Category: backyarding with kids and every day house projects

My kids spring break ended yesterday. I enjoyed having the week off from school. I got a lot done and a lot of relaxing done! After school I worked on some designs for mugs. I enjoyed making these ones. I think they turned out well.

My video is not that great on my phone.

Out of all my crafts that I do, doing the mugs is my favorite! #mjbackyardingwithkids #homesteading #mugs #pleasefollow #pleaseshare #thankyou #hobby #backyarding #crafts #mug #flowermug #chickmug https://www.etsy.com/listing/1036148023/cute-mugs?utm_medium=SellerListingTools&utm_campaign=Share&utm_source=Facebook&share_time=1623708626000&utm_term=so.slt

Happy Easter! We colored eggs this evening. We only colored chicken eggs this year they turned out cute!! The quail are not laying yet. I love coloring the quail eggs I was a little sad that we wouldn’t have them this year for coloring this Easter. My younger two are already in bed waiting for the Easter bunny to come. It would be nice if they went to sleep soon because this Easter bunny would like to go to bed 🤣

Right now my quail are molting. Feathers every where they look like little feather less birds running around but what is molting ? Molting is a hormonal process of shedding the old feathers and then the new ones to come in. During this egg production can slow down or come to a complete stand still until they are done. After the molt is done it can take a few weeks before laying starts to pick up again. Coturnix quail normally molt twice a year. This is the first time my quail are at a complete stand still for laying. #pleasefollow #pleaseshare #thankyou #mjbackyardingwithkids #moltingishard #molting #notprettytomoltbutneeded #newprettyfeathersarecoming #homesteading

Last year around the end of October I started making a pom pom rug for one of my kids. #1 wanted a big rug and the colors were to be purple and green. With supplies being hard to find during some months I went with a few darker purples as you will see.

I’m glad my #1 likes the rug as you can see in the photos the cat does also. I will not be making another rug of this size. Making that many pom poms takes a lot of time. I’ll still be making ones that are bath mat size. #3 wants one for her room next. #pleasefollow #pleaseshare #thankyou #hobby #backyarding #mjbackyardingwithkids #crafts #rug

I’ve taken a small break from house painting to work on some crafts. I’ve really enjoyed making shirts for some friends!

The coasters were my favorite thing to make! I think I will make more of them soon.

and of course can’t leave out my eggs! Laying is starting to pick up for the girls they are looking very nice

I’m in love my bcm ( black copper mearan) egg color. I would love someday to have them darker but that will come in time. #pleasefollow #pleaseshare #thankyou #hobby #backyarding #mjbackyardingwithkids #homesteading #eggs #crafts #bcm

Quail can bring many surprises. Many do not know how aggressive the coturnix quail can be and many do not know that every once an while they can lay an egg the size of a bantam egg. I’ve been raising coturnix quail for four years now. Every time one of my hens lays a huge egg it still surprises me.

The egg in the middle is the egg one of my hens laid. As you can see it’s huge. It was a double Yolk. I was really hoping it would of been a triple yolk.

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Normally I would wait to start my seeds until late February. This year I decided to start them now. I have a lot to plant to make sure I have enough food for my family and for the girls (chickens). I find that I organize my seeds a lot 🤣 what’s your favorite thing to grow? I really couldn’t pick a favorite. There are many that I enjoy and look forward to growing. I am excited this to have popcorn seeds. I thought it would be fun for the kids to grow and make their own popcorn. Fingers crossed we don’t lose it #mjbackyardingwithkids #homesteading #gardening #timetogetstarted #pleasefollow #pleaseshare #thankyou #hobby #backyarding

This year has been an interesting one for many. For us I worked mostly on the house. I’m almost done with getting the whole house painted back to white. The colors I have are not neutral for selling. My husband and I decided that I would be best to give the next owner a blank canvas to work with. I did get some of my paintings done while the kids were on winter break.

I also made a lot of fudge the last few weeks. I still have 6 more batches to make. This was my newest flavor added to the list of ones I make. Rocky road!

Happy new year! Hope this year brings more happiness than sadness! I would also like to say thank you for following and sending me emails thanking me for writing my blog. I really appreciate it! #mjbackyardingwithkids #homesteading #gardening #hobby #backyarding #largefamily #food #eggs #movingsoon #thankyou #pleasefollow #pleaseshare

Today after I was done doing school with the kids I made some chicken treats!

Making these are fun and they do smell good while baking. My #1 thought I was making cookies for them. Lol I shouldn’t of stopped him and let him take one 🤣. I used mostly Christmas theme for this batch. Reindeer, houses, Santa glove, Santa, snow flakes, a train, and a few hearts for fun.

I also like that they can be used for dog treats too. I didn’t get a chance to get a photo of any of the livestock or our dog trying these they ate them up very quickly. #pleasefollow #pleaseshare #thankyou #mjbackyardingwithkids #homesteading #hobby #backyarding #chickentreats Join me on Parler Social Media! https://par.pw/download

Today we added a new thing to do around Thanksgiving! Turkey cookie! The 3 younger kids and I decorated a cookie turkey! It was a kit, we had fun the two younger ones had fun with the frosting as you can see. Although if I was to do it over again. I would of bought extra frosting having the extra frosting would of helped out a lot especially since #5 was trying to eat most of it!! 🤣 What is something you or your family likes to do for Thanksgiving?

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate the holiday! #pleasefollow #pleaseshare #thankyou #hobby #cookiekitneedsmorefrosting #itwasfunthough #mjbackyardingwithkids Join me on Parler Social Media! https://par.pw/download