Fuzzy Butt Plans

         One of the best things about coming home again is the joy and anticipation of raising chickens again.  I love chickens....  I love just about everything there is to do with chickens and I even don't mind cleaning up after chickens.  I love all the eggs they bless us with.  I love all the different color eggs these sweet girls give you.    I can't imagine having a small farm without having some fuzzy butt girls to brighten my day.  They are my joy in the early mornings and I love to sit and have little conversations with them each day.  
     So if we want to have chicks, we must build a place to put them.  Some place safe for them and easy for me to clean and gather the goods they leave for me.  Thus the coop and run build has begun.  It won't be a big coop.  Not nearly as big as what I had in South Carolina or Arkansas but definitely just as safe as those.  My husband likes to call them his version  of Fort Knox.  We have a lot of predators here as we did in SC so he is making it as safe and impermeable as he can.  This time will be no different as the last two times.  I will only have a small flock this time but they will be so special to me.  I am finally getting a breed I have longed for so I intend to keep them as safe and healthy as I can.  
     The chicks will be here in just a few days so we must  get this coop ready for the big day.  Here are just a couple pictures of the progress of the run which is almost done and the coop that we began today.  If you have any questions about how we are doing the build you are welcome to ask in the comments or send me an email.  For now I will sign off it has been a busy day and tomorrow promises to be even longer.   See you next time when the fuzzy butts check into town and take up residence in Sunflower Farms .  Until next time...... Take care and be kind to everyone. 

Who says you can't go home again?

 So welcome to my little homestead.  Please come in, kick your shoes off and sit back and enjoy  a cup of tea and some company.  This is the story of my adventures with my family, my chicken girls and my homesteading adventures.

We are HOME!     
 Its  been a long time since I could say those words.  My journey started quite a few years ago.  My husband and I started our country life adventure 16 years ago.  We moved from our home in Michigan to find a bit more relaxed life than the hurry happenings of a big city.
     Our journey took us from Arkansas to South Carolina to Florida and now back home to Michigan.  Needless to say I am thrilled, my husband not quite so much. We moved to Arkansas to be close to family....  that moved back to Michigan years ago.  We stayed, and watched the  oil fracking companies absolutely ruin our land, home water and peace and quiet.  So we moved to South Carolina, my personal favorite place to be ever.  We had gorgeous land, with a river view and breathtaking mountain views literally minutes from our front door.  The weather was amazing, the countryside breathtaking and I had chickens, lots and lots of chickens.  I loved my home there and would have been very content to live there forever......  but my husband wanted warmer weather.  HOT weather actually.  So we went to Florida. 
     Florida was not what I was wanting or needing.  The weather was HOT all the time except for  2 or 3 months of the year.  It rained almost everyday in the afternoon, the humidity was as miserable as Arkansas.  The snakes and gators and monkeys were not entertaining to me at all.  The land was not good for planting where we landed and I could not have chickens, the beaches were too far away to enjoy and the scenery where we were was nothing  to admire.  Can you tell I was not happy there?  I stayed because my husband liked it there and yet he even admitted the last year was too hot and humid for him soooo......  back to Michigan we went.
     Michigan is where our daughter and kids live on a lovely 3 acre piece of land with a lake view.  Michigan is where we were both born and raised.  Michigan is where my heart was and now we are home where we began the journey.  So we have come full circle.  Who ever said you can not go home again I think may have been wrong,   Just sayin......

      Moving to Michigan has made me very happy, not just because I was born and raised there but also where we live now I can once again have a garden and chickens.  I will be with family and be able to enjoy watching the girls grow into beautiful young women.  I will have a chance to enjoy the good times and the nots so fun times with my kids.  I can have a family once more.  I have found as I go through the seasons of my life that nothing else matters so much to me than to spend time with my God and to be surrounded by those that I love. my family. 
     So until next time......  see you on the homestead.