Author: Reagen Mueller

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Quail chicks!!!!

Reagen Mueller

About 3 weeks ago we started incubating some quail eggs for my aunt and uncle. well three of them have hatched!!! They are really small and adorable. They were supposed to all hatch yesterday but one hatched on Tuesday but the other two hatched Wednesday. none others have hatched yet and we honestly don’t know if their going to. These chicks are my aunt and uncles we were just incubating for them but I think we should get some in the future. They are so little we have to give them there food in plastic lid from water bottles.

I don’t have much to say about the other animals but Clover (the bunny) Is doing well so are all the goats. We had to fix some things on there shed before winter. We also built a duck house for the ducks but they wont go in it. Sadly one of the baby Muscovy ducks died or at least that is what we are assuming because we can’t find it. I guess that’s all for this week.

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pH level

Reagen Mueller

What is pH level?

pH stands for potential of hydrogen and is a way of measuring levels of alkaline (sweetness) and acidity (sourness). If your soil has the most acidity it can it will be 0.0 if your soil has the most alkaline it can it will be 14.0 and halfway through the scale is 7.0. So if your soil is 0.0-6.9 it is alkaline and if it is 7.1-14.0 it is acid. If it is 7.0 it is neutral everything has a perfect balance. Pure water is 7.0 and soapy water is 12.0.

Why does pH level matter?

The pH level of your soil matters because it impacts several elements that influence plant growth. Plants tend to grow best in pH levels of 5.5-6.5. However some plant prefer different pH levels, you can look up what pH levels different types of plants like to grow in for example, weeping willows like 5.0-6.0 and lilacs prefer pH levels of 6.0-7.5.

How do I fix my soil’s pH level?

Now that you read this article you may be thinking “okay so how do I fix the pH levels of my soil?” or “can you fix the pH levels?”. The answer is yes you can. To fix acidic soil and bring the pH level up you can add limestone, which is the most popular way, to your soil. You can also add wood ash which is a more organic alternative. To bring the soil’s pH levels down you can do several things. Adding sulfur is the easiest way there is but you can also use aluminum sulfate, iron sulfate, sphagnum peat, or compost.

That’s all I have for today I hope this was very helpful.

 

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New Animals

Reagen Mueller

Last week on Saturday me and my family went to an auction where we live, there were a lot of animals and although we didn’t plan on buying anything we ended up with twelve new ducks and one bunny. First the ducks, we got one family of Muscovy ducks, (five babies and there mom) and when we were buying them my dad was like whats six more so we bought another group of ducks. The first group of duck were yellowish and had brown markings on them and the second group are mainly dark brown. 

Now for the bunny it was recently my birthday and I had been wanting a bunny for awhile. I went to that auction with my parents and definitely did not expect to come back with a bunny, but when I saw this bunny I needed to have it. It was even my favorite kind, a Holland lop. A few years ago we had a Mini Rex so we still had a hutch. I decided to name it Clover, the bunny is four months old and we still don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl. That’s all for this post.

Farm, Update

We’re back

Reagen Mueller

Hi so it’s been a long time but we are back, this is Reagen, Rick’s daughter, and I’m updating you guys now. A lot happened while we were gone so I’m going to start where we left off goats!!! My dad (Rick) built a shelter for them, the shed is made of plywood (or something like that) and has a metal roof. We never really did milk the goats, I think we did once or twice then stopped. Then that winter Cookie (one of our goats) got sick and died, Thor (another one of our goats) got sick too but we gave him medicine and he survived. Before that Morgana (another goat) had her kids, unfortunately, one of them was born dead but the other one is really healthy. We decided to name him Jellybean. Now let’s move onto chickens. Nothing much happened to them, we got several more groups of chickens but now we only have two. The same thing happened to the ducks, we got more groups of ducks and now we have two. One girl and one boy. The girl’s name is Puddles and the boy’s name is Mingo (don’t ask why i’m not sure). Puddles is young and just started laying eggs. When the eggs get bigger we are going to incubate them. That’s all I have to say for now I will be back with another post sometime.