Well, our meat bird raising experiment has concluded. We learned some things on the way and figured out what we’re going to do in the future. Day old chicks The biggest difference with raising these little meat monsters compared to dual purpose layers is that they aren’t nearly as hardy. Their biggest threat is pasty…
Turkey Town, I love saying it. So when getting livestock you should have some kind of shelter fro them. When we decided to get Turkeys we got them as poults (day old babies). That part was easy aswe just housed them in a old dog crate turned into a brooder for a couple of months….
Our female dog spazzing out with the sprinkler No, I’m not going to talk about my nutso dog. Instead I’m going to share my experience at the Oakland Urban Ag meeting last night. I’m not going to be nice for once and I’m definitely going to call shit out, so consider yourself warned. And for…
The weekend before last we got our first package of bees. We chose to go with Carniolans our first go because they are said to be more docile. The queen package didn’t have candy in it, just a cork so we chose to just leave her in the cage for several days to make sure…
It was a mighty pig. We decided finally to not actually raise one because we didn’t want to anger our neighbors. They already put up with enough from us. I don’t think there are enough eggs in the world to make them OK with us raising hogs here. So instead we took a trip out…
It’s Saturday morning and this weekend has already been nuts. It’s been raining heavier than it ever has since we’ve lived here. Bonus is that it’s supposed to continue the rest of the week. The bad news is that our neighbor behind us is the lowest spot on the block and our yard, namely the…
Squeek, the super mutt is OK! She doesn’t have cancer. She doesn’t even have a tumor. Turns out it’s just inflammation. The vet said it’s from an insect bite or spider bite but not from a bee sting. Maybe she took on a yellow jacket? No idea. But she’s OK and that’s the best thing…
I didn’t have time to write last night because I had to take Squeek to the vet because of what we thought was a bee sting. The news is quite possibly very bad, so my head is all jumbled right now. I’ll get back to writing tomorrow. Hopefully. In the meantime here’s a funny photo…
At first we thought Squeek had rubbed her muzzle raw on the fence while barking viciously at the dogs the next door. Then it dawned on me that she got stung by a bee while we were in the garden and this must have been where it happened. She had pulled the stinger out before…
This past storm that came through decided to let us know that we are not immune to the muck. Our friends Heidi, from Itty Bitty Farm in the City, and Kitty, from Havenscourt Homestead, have both lamented about muck. Well, it has finally come here. And since our yard slopes away from our house and…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
