Baby ducks are pretty darn cute. I must admit. Here is a video taken within the first hour of arriving. Drink, drink, drink and eat, eat, eat. As great as they are now, it is very exciting to think about getting duck eggs this fall. If you want to get on our mailing list we will be selling chicken and duck eggs starting this fall. We will be doing a weekly meetup in Asheville and Mars Hill. Here is the video. To get on the mailing list email us at sunnytruthfarm@gmail.com
Busy, Busy, Busy....Chicks, Chicks, and Ducklings (updated)
So busy with chicks hatching (more than expected), chicks being delivered (why did we do this), and ducklings being delivered. We decided to take two days worth of eggs and put them in the incubator and see what happened. We never checked for fertility and just thought of it as a test run for the incubator since we had only tried the turkey egg. Well 19 days later we had 19 chicks hatching out of 25 eggs put in. We candled the other 6 and 3 were not fertile and the rest just never fully developed. Not bad. Good job hens and roosters. Most of these are muts as the roosters are Marans and there are only 2 Maran hens, the rest are New Hampshire and Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks. Here are some pictures and a video. Have also posted pictures of the ducklings and chicks that we just got in today. Pretty hardy creatures to survive the trip in the mail, a human baby wouldn't.
It is so wild how quickly they go from weak looking creature to fluffy little chick, in a day! Below is the video. We are still registering for summer camp and we have started taking registration for our Nature Preschool.
Rain Barrel installed on the Chicken Coop
We finally got the gutter system and rain barrel installed on the mobile chicken coop. This is making life easier since we no longer have to haul water to wherever we have the coop on the property, we just fill up right there. Things are moving along here on the farm as we get ready for summer season. Don't forget about Summer Camp and our fall Nature Preschool!
Nature Preschool, our Waldkindergarten program...
Here is a good article talking about the type of preschool that we will be offering this fall. I've been wanting to run something like this for many years and things are finally coming together to make it reality. Hope you will come and join us. Click on the Nature Preschool link under Programs to read more about what we will be doing.
May 5 and it is chilly and wet...
So we made it to May and our weather for 2016 here has been winter, to summer, to spring, back to winter today. Yes it may be chilly here but it is cold on the high mountains around us. Here are some pictures below to show it. Both are Mount Mitchell. Here is the link http://nchighpeaks.org/Webcams So while we work in the gardens and prep for summer camp programs, winter is reminding us that it will soon return.
Spring garden
So despite the all the hard freezes in early April things are coming along nicely in our garden beds. Arugula, Spinach, Cabbage, Peas, Leeks, Lettuce, and most importantly Strawberries are doing great. This is our first full spring growing and things are going well. Here are some pics.
Sometimes you have to stop and enjoy your surroundings
Sometimes we get so busy we forget to look around and take in all the wonderful things that surround us. Toddlers do help sometimes in seeing the small things that are amazing. Our kids found this newly emerged Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly yesterday, which I would have totally missed as I was thinking about things that needed to get done while we walked back to the house. Also there are some lovely spring wildflowers out right now. So I am going to try to be more in the here and now and take in what is around me, because there is a lot of wonderful things that could be missed otherwise. Don't forget about our Summer Camp and our Nature Preschool programs. Registration is going on right now.
Been working so hard we forgot to post...
It is the busy season. Between putting in new garden beds and protecting last years strawberries from the big freezes we have been going full tilt. Here are some pictures from what has been going on. Also don't forget about Summer Camp registration!!!
Spring is coming!
I think that all the animals are happy that spring is finally here. The grass is growing, insects are coming out, and the song birds are singing. We are working hard to take advantage of the weather. Planting, garden beds being finishish, and getting the meat chicken tractor ready. Also working on Summer Camp plans for the upcoming season. You can check out our Summer Camp information under the programs section on the site. Here are some pictures of what is going on.
Summer Camp is coming!!!
Hello everyone, summer camp is approching and now is the time to get your children signed up . We are looking forward to a great summer learning with the animals and nature. Games and creek time will be a big part of camp time too. We are only 15 minutes from Weaverville and Burnsville and only 25 minutes from West Asheville. So come on out and bring your kids for a summer camp experience they won't forget. As always please contact us for more information at sunnytruthfarm@gmail.com
