Category: Fun at the Farm

Our Chickens Are Hiding Easter Eggs

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Chicken Hiding Easter Eggs

I suppose it’s a good time of Year, it being Easter Week, and All, but we were surprised to find a nest with 22 Eggs in it!

Recently we added some hay, and moved things around, in our carport where the Hens prefer to lay! Laying Hens are funny that way!

We have nest boxes in the Chicken Coop, but the girls prefer to lay in the hay in the carport! We have put banana boxes in there, filled with hay, and they’re pretty good at laying in them. 

We typically get about 12-14 eggs a day, and after we recently moved things around, that number dropped to about half! So, I wondered if we put them off laying, but figured it more likely they were hiding them, or had at least changed location! 

Sure enough, we discovered 22 eggs in a nest at the back end of the carport, at the back end of the hay where we’d made a crisscross with the hay bales, leaving ample space for a beautiful nest! 

Now, it may be because we made the changes, but it makes me wonder if with Easter on the Horizon if  the hens just wanted us to be proud that Our Chickens Are Hiding Easter Eggs! 

PS: I have it on good authority that tomorrow morning, there might just be a Briden Farm Video about some very special Bunnies! 😉 

We’re Finally Producing Milk At Briden Farm

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Eve Producing Milk At Briden Farm

When we first got our Nigerian Dwarf Goats, last August we got two Does and one had a 6 week old Kid. Nanna, Momma, and Snow White. Nanna was supposed to be bred and due the end of September 2020. She kept us guessing but she was not bred, therefore produced no milk. Momma was producing Milk, but only for her Kid, Snow White, and no matter what we tried we just couldn’t milk Her! 

So, unfortunately we’ve been feeding three goats for nearly seven months with little to show for it, other than the friendship of three goats! 

Now, Nanna is bred and due to freshen within the next two to three weeks and Momma is also due to have her kids a little later in the Spring. While a Goat usually has Milk when she has kids, that milk often gets used by her kids for at least the first month or two. So, that means still no milk for us from them till, probably June! Unless of course we get yet another Goat! Not really planning that! 

Yet, when I first saw our new Goat! That’s right, we now have A New Goat at Briden Farm! So, when I first saw our new Goat, Eve, it was love at first sight! Not only is she a beautiful girl, even though she hasn’t been bred in over two years, she’s still producing over a litre of quality milk everyday! So, now, We’re Finally Producing Milk At Briden Farm!

Which means we’ll now be able to have farm fresh milk, cheese, and butter, here at Briden Farm where the Tea is Always On and The Coffee is not far behind! We invite You to come visit, leave your fears behind and come have fun at the Farm! Come spend time with our animals and relax walking our woodland trails. For more info phone 902-907-0770. 

Chicken TV at Briden Farm: Update 12 Hours after Hatch Began at 3:43am

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Hatching Eggs At Briden Farm

So, it’s now 3:43pm and for the past 12 hours, We’ve been gaining a new appreciation for Mother Hen! That’s because the Eggs we have had in the Incubator since about 3:43pm on February 2, 2021 are now hatching! Watching, waiting, hoping, praying, and not being able to do a whole lot to help! That really makes us appreciate Mother’s Everywhere! Especially Mother Hen and all those like her who know far more than we ever will about hatching eggs! 

So, here’s a Video Update…

 

If You’re looking for Hatching Eggs we have them, if Your Looking for Day Old Chicks we may soon have some! For More Info Phone: 902-907-0770.

Sexy New Ride at Briden Farm

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1979 154 International Lo-Boy Tractor

So, lots of people dream of Mansions, Fur Coats, Diamond Rings, and Sports Cars! I dream of an old Homestead on a River, with Franklin Brook running through it, and. warm Anorak and a Cowboy Hat, gripping chains and an old Farm Tractor! Well… today, Valentines Day 2021, another part of the dream came true! We just got a 1979 154 International Lo-Boy Tractor! This will come in so handy here at Briden Farm in so many ways!