April 26, 2019

Not gonna recap the past 6 months. Really.

It’s technically been Spring for almost a month now…so why is it still 38 degrees and I still have to have my woodstove going practically *all* day? We have so much work to do outside, and we really need this weather to warm up. A bit of news…not all good, of course. Last year, one […]
November 2, 2018

Meat Chickens, Round 2

**This post contains images and descriptions of dispatching chickens. If blood and the slaughter of animals bothers you, SKIP THIS POST.** I think the last blog ended with the meat chickens having only 2 and a half weeks to go before dispatching day. We gave them another week, because they were on the smaller side. […]
October 1, 2018

Summer Recap!

I can officially say that I have never had a summer that was as busy as this one. Like, SERIOUSLY. In June, we flew to Kentucky for my sons wedding 🙂 It was gorgeous! And not only did I gain a wonderful daughter-in-law, I’m also now expecting a Grandson!!! We were there for 5 days, […]
May 3, 2018May 15, 2018

When I think I have the correct answer, but I can’t quite get a straight answer…

So, my ducks… This was my purchase from Tractor Supply: Obviously, I don’t want ducks that will fly away on me. Yes, I had done my research beforehand. In the reviews of these particular ducks, I saw this: Okay. So I wasn’t worried about getting a duck that would fly away. Then, I read on […]
April 25, 2018April 28, 2018

Chicken dispatching day came and went…

** If you are easily bothered by dead animals, you may want to skip this post, as some people might find the pictures below offensive. ** And holy hell, it came and went without a hitch! It was unbelieveable! Now, because we’ve never raised an animal to eat, I was really unsure of how we […]
April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

This post is about animals too. I lied.

So, going on my last post, where I talked about my chicken/duck order and all the chicken babies were dead… And I may of mentioned (( kidding, I totally fucking mentioned it more than once)) a replacement shipment.. well, guess what? Yep. As expected, those replacement babies were dead too. Fucking USPS kept that shipment […]
March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

The Rhoades Asylum just got a little bit bigger… and also smaller.

**I guess I should put in a warning here: there’s pictures of dead animals further down in the post. ** Three years ago, when we bought our first chickens, I also wanted to get some ducks. We were in Tractor Supply, I had my chickens in hand, and Mike said “No ducks. We’re not getting […]
August 6, 2015

How is already fucking August?

Jesus. Looks like my last post was in April, when I blogged about Mac’s birthday. Damn. Um, lots has gone on since then… I’ll gather up some shit, and go into detail with pictures later: Over April vacation, we added 7 chickens to our household (just found out that our silkie bantam is a rooster… […]