Sometimes you have to look back to see how far you've come. It's been almost fourteen years since we purchased our country property and...

I'm excited to announce that I wrote a book about raising turkeys! "An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Raising Backyard Turkeys: Varieties,...

Turkeys make a wonderful addition to the homestead for so many reasons. They are hugely charismatic, as well as providing a source of...

You’ve decided to add turkeys to your farm, and the first question you may be asking yourself is do turkeys need a coop? The answer...

It's an annual tradition that I look forward to every year - waiting for a turkey hen to go broody in the spring so she can raise up a...

I was thrilled to be featured in Backyard Poultry Magazine! You can read my article right here.

We have new turkey babies (which are called poults) at the farm, and they are so very adorable! For those of you unfamiliar with turkey...

This was our fourth year living at the farm full time, and every year it gets better and better. One of my favorite things about living...

It’s been five months since the sweetest little turkey ever, Pumpkin Pie, came into my life. She is by far the friendliest turkey that...

We have three turkey mommas at the farm this year, and they all have interesting stories. Two of the turkey mommas are co-raising nine...

Our momma turkeys hatched their poults a month ago, and all of them were doing well except for one little turkey that came to be known as...

We have turkey babies at the farm! Eleanor, who raised turkey chicks, known as poults, for us last spring is raising another batch for us...

Spring is the time for chicks at the feed store and all manner of cute baby animals on the Instagram pages of my farm friends. I have...

We’ve come full circle with our adventures in turkey raising this year, and what a ride it’s been! On May 25th, Eleanor hatched eight...

Eleanor’s little ones are eight weeks old now, and they are not so little anymore. They have officially entered the teenage turkey phase....

Spring is always an exciting time at the farm, and this year even more so because Eleanor hatched eight adorable baby turkeys. She is...

Our two turkey hens, Eleanor and Prudence, have been laying eggs for about a month now. They lay beautiful cream to light brown colored...

As you may have noticed by now, I am endlessly fascinated with our turkeys, especially the variety of sounds they make while...

We’ve had quite a spell of wild weather here at the farm recently. It started out the Monday before Christmas with a big windstorm that...

We’ve had our female turkeys, Eleanor and Prudence, for a month now. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that heritage turkeys...