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The Wheeler Farmette

Just a small homestead in a residential neighborhood, trying to get back to the basics. Located in Widefield, CO while looking for our forever property.
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08/12/2024

These stacking trays are what I now use for my jumbo coturnix, standard coturnix and button quail! They’re wonderful for organizing by age without any fuss.

08/11/2024

Olive Egger Frizzle chicks and tomatoes both growing nicely!
What’s growing in your garden and brooders?!

08/04/2024

Good Night from Farmette.

07/26/2024

Did you know that when you buy a dozen large eggs at the grocery store it doesn’t actually mean all eggs in that dozen are large? You could have a medium or extra large in there too. That’s because they are actually weighed by the dozen. So as long as the total weight of the carton divided by 12 is around 50g, that’s all that matters.
Egg size is based on breed. When a hen starts laying, she will often lay smaller eggs. They’re perfectly fine to eat and some call them ‘fairy eggs’. Well, we have plenty of new layers, getting the hang of things, so we have some fairy eggs to offer you. Perfect for a light breakfast with a bit of whimsy!

07/18/2024

Alright Colorado Springs, we are settling in and looking for regulars for farm fresh eggs. We currently have chicken and quail eggs available.
Chicken eggs are $5 a dozen and quail eggs are $4 a dozen or 3 dozen for $10.
We will have chicken hatching eggs available as well from our mixed flock, my olive egger splash project flock and Vorwerks. I also have Oz Snowy Coturnix quail from Thieving Otter Farm imported from Australia as well as our button quail.
Let me know how we can help!
Located in 80911/80817

06/03/2024

Well, I guess with all the messages I’ve received asking about eggs, chicks, and more, I should officially announce:
We are moving back to Colorado this month. Due to the high temperatures that we all know come to Texas, we already moved all of our animals to Colorado.
It’s been a pleasure doing business with everyone in Texas and I hope we find customers just as fantastic and supportive in Colorado.

05/14/2024

Frizzled Olive Egger cockerel looking for a new roost.
Sweet as pie and snuggly.
Located in Venus.

05/14/2024

Opal Legbar cockerel looking for a new roost. Homozygous for blue egg gene, meaning he passes it on to his chicks.
Pick up in Venus.

05/06/2024

How many button quail chicks are moving from the Hatcher to the brooder? Also, I love my hatching compartment for my button quail that I got from Wuellner Homestead Mercantile! Plenty of air flow and tall enough so they can’t jump out! I can keep different batches separated.
(These didn’t all hatch in this single compartment!)

05/05/2024

*The flock has found a new home!*

This little barred bantam flock wasn’t picked up.
The hens are all laying and the rooster is very sweet to his girls.
Pick up in Venus. Deal if picked up today!

05/05/2024

Rainy Day Flash Sale!
5 Vorwerk Chicks, freshly hatched.
$75- must pick up today.
Located in Venus, TX.

05/01/2024

Wait… are we supposed to KNOW how many chickens we have??

04/29/2024

Seven speedy silver button quail chicks looking for a new brooder!

Also have 3 button quail roosters, 1 white, 2 silver!

Located in Venus.

04/24/2024

I am needing to downsize the main flock.
I will have several hens available-all but one are laying, the other will start very soon. Birds need to be purchased in a minimum of a pair.
I have two different pairs that can’t be separated.
Thelma and Louise
Spot and Dot
Located in Venus

04/23/2024

Frizzled Olive Egger Cockerel available.
I have frizzled hens so I can’t keep a frizzled rooster around.
Bring him in to your flock and you’ll have a 50% chance of frizzled chicks.
Located in Venus
$10

04/23/2024

I have an Opal Legbar Cockerel (homozygous blue egg gene- means he will pass that gene on to his offspring) looking for a flock of his own!
Getting this picture took a lot of takes because he kept flying up to my shoulder. He’s very sweet!
Located in Venus
$10

04/23/2024

Well, Artemis is quite the artist. She lays a lovely sage colored egg with brown specks. Sometimes smaller specks, sometimes bigger. Maybe she dreams of being a psychologist and is just producing her line of Rorschach tests.
I ended up loving the color of her eggs so much that I subconsciously used it as inspiration for painting our master bath, though I didn’t splatter any brown anywhere…

04/22/2024

Say hi to our followers Artemis!
Artemis came to us with Pumpkin. They were trouble makers who liked to escape and lay eggs anywhere but where they were supposed to. Luckily, she’s figured out to stick to the nesting boxes now.
Well, what color does Artemis lay?

04/20/2024

I have a dozen Vorwerk eggs available.
Still in the working stage of my flock, so they’re less than you’ll find anywhere else.
Located in Venus.

04/17/2024

Miss Pepper lays a khaki colored egg!
Waiting for a hen to lay her first egg is always a long wait… it seems to drag on forever! But when you have no clue what color she may lay, that egg makes it so worth the wait!

04/15/2024

Pepper is from our own flock. Meaning her daddy is Atheno, who is an Olive Egger. Since she’s 3 generation, her egg can be just about any color other than white. So, what’s your guess?

04/09/2024

Louise lays light pink… the alliteration wishes she laid light lilac, but here we are.
Again, the bloom can change the egg from your typical light brown to something magical!

04/08/2024

This weeks lady is Miss Louise. She is a Gold Laced Wyandotte who came to us with her best friend Thelma. Yep, they were trouble makers.
She is typically one of the last to lay each day, I think she just doesn’t like waiting in line for a nesting box.
So- what color does Louise lay?

04/06/2024

A dozen Rainbow Egger hatching eggs.

$15

Located in Venus.

04/02/2024

Almost looks like a constellation…
Guess she wanted to prove her eggs are out of this world. 😏

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Apparently, I am great at growing carrot top. Carrots? Not so much. #gardening #garden #carrots #carrottop

How many button quail chicks are moving from the Hatcher to the brooder? Also, I love my hatching compartment for my button quail that I got from Wuellner Homestead Mercantile! Plenty of air flow and tall enough so they can’t jump out! I can keep different batches separated. (These didn’t all hatch in this single compartment!)

Oh Susie Q, baby I love you and your WHITE egg! Most people think a white egg isn’t necessary for a rainbow basket, but I promise it helps the other colors to pop! It makes you see that an egg has that pink tint or blue, even when in certain light it almost seems white. Many people think that store bought eggs are bleached, but in reality they just come from a breed that lays white. Do you have a white layer in your flock? Share a picture of that hen!

My jumbo quail eggs will finally have a home. These quail egg holders are from Wuellner Homestead Mercantile and fit even my biggest quail eggs. They stack, are lightweight and durable. I even managed to snag a discount code for them for all of you! Code: WHEELER will get you 15% off. #supportsmallbusiness #quail #jumboquail #quaileggs

I’m thinking someone forgot to iron today…

Knock, knock! The boxes are full! Say hello to Pumpkin, Buckbeak, Chai, Fancy and Miss Rosie! Girls are working hard with spring right around the corner!

This fluff is enjoying a little midday snack… isn’t he so cute?!

I guess all the rain and mud had Nanny thinking spa day. It feels like spring today…

Some bunny is hungry.

#BackyardChickens #Hen #Chicken #GoodMorning

We will have quail chicks available for pickup! If you’re interested in some, I’m starting a list, send me a message to make sure you don’t miss out on this hatch!