Stock
Two years ago this month we moved across an ocean, started a farm, bought some goats, some poultry, and a dog. After two years, it’s time to take stock. I think we got our priorities straight—first thing we did was…
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Quail and Manna
Last Sunday our service was about the Israelites complaining in the desert. After they couldn’t take the wilderness one more day, they began to romanticize about their captivity in Egypt and actually longed to GO BACK. Go back to being…
Tails About Quails Continued
The end game for these birds was always there, waiting. I knew it would come. I found other things to do–I cleaned out all the quail pens, moved birds around. I made a fancy quail cage to help with moving…
Tales About Quails
We’re up to our eyeballs in quail. I love it. I can’t get enough of these amazing birds. The sound of the tiny crows from the little roosters who stand up straight and tell the world how big they are.…
The Great Quail Cook Off
These are tasty little birds. My next door neighbor, Dave Miller, is a chef and restaurateur–for those of you who have lived in Harrisonburg for a while, you may remember him as the owner of Dave’s Taverna. He’s been a…
Look at all those…CHICKENS!
By “chickens” I mean birds in general. Of which we have many right now. Of multiple species and varieties–turkey, chicken, and quail. One hundred and eighty-three individuals, if I counted correctly. And 72 quail eggs in the incubator that are…
Two in the Bush, Part II
Make that 72. Not in a bush, in an actual incubator that I bought at the Rockingham Co-op. I’m going to try to hatch out these little blue gems and raise my own baby quail! Quails! I’ve had quail (or…
Two in the Bush
This happened today. Three. Blue. I’ve never been so excited about quail as I am right now! But I’ve only known about quail, personally, for a few weeks. Did I mention we have 20 quail in our garage? Is it…