Sweet Biddies Farm has been in the works for a little over a
year now...well, to be honest, the actual idea has been floating around in our heads for
several years now. Owning land away from the hustle and bustle of the city, keeping a pretty sizable garden and raising some chickens and goats, has always
just been a “one day”dream talked about for later.
But sometimes life works out differently than planned and “one day” turned into today.
My husband and I decided to buy some family land out in McDonough, GA, which is close enough to the city so that we can still be a part of city life when the urge hits us, but far enough away to feel like we are in the middle of nowhere.
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| Lots of peace... |
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| ...and quiet |
And just being away from the city, enjoying the calmness of it all would
be nice enough, but actually using
the land was also part of the dream.
My husband Sean is the gardener. He enjoys it. Sure, he huffs and puffs about it being tiring (the loudest on the hottest of days) but he loves it. I
have never seen someone so engrossed in seeds. From deciding what seeds to get
to designing a layout to caring for his little seedlings, its borderline obsession,
which I guess you have to be to be a successful farmer. He just might be at
his happiest on the tractor.
I am the animal lover. I love
animals. If it were up to me, we would be raising all kinds of animals on the
farm. An elephant? Why not? I freaking love elephants. I’ve even toyed around
with the idea of making our place a farm animal sanctuary…well let’s be honest,
I would accept any animal at my sanctuary.
Luckily, common sense (mostly from my husband) does prevail.
And even though I would love to have lots and lots of animals, we just don’t
have the capability to raise an elephant in our backyard.
But maybe “one day”…
Right now, the stars of the farm are the chickens.
Twenty two in all: fifteen adults and seven newly arrived
chicks.
We have six new hampshire reds (four chicks), five australorps, three barred rocks, three cuckoo marans, two brown leghorns, two rhode island reds (both chicks) and one white leghorn (a chick).
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| Sweet biddie chicks |
The adults are all a little over a year old now and are laying lots and lots of eggs. It’s spring, which means we get just about one egg a day from all fifteen. That is an average of 105 eggs A WEEK!
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| This girl is large and in charge |
What started off as raising backyard chickens has become an all out love for them. Sure, they don’t make having pretty flower gardens easy or they decide that pooping on the driveway is preferable to anywhere else, but I love having free-range chickens. I can tell you that a chicken doesn’t give you much in the way of feelings (except for when it is scared), but you can actually see how much happier the chickens are when they are not cooped up in a coop.
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| A leghorn checking you out |
And I am constantly thinking of ways to make the chickens happy. From designing the furniture in the coop to giving them their very own garden, I want to have happy biddies. After all, they are providing us with their eggs and I do believe in the notion that happy biddies provide you with better quality eggs.
So, that is just a little bit about Sweet Biddies Farm. Spring has just started here, which means baby chicks, newly planted seeds and lots more adventures to come.
And coming this summer, Sweet Biddies Farm will be making it's first official appearance at the Snellville Farmers Market. We'll be bringing you some farm fresh produce, eggs and even some locally made BBQ sauce.
