Here's the range of eggs we've been getting lately.    I like the colors.   The big eggs were laid by [from L to R] Americauna [r...

We have five hens and seven ducks.   Plus a couple of roosters and four drakes.   They poop a lot.   And in theory, they lay a lot of ...

These are squash bug eggs.  Here is a pic of the hatched out adult buggers.   You don't want them to hatch out though. We are very ...

This is a mourning dove's nest.  They make lousy nests in dumb places.  This one was in a cedar tree (good place) right next to the pa...

May 1st I did a complete hive inspection of our remaining hive with Lily assisting.  I had seen a lot of mouse poop in the sugar we fed in...

We have a bunch of chickens.   Most of them are old and don't lay, which is actually a little bit aggravating, but what can you do?   It...

We have chickens and ducks. They lay eggs. It's what they do. In the spring and summer, they lay lots of eggs. Lots. Of. Eggs. ...

It was great to have Lily there to do the camera thing so we could focus on the bees.    Thank you, Lily! I've divided the inspection...

We were so excited to do our first real check of the hives.   This time we put on our veils because we weren't sure how docile the bee...

If you look at the coop behind Bob and the ladies, you can see where they've pecked a hole right in the structure [at the far left i...