Pine Acres Miniature Farm

02/03/2025

Farm Fresh - Unwashed -Unrefridgerated - Free Range eggs

$4/dz

Can meet in Corydon IN, Brandenburg KY or Louisville KY.

01/31/2025

Gotta love

Let’s see yours!!!

01/30/2025

Two dozen eggs available

Corydon IN or Brandenburg KY

$4/dz

01/28/2025

Now that things are melting and clearing out we have emptied all the frozen troughs. This trough held out really well until the day of subarctic temps 😂 frozen almost 8” solid in a single day!! No amount of insulating was gonna save it!

01/27/2025

Yes!!!!

As baby chick season approaches and the price of eggs keep rising, I’m sure a lot of people are tempted to raise chickens themselves. Before people flock (no pun intended 🤣) to their local farm store and start buying all the baby chicks please consider the following 10 fun facts….

1. Most hens do not start laying eggs until 18-22 weeks of age (that’s about 5 months give or take)

2. For the first few weeks of their lives baby chickens need to be kept at a temperature of around 95 degrees Fahrenheit

3. Chicks need to eat…SURPRISE! And like the price of everything else chicken feed has went up. A 50lb bag of layer is over $20.

4. Chickens molt…what does that mean? Your chicken will become ugly and stop laying eggs for a period of time.

5. Chickens don’t lay as many eggs in the winter months.

6. The average lifespan of a chicken is 5-10 years.

7. Predators such as foxes, coyotes, neighbor’s dogs and even raccoons will hunt your chickens.

8. Chickens will p**p EVERYWHERE and I mean everywhere so be prepared to clean their pen often or if they are free range be sure to check your step or look before you sit.

9. Chickens love to dig holes and destroy bedding around flowers in the yard, good luck keeping them from doing so.

10. Chickens can get medical issues just like any other animal.

I’m not trying to discourage anyone from raising their own food in fact I think it’s great. However chickens are animals, animals that require attention and proper care.

So while I get that you don’t want to spend $7 on a dozen eggs double think your decision before you go gung ho on being a chicken farmer. Just do your research, it’s not like getting a fish 🤦🏼‍♀️

Sincerely,
A fellow chicken owner

01/17/2025

$4/dz farm fresh unwashed eggs.

Laid this week.

01/17/2025

We have farm fresh eggs available!!

$4/dz

Can meet in Brandenburg or Corydon.

01/16/2025

Beautiful colors!! Check out these

01/14/2025

Is this not what we all want?!

01/12/2025

It’s a wonderful day to do some farm chores!

Amazon beach wagon for the win in this snow!

Not exact one pictured as no longer available but a very similar one linked in comments!

01/09/2025

Fresh straw carefully placed in the barn. Nice and dry and warm in there….

Sheep: outside is nice…
Horses: yea, Imma stay out here…

01/07/2025

We got a fairy egg today! Liz was excited to crack it open and take a peak!

01/06/2025

We did a little prep work before the winter weather hit! Follow us to see how everything held up.

What did you do to prep for the ?

To start off we insulated our water troughs. To do this we placed a smaller water container inside of a larger container. We used this small container https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGXKF9WS/?tag=pineacresmini-20
inside this larger container https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NPBLAU/?tag=pineacresmini-20 .
We stuffed it with straw on the bottom and then surrounding the bowl making a nice straw insulation. This held up really well, the water never froze, did get slush like but never froze.

Next up was some overkill, we insulated and protected our outside spigots. Using ones like these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFL2JQQF/?tag=pineacresmini-20 should keep them from freezing, but we believe in better safe than sorry! We wrapped them with some plastic wrap (like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7VJX57W/?tag=pineacresmini-20) and some straw. Big thing with winter weather and outside spigots, unhook your hose!!!

Next, we spread out some straw in our stalls and barns for the animals. We don’t have electric in any of our outbuildings, but with their warm winter coats, straw, and staying out of the wind and wet our animals do just fine in winter weather. Biggest thing is having somewhere for them to get out of the elements, and block the wind.

Lastly we finished the chicken coop outside with some straw underneath. Our coop is raised (about 1’), so we pack straw underneath to help with heat retention. We also sealed off the windows with plastic wrap and utilized the deep liter method. Again no power in outbuildings, so just good seal for drafts and out of the cold. Their body heat and natural downy coats keep them plenty warm. We do have a small solar light, for when they are locked up all day, to mimic sunlight (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDXX674V/?tag=pineacresmini-20) works great even in low sunlight conditions.

Hope you all enjoyed and stayed safe!

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01/05/2025

Hope everyone is staying safe and warm during this vortex. 7” and growing currently here at pine acres.

All the critters are tucked warmly in their shelters, except the horses who decided that standing outside in the snow is better than the 1’ deep straw covered stall.

01/04/2025

Sometimes you gotta dual purpose your summer items into winter items!