Tag: backyard-chickens
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Building Cluckr: A Simple App for the Homestead
Most of the time, I try to keep things simple out here. But a few weeks ago I ran into something that felt unnecessarily complicated: tracking our chickens. Egg counts, chick care schedules, coop cleaning, feed costs all scribbled across too many notebooks and spreadsheets. It worked, but barely. So I decided to do something…
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Homestead Updates and Summer Snakes
It’s been a minute since I’ve posted about the homestead and it’s time to rectify that. We’ve been busy prepping for winter. Most of the barreled rain water has been released to keep from freezing. That’s something I need to work on in the following years. The outside piping is rudimentary and not ready for…