Winter time with an indoor pot-bellied or mini pig can be a handful. They hate the cold and love food and stimulation. Here are some tips that have been a lifesaver in our house for our pet pig Bentley. It’s been an entire year of waking up at 4 am, 5 am if I’m lucky …
Keeping chickens during the cold winter months can be challenging. Do you start to wonder how cold it is too cold for chickens? What to feed chickens in winter? All valid questions that cause more stress than needs to be. We live in Upstate New York, smack in the middle of two great lakes if …
Build a barn and I’ll fill it! We have had a handful of new animals to our homestead and I thought it would be fun to give you a little bit of an update. Recently I stepped back and took in the little farm life we are creating. It’s always been a dream. What started …
Are you wondering if it is possible to hold a baby mini pig without squealing? The answer is yes. It won’t happen the first couple times you pick your baby mini pig up, but with the right technique and training it can be done. Your baby mini pig won’t stay small for long so it …
It happens. You buy new chicks and every spring you buy MORE new chicks. With all the new animals coming to your homestead it takes a little time. Everyone has their routine and space they call their own and when a new comer shows up, things can get a little crazy. When we were new …
The beauty of a 100 year old barn comes with a sadness, one day it will fall down. Our Chickens couldn’t stay in this coop for long. It was only a matter of time before the flock needed a new home. The thing about old barns is they shift and sway and can tip a …
Learning how to put a harness on your mini pig will allow you to be in control of your pig when you take it for walks, bring to the vet etc. I’ve had mini pigs for three years and absolutely love using a harness on each pig. You can scroll down and watch the video …
Free-ranging your chickens may be a concern when you think about any type of garden area you have. Or better yet keeping chickens off the porch is a whole new idea. They love to scratch up dirt! Especially if you are just planting seeds they will destroy them. For us, I always loved the idea …
There’s nothing more enjoyable than heading out to the chicken coop and bringing back some fresh eggs. Sizzling them up on the frying pan with bacon and toast. What about when you grab those chicken eggs bring them in and realize you can’t just crack it open without, well what exactly is all over the …
You walk into the coop, and your sweet hen is sitting in the nesting box. So you walk away and let her do her thing in private- since the ladies love their privacy. You come back, and she’s still sitting there. You come back to tuck them into bed for the night, and she’s still …