Low egg production, or An After-Easter Egg hunt

My four adult chickens have been giving us an average of 3.75 eggs a day for the last month or so, which is the normal rate for roughly March until about September.  About two weeks ago, I noticed the egg production was tapering off, with one or two eggs a day becoming routine. Being early […]

Rabbits

Here is my rabbit raising timeline. I will update this as I breed, harvest, sell, trade, etc. I will try to post anything other than feeding or interacting with them. Water is on an automatic gravity system that provides for all rabbits, ducks, chickens, and quail. Daily rabbit feeding and takes about 5 minutes. I […]

Calendars

I am trying to log my every day homesteading work for your benefit as well as my own. Go here for my rabbits timeline of work invested and returns: http://floridahillbilly.com/calendars/rabbits/ —- Go here for my birds timeline of work invested and returns: http://floridahillbilly.com/birds-chickens-ducks-quail/ —- Go here for my garden timeline of work invested and returns: […]

Whoami?

As I was typing out my plans for 2012, I realized you probably don’t know what I have currently, or what my homestead situation is. So here it goes. I’m married, two daughters at home, another married and on her own out of state.My wife, Elizabeth, works as an analyst with two weeks in her […]