Chaos Managed Homestead

Chaos Managed Homestead Teacher by day and homesteader by night! Here’s to leading our family into self-sustainment!

Sooooooo true!
03/25/2025

Sooooooo true!

I said I’d never do it again……I lied.
03/15/2025

I said I’d never do it again……I lied.

As a sort of follow up to my chicken math post, I put 22 eggs in my incubator again today. I love blue eggs. I love all ...
03/12/2025

As a sort of follow up to my chicken math post, I put 22 eggs in my incubator again today. I love blue eggs. I love all egg colors, but the blue ones are really exceptionally beautiful to me. I have a true Lavendar Ameraucana rooster (I had a hen as well, but the extreme cold that we had did not treat her well) so I decided today that I would hatch all blue and green eggs. Well, of course I didn’t have enough to fill the incubator, so I threw my white eggs in and as an afterthought, I added two silkie eggs. My incubator now full, so starts the 21 day journey to chicks.

I’m considering getting another incubator and selling some chicks as well. They seem to be in short supply everywhere. Would anyone be interested in some beautiful barnyard mixes?

Have you ever heard of chicken math? It’s a real thing! I put 22 eggs in my incubator three weeks ago. When I candled th...
03/08/2025

Have you ever heard of chicken math? It’s a real thing! I put 22 eggs in my incubator three weeks ago. When I candled them this week at lockdown, I wound up taking five of them out because they weren’t any good. There were a couple that I left in that were iffy. As of this morning, I have nine that have hatched. But I just went to town and came home with 10 chicks! And when I went to put them in the brooder, I found that my Kikiriki, the teacup chickens, have hatched four on their own! So instead of the 9 that I was counting on this morning, I have 23! Now if that ain’t chicken math, I don’t know what is!

We were blessed with a beautiful day for some yard and home improvements!
03/01/2025

We were blessed with a beautiful day for some yard and home improvements!

This is the prettiest part of my yard right now. After receiving a sweet gift of this beautiful grape hyacinth, I picked...
02/28/2025

This is the prettiest part of my yard right now. After receiving a sweet gift of this beautiful grape hyacinth, I picked up a few others that were past bloom at my local discount store, and I put them all in the ground. It’s not quite March yet, but it’s going to be in the 80’s today, and I was anxious to get my hands in the dirt. No worries though….I have a few pop-up green houses that will fit perfectly here if the temperature gets too low. But the proverbial seed has been sewn….and I’m heading out to get more flowers!

You can have plenty of eggs without having a rooster. But to hatch chicks, the roo is a necessary part. Twenty-two chick...
02/22/2025

You can have plenty of eggs without having a rooster. But to hatch chicks, the roo is a necessary part. Twenty-two chicken eggs are in our incubator, including five silkie eggs, and hopefully in about two weeks we’ll have babies!

There’s a real science to incubating eggs. Humidity, temperature, and rotation are all important aspects. Plus a good bit of love! Each hatch is special, and we do everything necessary to make sure they all make it through the hatching process. And sometimes that means making hard decisions if a chick hatches but doesn’t thrive. (Side note here: I used to bury every individual one we lost. But I’ve learned that I can bury them in my working compost just the same and their little lives go on to be part of our living homestead.)

I promised my youngest that we’d buy chicks when the local stores/farm supply stores have them, so I’m just getting a jump start on our flock expansion.

I’ve got an animal wish list a mile long….Nigerian Dwarf goats, call ducks, emu, guinea hens, are just a few I’m wanting. So what are your thought? What do you suggest we add to our homestead this year?

What’s better than cinnamon roles for breakfast? Fresh sweet cinnamon sourdough bread! Served up with some homemade crea...
02/21/2025

What’s better than cinnamon roles for breakfast? Fresh sweet cinnamon sourdough bread! Served up with some homemade cream cheese icing drizzle, and I’ve got the kids begging for more! I’m still perfecting the recipe, but this sweet cinnamon sourdough is pretty high up on our favorites list!

Have you heard of borage or borage tinctures? It’s an old-fashioned plant that has a number of medicinal properties and ...
02/19/2025

Have you heard of borage or borage tinctures? It’s an old-fashioned plant that has a number of medicinal properties and culinary uses. What is Borage? Borage (Borago officinalis) is an annual herb that grows quickly but self-seeds, so it continues to reappear year after year. When you pick a spot to grow borage, make sure it’s somewhere you want it to grow year after year. In the summer months, borage plants bloom with small, beautiful, blue flowers that attract pollinators and butterflies to your garden. The plants have hairy, rough leaves that measure four to six inches in length. One look at the list of borage’s medicinal purposes, and you’ll wonder why everyone doesn’t grow it in their herb garden. This herb is a cooling, cleansing herb with adaptogenic, demulcent, diuretic, expectorant, and anti-inflammatory properties. It's commonly used for eczema, rheumatoid arthritis, stress, asthma, heart disease, strokes, fevers, cough, depression, and many more everyday ailments.

For the different uses of borage, check out my friends over at Practical Self Reliance. I bet you'll be planting borage this summer!

Did you know that every part of the dandelion is edible? And not just edible….it’s high in antioxidants and other nutrie...
02/13/2025

Did you know that every part of the dandelion is edible? And not just edible….it’s high in antioxidants and other nutrients! These pretty spring-to-fall flowers aren’t weeds, although many consider them a nuisance plant. So the next time your yard is dotted with yellow blooms, consider picking a handful to add to your salad…or boil up some yellow goodness and make dandelion jelly! But be careful to pick from areas that haven’t been exposed to pesticides.

The groundhog may have said six more weeks of winter, but my hands are itching to get in the earth and plant this year’s...
02/12/2025

The groundhog may have said six more weeks of winter, but my hands are itching to get in the earth and plant this year’s garden! My space is a bit different this year, but it’s going to be just fine! And in the meantime, I’ve got some projects to keep me busy. So who wants sourdough bread, dandelion jelly, elderberry syrup, or fresh quail eggs?

Here’s some great information about egg color, yolk color, and nutritional values of different eggs. Great read!
05/21/2024

Here’s some great information about egg color, yolk color, and nutritional values of different eggs. Great read!

Brown Eggs vs. White Eggs ( What’s the difference. You may be surprised.)

So many times, I have heard people say; “I like the brown eggs better.” Well, guess what, there is absolutely no difference in the two eggs, neither taste nor nutrition wise either. Brown eggs and white eggs are nutritionally identical, their difference is purely the color of the eggshell. Crack a brown egg open, and you'll see that the interior shell of the brown egg is white, the color is contained only in a thin layer on the outside and doesn't affect what's inside of the egg itself. The color of the egg shell is determined by the breed of the hen too and not the color of their feathers either.

You say; “Well, the yolk has a much darker color.” The color of an egg yolk is determined by the hen's diet. Hens that eat a diet rich in carotenoids, which are found in plants like marigold and alfalfa, tend to produce eggs with deeper orange yolks. Hens that eat a wheat-based diet will have eggs with a paler, yellow yolk, while a diet rich in soy or corn will produce eggs with a deeper yellow yolk.
There is no proven correlation between yolk color and flavor, but a lot of people thinks that darker orange yolks tend to taste richer and more flavorful.
While egg yolks can range in color from pale yellow to deep orange, the healthier hens will have more carotenoids in their eggs, producing a deep golden-colored yolk.

Jungle fowl Chickens (Ancestors of every chicken breed) lay white eggs which is why white eggs are known as the wild type. When it comes to chickens that lay white eggs, the Leghorn is often the first breed that comes to mind. There are many backyard white egg laying chickens. The color of the eggs all depends on the breed of the chickens. There are also other colors than brown and white eggs that aren’t commonly found in the grocery stores. Chicken eggs also comes in blue, green and pink shades. There are even some speckled and some black eggs. You can do a research on the different breeds of chickens to see what color eggs they lay.

When it come to your health, if you’re looking for a healthier option when it comes to your eggs and you are searching for eggs that is more nutritious, then you should seek out those from hens that are raised specifically to produce enhanced eggs. Eggs such as “Egglands Best” just to name one, that are labeled “Omega-3” comes from hens that are fed a diet that is high in flaxseed and therefore, they have a higher omega-3 fatty acid content. Or buy free-range eggs which, due to the hens more varied diet, that may contain more nutrients like beta carotene than cage-raised eggs do.

The only difference that you will find between brown eggs and white eggs is that they cost more. So then, you have to ask yourself; “Is it worth it to pay $2.00 more a dozen for brown eggs?”
The chickens that lay brown eggs are normally larger chickens like the Rhode Island Reds, and they eat more than the smaller chickens. Since it costs more to maintain those chickens, the price is passed on down from the farmers to the consumers, and they charge a bit more for their eggs. Most industry experts also believes that consumers preferences for brown eggs also means that they can be priced higher than the white eggs.

Hmmmm! No thank you! I would rather have the extra money in my pocket than theirs. You are getting absolutely nothing for that extra money at all. Save the extra money to go on that $5.00 load of bread to go along with those eggs that you are buying, don’t be duked! Remember that the two types of eggs are identical!

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