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The adaptability of animals never ceases to amaze me. Ruby May, my arthritic duck, has been feeling much better since I started using a salve on her leg joints and feeding her chamomile blossoms as an anti-inflammatory. She started coming out of the coop more but then something interesting happened—she began using her wings as arms to help steady herself. She walks like this quite regularly now; using her wings while foraging, climbing hills and when getting in and out of the river. She then tucks them back in when she’s ready for a rest. One smart little duck, I say.

Meet Wish @the_teenage_homesteader • • • • • Throwback to this sweetheart when she hatched last month. I named her Wish and dearly hope she's a girl. She's feathering out to be a beautiful lavender and I think she'll lay some beautiful spearmint eggs if she does turn out to be a hen. • I'm ready for more chicks. Very ready. I've got 11 eggs under two broodies right now . Fingers crossed for good hatches! • • • • #hobbyfarm #farmher #iamcountryside #farmlife #farmlifebestlife #homesteading #homesteader #farmiswheretheheartis #rural #ruralphotography #rural_life #rurallandscape #lifeouthere #womenwhofarm #thedodo #womeninag #farmersofinstagram #lifeouthere #backyardpoultrymag #chicksofinstagram #chicks #dandelions #dandelion

loving this dozen! ✨ - and you guys...it’s such a GORGEOUS day!!!! ☀️ - i’m quick doing some deliveries in #madison then i have to rush back and do a bunch of the farm this evening! ‍ - never a dull moment around here! - but that’s my jam! - wearing so many different hats and being able to roll with things as they come along is something i really enjoy! - it’s not for everyone (which is completely okay...bc we don’t need a bunch of #hotmess mels running around! )...but it fits me and of that i am proud! #ownit - sharing my randomness for the lovely @love_and_lavender for #womensworkwednesday ‍ - - - - - - - - - #hotmessmel #myjam #farmher #womeninag #allthehats #womenswork #bossbabe #mylife #knowyourfarmer #supportsmall #farmer #crazychickenlady #rainboweggs #eggenvy #madisonfoodies #madisonwi #madisonwisconsin #iamamodernfarmer #backyardpoultrymag #iamcountryside #regenerativeagriculture #countrylivingmag #midwest #smallfarm #wisconsinfarm #wisco

Let's talk about the pros and cons of keeping quail. I'll kick us off by telling you a secret... I *may* have lost our most skittish quail hen. She flew past me, got a bit of lift, and sort of wafted up and over the 6-ft fence and into the neighbor's yard. If you keep quail, you'll know what I'm talking about. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ By the time I was able to enter the neighbor's property to retrieve her, she was nowhere to be found. A full 24 hours later, who do I see back in our yard after driving around the entire neighborhood multiple times? That crazy quail hen.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I still can't believe it... SO — let's talk pros and cons.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ PROS — they lay eggs months sooner than chickens, and the eggs have less of the bad type of cholesterol and have far more vitamins. They are like the superfood of eggs. In our state at least, you don't need a license to keep Coturnix Quail, and they need a fraction of the space chickens do. The females are silent - so you can keep them in neighborhoods that don't allow chickens (or on your apartment balcony — trust me, they would be too stinky to keep inside). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ CONS — they do seem to be stinkier than chickens. The males are just as obnoxious (though not as loud) as chicken roosters, and when the males reach maturity things can get really chaotic and violent for a few weeks. If you don't need the males for breeding, then you've got pretty smooth sailing. The main thing now is just the flight risk. You wouldn't want small children going out to collect quail eggs. Open a door too far and WOOSH, they are wafting away and can accidentally end up on your roof. For our special 'escapee', I wouldn't mind trimming the flight feathers off both wings if the problem persists. And they also don't live long. Males lose virility between 1 to 1.5 years of age, and the hens live to between 2 or 3 years.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ OK, that's all folks! — xo⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #iamcountryside #urbanhomestead #modernfarmer #homesteadlife #backyardflock #fresheggs #growyourownfood #quailsofinstagram #quaileggs #coturnixquail

This view has basically summed up my life as of late. This, and the stove of course because we are in the thick of #plant19.⠀ ⠀ I had hoped to be able to be out in the field more working along side my husband but between Belle's health problems and being the official parts runner/cook/maid/podcaster it has made that part of my duties nearly impossible. For a while I was feeling guilty and like I wasn't pulling my weight. Then I took a step back and looked at all of the other things on my plate at the moment and I cut myself a break. There is a season for everything on the farm and that includes times I can and can't be in the field. I remind myself that my current tasks are just as important as me being out in the field. ⠀ ⠀ I hope you know that no matter what roll you play on your farm, you are part of the whole reason your operation is running. You matter, too ❤⠀ ⠀ Posting for #WomensWorkWednesday with my friend Kylee over @love_and_lavender. Inspired by @rootedinthevalley Female Farmer Project #thisiswomenswork⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #community #farmwomen #womenwhofarm #femalefarmer #ladyfarmer #womeninag #iamyourfarmer #thisisag #farmher #iamcountryside #iammodernfarmer #farming #farm #farmer #girlstalkag #agmorethanever #cdnag #wearefarmers #weareag #myjobdependsonag #aglife #farm365 #communityovercompetition #agriculture #ag #wildrosefarmer #rwpcommunity

May 21, 2019. Woke up to three inches of frozen mashed potatoes threatening both the burgeoning plant life and my own sunshine-starved heart with its cold, oppressive weight. The poor branches of the newly fledged chokecherry trees were bent almost to the breaking point under the crushing load of spring snow. As the day wore on the temperature remained stubbornly just below freezing and the forecasted rain fell in large, fluffy wet flakes, slowly covering our green mountain world with a cumbersome blanket of white. Out in the garden our tender seedlings hunkered down under the mounds of straw Zach and I had piled up over the freshly planted beds while the chickens likewise holed upside the warm safety of their coop. Back inside the cabin we once again shuttered the windows against the cold and stoked the fire with our dwindling supply of wood. Days like today demand copious amounts of comfort food and so I made a savory broccoli cheese soup with garlic bacon biscuits for supper. It went down fast and easy and bowls were licked clean. Finally, bellies of both human and beast were sated, the kitchen tidied and a rascally baby bathed, powdered and jammied. The cabin lights extinguished and the little house blended into the dark of night that had settled across the mountain. We crawled under double woolen layers, snuggled in like sleepy bears and dreamt of a warm and sunny springtime as more snow drifted down outside.

The world’s cutest little frog. We have hundreds of these hoping around the lake!! It’s like shuffling through the chicken coop first thing in the morning.. gotta be careful not to step on any!

Yay for Wednesday! According to my weather app, we are on track for 2 days of sunshine and then rain every day for the foreseeable future! ⁣ ⁣ I’m hoping to finish planting my garden tomorrow. It’s supposed by really windy this afternoon, so maybe it will dry things up enough to make it possible. It’s time to get it done!!!⁣ Is your garden in? What are you most excited to grow this year? ⁣ After a couple days in the 50s, I’ll take 70s today. ☀️ Have a fabulous Wednesday! - #iamcountryside #lovethecountrylife #springstorms #moodyclouds #iowaissowindy #iammodernfarmer #sustainableliving #hobbyfarm #smallfarm #epicgardening #growyourownfood #jamesthepeacock #peacocksofinstagram #peacocklove #peacocklovers #farmlifebestlife #countrysideandfarmlife #epicgardening #iowagrams #iowahomestead #iowalife

coffee with friends! ☕️ - i woke up this morning to the sound of beeping from the incubator...which means the trays are rotating...which they were NOT supposed to be! - ran down stairs...noticed we had lost power overnight and the incubator had reset itself! - most of the chicks were hatched before i went to bed last night but i wanted to give a few chicks a little bit more time before i pulled them...and i was still within my 72 hrs to pull chicks out (i prefer 48 hrs...but use those final 24 hrs when need be). - so the chicks i was waiting for were still not out. - i pulled the eggs out of the incubator and helped them out (at the end of the hatch i choose to do this...others don’t, to each their own)...they were shrink wrapped, i got them out and put them back in the incubator and now i wait to see how they do. - in the meantime i set up a temporary brooder in the basement for TODAY ONLY bc it’s still too cold in the sunroom to use the heat plates...BUT it’s supposed to warm up tomorrow and out they’ll go! - busy day here w lots to do both outside and inside! ‍ - i also want to send our thoughts to everyone who was impacted by all the tornadoes and flooding yesterday/today...we hope everyone is okay. ♥️ - have a terrific tuesday guys! - - - - - - - - - #riseandgrind #hustle #coffeewithfriends #morningcoffee #myview #grassfed #cattle #crazychickenlady #chooks #fluffy #cute #mymorning #farmher #womeninag #regenerativeagriculture #knowyourfarmer #raedunn #cutechick #backyardpoultrymag #iamcountryside #lifeouthere #iamamodernfarmer #wisconsingirl #wisconsin #madisonwi #madisonwisconsin #driftless #smallfarm #wisconsinfarm #wisco