Category: backyarding with kids and every day house projects

I got my first fairy egg! I love that most of the quail are laying in the nesting box. Normally it is an egg hunt every day. I opened the nesting box and there it was just chilling with the other eggs.

I had to get photos of it😂😂

We did open it, the kids wanted to see if there was anything inside. I wanted to blow it out and save it but that wasn’t going to work. Only thing in it was just the egg white ( also called albumen or the glair/glaire) my kids were hoping for a tiny yolk😂 #hobby #backyarding #mygirls #pleaseshare #thanksforreading #chickens #quail #eggs #food #extraeggs #pleasefollow #fairyegg #firstone

The power is out where I live. Right before I was going to start cooking dinner too! At least I don’t have any chicks this time around 😂😂😂. On the other cool part I get to test out my new quail egg candles that I made. I wanted to wait until I had them set up and in a pretty holder but mother nature had other ideas. 😂😂.

I’ve been dabbling in lots of different projects but one that I have finished was making a pillow. The first photo is the front of the pillow.

I decided to use different fabrics for the front and back of this pillow. I do need to work more on my ladder stitch… but I don’t think it turned out too bad! #hobby #backyarding #sew #pillow #ladderstitch #pleaseshare #pleasefollow #thankyou #ladderstitichcanbehard

Where I live we got a good amount of snow. It was beautiful to see all the snow.

But the girls (chickens) weren’t so happy about it. They are in their nesting boxes. When I opened it to check on them they clucking.

I gave them some snow.. they weren’t impressed 😂😂😂. Talk about a cold shoulder ha ha 😂😂 #mygirls #pleaseshare #pleasefollow #thankyouforreading #hobby #backyarding #chickens #snow #cold #atlesttheywentintothenestingboxtosleepsmartgirls #nosnowforyou #notimpressed

My husband asked if I would make some deviled eggs.

I made some out of quail eggs ( some of these eggs my daughter ate some before I had a chance to get them deviled 😂) and chicken eggs.

As you can see my presentation is not pretty😂😂 but you can see the difference in size for the quail eggs vs chicken eggs. #hobby #backyarding #mygirls #pleaseshare #pleasefollow #thankyou #eggs #food #dontneedtobeprettyforalatenightsnack #snack #backyarding #mygirls #quail #cuteandsmall #coturnix #celadongene #mydaughteratesome #chickens #mydaughteratesomeofmysnackforafterherandhersiblingsgotobed #littlepigs

Today I was cleaning out my girls ( chickens) water containers. I stopped to let them air dry a little bit. Looked in to see Bella giving me this look and being noisy!

So can you bug your chickens? The answer is yes you can. 😂😂😂 When I laugh at her then she goes all silent and serious on me.

😂😂😂 I think she is plotting something 😂😂. #hobby #backyarding #mygirls #pleaseshare #thanksforreading #chickens #chook #fluffybutts #chickensarefun #Bella #pleasefollow #shedoesntwantmetocleanthingsoutrightnow #ohwell #cleanchickenisahappychicken #mombackyardlife

Got some beautiful photos of my eggs last night. I have to admit I love taking photos of my eggs. It’s a fun to combine hobbies. I love taking photos and I love the eggs I get from the girls ( chickens) and the quail. There are lots of people who take photos of their eggs.. its egg envy. You see those great colors of those eggs. Then you find yourself looking up the breed of chicken that lays that egg color. Next thing know…you find yourself thinking.. well now I need that breed. 😂😂 You will also find yourself trying to out do your last egg photo. #eggenvy

These are my #extraeggs. #hobby #backyarding #mygirls #pleaseshare #thanksforreading #chickens #chook #food #eggs #extraeggs #quail #cuteandsmall #coturnix #celadongene

Today after I was done doing school with our kids, my husband and I did some yard work. We also made a good amount of progress in cleaning out the garage. As we do every evening, we go do our checks on the girls (chickens) and the quail. Well, my quail hens made my night. I have someone carrying the celadon gene. I’m so excited! Hens who lay Celadon colored (blueish color) will lay them the rest of their life. You do need a male that carrys this gene also other wise the chances for off spring to carry on the gene are less.

#hobby #backyarding #quail #cuteandsmall #coturnix #celadongene #pleaseshare #pleasefollow #thankyou #eggs #food #imsoexcited #imsohappyicried

A lot of people have been sending me messages asking how do you open the quail eggs! I made a video on how to do just that. My daughter was my camera girl. Please forgive my tongue tied moment I had while making the video😂 and my appearance. #hobby #backyarding #quail #eggs #food #cuttingeggsopen #fun #hopeyouenjoyedthevideo #video #human #thatswhyinormallydontdovideos #tonguetie

Tonight I decided to try a craft I had seen on Facebook. Put the paint layered into a cup and then pour it on to the canvas. I didn’t have gloves so if you don’t want to get paint on your hands then I would recommend getting the gloves. 😂😂. It is fun to do .. kids would probably have fun doing this, and I’m sure it would be even more of a mess with them. It’s one of those crafts you do just before bath time 😂.

I’m happy with how it turned out, but it does take a lot of paint. If you’re not into wasting, then this might not be the craft for you. #hobby #backyarding #painting #crafts #somethingtodoonasnowynight #canbemessy