Come check out our Farm stand at 5346 S Drexel Ave in Hyde Park on Sunday August 25 from 9 am to 2 pm.  We will have fresh produce from our gardens and chicken and duck eggs for purchase as well as our new merchandise!  Cash, Venmo, and Zeffy accepted. 

Chicks hatched, strawberrries picked and eaten, and now its 90 degrees! We are currently in a heat wave and it's going to be hot all week.  Up until now, we have enjoyed cool nights with temps as low as 50 degrees. But alas, summer is arriving early.  We do lots of watering and filling of pools throughout these hots days to make sure all of the friends are cool and comfortable. Luckily, both groups of ducks have found the pond and frequently visit for a dip. Occasionally, we have many wild visitors (below: a gaggle of Canada geese on June 14).

The ducks enjoyed a heated pole barn for the week, the chickens mainly stayed inside their coops, and the pigs huddled up in their barn with lots of straw.  The goats relied on their fluffy coats (and chubby bodies) to stay warm, and took advantage of the additional shed we built last summer.  The well froze so there were many, many trips with buckets of warm water for all of the friends.  With the winds, we had huge snow drifts all along our driveway, requiring the tractor to dig us out!

We survived the bitter cold and two back to back snow storms.  Its warmed up quite a bit and now we have M-U-D... Could winter be over already???

Warmer (actually VERY HOT) weather, green leaves on the trees, flowers blooming and of course new friends!  We decided to take on more chickens and also some keets (i.e. baby guineafowl).  Guineafowl are hearty, though skittish, and good for tick management and sounding the alarm when predators are near.  We are hoping to let them free range soon but are in the process of "training" them to come back to their coop at night.  Devin made another beautiful coop especially for them. The other animals enjoyed all of the fresh greenery and are now staying cool with fans, lots of cold water from the well and kiddie pools to soak in. Once in a while there are watermelon parties too... stay cool and safe all! More to come...

Winter has settled in here at Feather Leaf Farm and we have been busy clearing snow, cleaning out messy barns due to more indoor time, and continuously refreshing ice buckets with water. Without any browse or grass to nibble on, the goats are hungry and we have been going through a lot of hay. The piggies (well they are always hungry) need fresh straw in their pile to keep them warm. Even the wild birds and the (now single) duck on the pond needs replenished feeders and feed bowls. Everyone is always ready for their next meal! We are happy that we were able to finish up the goat shed in time for the real cold temperatures, high winds, and snow storms. In the spring we will finish the siding and maybe stain or paint it!  More to come on this front ... until then, ice buckets! Countdown to spring.