Are you out of brown sugar? Here’s how to make your own with only two ingredients. Have you ever thought about what brown sugar is made from? Neither did I, until today. Brown sugar is something we always, ALWAYS have in our cupboard, but because of some terrible twerk in the universe tonight, we didn’t. I got to thinking, what…
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Where there are chickens, there are flies. It’s an inevitable, but totally fixable problem. You can get rid of flies in the chicken coop with a little effort and perseverance. You’re tougher than those darn flies! Read on to find out how we managed to get rid of flies in the chicken coop, with just a few cheap and simple…
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Hatching chicks out of our incubator was a wonderous experience. The first to hatch came out of the egg I’d had my eye on all along. It was the most active embryo, dancing around in the egg every time I would candle it. Since I’d been listening to Bob Marley almost exclusively during that month, she was named before she…
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In honor of Mother’s Day, I feel compelled to share a bit of Little Carl’s brood and what they’ve been up to this week. It’s fascinating to watch Little Carl take care of her chicks. She’s the same ferocious, insane, LOUD bird that she always was, except now all of those qualities have been intensified with motherhood. She is straight…
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Everyone, I’d like you to meet Dollypop, the amazing magical rabbit.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, (couldn’t resist on May the Fourth) during my last year of college, my roommate and I decided we needed a pet. We lived in a dorm and pets were strictly forbidden, but you see, we just didn’t care much for rules. We decided to get a rabbit, purely because of…
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We have officially had a chick explosion here at ImaginAcres. Just two weeks after we hatched nine chicks in our incubator, Little Carl’s chicks came into the world. I had counted out 21 days from when LC started sitting on her eggs, and when that hatch day came, nothing happened. I figured maybe they’d be a day late, but nothing…
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Our fuzzy little babies are growing fast. At two weeks old we were finally able to take them outside for a little fresh air. I can’t imagine having to live inside a box for two weeks with no one but my sisters to keep me company, constantly picking at my toes and jumping on top of me while I’m sleeping….
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I have a new found respect for professional livestock photographers. Attempting to get photographs of three energetic and anxious little birds was quite a chore. One of them was screaming frantically the entire time. Another decided that it would be best if she explored what was just on the other side of the table ledge (I did manage to grab…
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