Double JH Farm

06/03/2024

I visited my brother and his family in Iowa this weekend, and it was a fantastic experience! We went to the farmers market, which was enormous and had everything under the sun. Their property and home are absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for an amazing visit!!

05/02/2024

The lambs were having a hilarious time this evening, but their Moms were not amused. Instead, they were trying to round up their little lambs and get them back by their sides. Meanwhile, my kitty was giving me the stink-eye for not feeding him yet. Good thing I have my priorities straight!

04/17/2024

The last mama sheep had her lambs yesterday evening, and they were both ewes. Yippee!! We are pleased to announce the end of the lambing season.

04/15/2024

We had another set of twins born on Saturday. The spotted one is a ewe and the badger is a ram. The ewe lamb was born first and came out screaming I think I’ll call her big mouth!! 😂 it took her a bit to figure out the snack bar but now she’s doing great!!

04/12/2024

We had another set of ram lambs born this afternoon both are doing great!! Tilly is a wonderful Mom and she loves her babies!!

04/12/2024

Two more rams were born during the night. They were up, nursing, and dried off when I checked at 4 AM. Good job, mom!!

04/11/2024

I woke up to this cutie this morning!! A single ram lamb both doing great!!

04/07/2024

Lambing season has begun with a bang!! I did a lamb check at around 2:00am and all was quiet and at 6:00 we had these three, two ram lambs and one ewe lamb. They were all cleaned off and nursing I love that when that happens!! Great Mom!!

03/24/2024

Shearing day was today! A big thanks to Adam Ream and Phil Hanus for their help once again. Check out some before/after pics, and now the fun will begin!!🐑

12/07/2023

I have a older sheep that has a temperature and has a cough. I was wondering if any of my sheep friends that live not too fair from Howell MI could contact me if you have any meds or ideas of what I can use to help her. Thank you in advance.

11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family!!🦃🍁

08/18/2023

Here’s what’s new at Michigan Fiber Festival this year!! Stop by and say Hi!! and check us out!!🐑

08/01/2023

Oodles of Zoodles!! I never thought I would like zucchini noodles but they are amazing and have 90% less calories then regular noodles. We’ll see how they freeze. It will be nice to have them in the winter. I already froze shredded zucchini for fritters or what ever else we want to make with it. We love having a garden and having access to fresh produce!!! Also have refrigerator pickles about ready!!😋

06/09/2023

We put up two loads of round bales today a total of 10. Thank you to AngeloMichelle Moretti for letting us borrow your high low to put them up in our hay loft and letting us use your trailer while ours is being repaired!!

05/18/2023

If anyone is interested in Rhubarb please let me know. It is $4.00 for a generous pound. PPU. Thank you 😊

04/30/2023

04/30/2023

We had a beautiful rainbow this evening!! I think spring is finally here!!

04/16/2023

So far all ram lambs this year. If anyone is interested please let me know before we band them.

03/10/2023

Another snowy day in Michigan🌨️☃️❄️

02/08/2023

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02/08/2023

I have yummy farm fresh eggs available!! 🐓🥚

01/15/2023

We had a stunning sunrise this morning from our front porch!! I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!

01/15/2023

Sunrise this morning from our front porch!! I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!

01/14/2023

01/14/2023

I copied this from Jeremy Kelly’s page and was given permission to share this on my page.

We have to change the rhetoric!

I like math, let’s do some:

PER HEN
$3.50 - pullet chick
$24.00 - chick starter (for 7 months)
$2.50 - nutrients supplement

Total $30 for a chick to 7 months old hen

7 months on for 2 years (prime laying) per hen
2lbs feed per week X 52 weeks a year for 2 years = 208 lbs fed.
208 lbs / by 50lb (per bag) = 4.16 bags fed
4.16 bags X $21.80 = $90.69 worth of feed

$90.69 + $30= $120.69 total

Let’s pretend the chicken for two years produce 400 eggs… average depends on breed.

$120.69/400= $.3017
$.3017 X 12 = $3.62 PER DOZEN

Now add in: equipment, heat, bedding, fencing, water, time, electricity, predation … etc!!

That’s $3.62 a dozen without the add ins… TO BREAK EVEN.

Let’s change this rhetoric going around let’s try:

“I can’t believe I paid $5 for these corporate garbage quality eggs from a supermarket”

Or better yet:

“I can’t believe I ONLY paid $5 for these locally produced, high quality eggs”

It’s just not sustainable.

01/01/2023

Happy New Year’s!!🎉🎆🎊

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Years to my family and friends!!🎄