Back To Work On The Homestead

We are back to work on the homestead as usual now after our long road trip to New York and back. Some packages arrived. I am working on the chicken coop. And we bought chicks to start our new flock in Michigan.

We had to go to the hospital again for Melanie so on the way back home we picked up some chicks. We got 6 broiler (meat) chickens as an experiment this time. We have never tried broilers in the past but we hope to have cleaner food this year so we will see how it goes.

The broilers cost only $1.99 each, which is pretty cheap. Each bird will cost about $2.40 in food by the time it is ready for the table. This puts a bird cost at about $4.49 from egg to table for a partially free range bird. This is equal to a whole chicken on sale at the grocery store.

We also got a mix of other chickens to start out egg laying flock again in Michigan. In Pine Bush we sold all of our birds before we left because it was not going to be possible to bring them with us.

I found a free table saw table converted into a work bench out on the road side on the way home. I picked it up and brought it home. This will be a perfect place for assembling wood projects on a flat surface.

I am working in the off grid electronics shop trying to restore lead acid batteries for our soon to be fully off grid homestead.

I spent a considerable amount of time cleaning out the wood shop. Since our return from New York I have a lot of things to sort and put away. I hope to have the wood shop set up and fully functional by the end of this week.

Out back I am working on the chicken coop which I hope to finish soon. The chicken coop will be a walk in sized pen for the birds with a built in brooder for chicks to grow up in.

We also got some plants on sale in town. I planted some grape vines and raspberries along the road edge as a living hedge row.

Melanie is planting herbs that she brought back with us from our old homestead. She is making a nice herb garden using rocks as a border.

Some packages arrived in the mail as well. One contained a box full of hardware from one of our viewers. This is very much appreciated since I am always running out of screws. Thank you very much!!

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