Pin3ShareShareTweet3 SharesThere are many factors to consider when choosing what breed or breeds of chickens are right for your flock. That sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Your Flock. Here are a few questions to ask yourself when deciding what chicken breeds are right for you. You will also find brief corresponding points to aid in making… Continue reading What Chickens are Right for You?
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Put Your Chickens to Work on the Homestead
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesChickens offer two readily known assets to a homestead in producing eggs and meat. I have found a third use for chickens here on CG Heartbeats Farm. While I am likely not the first to do so, in this post I share how I have put chickens to work on the homestead. Humble Beginnings… Continue reading Put Your Chickens to Work on the Homestead
Introducing the Lemon Flower Chicken Breed
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesThe Lemon Flower chicken breed developed over the last few years as I sought to use what I had and work within my limits when I struggled with reproducing Lemon Cuckoo Niederrheiner chickens. When this process started, I was not sure how the process was going to unfold. For the first time I share… Continue reading Introducing the Lemon Flower Chicken Breed
5 year Challenge Raising Lemon Cuckoo Niederrheiner Chickens
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesIn the fall of 2016, after purchasing Swedish Flower Hens, I found these gorgeous, dual-purpose chickens called Lemon Cuckoo Niederrhiener. Newly imported only 2 years prior, to the United States, they sold for around $30 a chick. My homesteading journey was just beginning and the prospect of selling baby chicks for such a price… Continue reading 5 year Challenge Raising Lemon Cuckoo Niederrheiner Chickens
Book Review: Face Off with Your Feelings
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesI signed up to be on the waitlist for the release of Face Off with Your Feelings. I came across Jessica on Instagram and followed her account because she shared Truth. Her posts were not full of feel-good information, but practical ways to address deep hurt from trauma and abuse. She taught from scripture… Continue reading Book Review: Face Off with Your Feelings
Books I Read in 2021
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesBooks take us places we will never see with our eyes and offer ideas and education. I am thankful for the time others invested in me by reading stories. In this week’s post I share my opinion on the books I read or listened to in 2021. Books are a part of my life… Continue reading Books I Read in 2021
Goals For 2022 on the Homestead
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesAs the last quarter of 2021 rapidly waned, the need for structure became glaringly apparent. The homestead has grown in the last 5 years from a few chickens to 4 breeds, Nigerian Dwarf goats, Great Pyrenees, from no garden space to 5 garden plots. The little baby goats I added earlier were growing and… Continue reading Goals For 2022 on the Homestead
CG Heartbeats Farm 2021 Year in Review
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesPersonal Growth and Challenges in 2021 2021 started on track for my expectations. However, by March my mind had lost focus and motivation to write, by July my ability to garden, preserve and function waned, to say the least. March and April revealed a dear family member was going to be in battle for… Continue reading CG Heartbeats Farm 2021 Year in Review
Book Review: Holding on When you Want to let Go
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesSheila speaks to the brutal moments in life when we find ourselves questioning, Where is God? Is He real? Does He care? Why is ________ happening? (You fill in the blank) Holding on When You Want to Let Go addresses the nitty gritty of faith. Holding on When You Want to Let Go is… Continue reading Book Review: Holding on When you Want to let Go
Seasons ~ Spring 2021
PinShareShareTweet0 SharesBefore I share a CG Heartbeat Farm update for the Spring 2021 season, I want to celebrate what has been accomplished in the first 3 months of 2021. Winter Progress Another recent milestone involves the chickens. Yesterday and today the first chicks hatched from what I am currently calling Crossbred pen # 2. Right… Continue reading Seasons ~ Spring 2021