids at a time. Often …