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06/18/2026

We had a bit of a scare last night. We were all getting ready for bed and Kujo threw up... then again... and again... and again... over and over for about 30 minutes.

Off to the emergency vet we went.

The vet did a SNAP test for parvo, it was negative. Then we did bloodwork to test for parvo the SNAP may have missed. His bloodwork was flawless.

So, we moved on to belly x-rays. His tummy was clear and everything looked good.

All puking stopped once we left the house, he was chipper at the vet and everyone loved him. Best guess is that he ate a plant in the yard that was toxic. Not harmful enough to effect the bloodwork, but enough to make his tummy churn.

He was given an injection for the nausea and a bag of fluids just in case. We were sent home with 2 days worth of nausea meds, a week's worth of prebiotics and probiotics, and a full course of dewormers (just in case the issue is worms and not the predation of the landscaping).

The kids were terrified, thankfully Emma was at the house at the time and was able to hang out with them while we were at the vet. This is how it started with Wick -- puking that wouldn't stop followed by a trip to the vet that he never came home from.

We got home from the vet and Deven laid down with Kujo and told him "I thought you were dying! That wasn't very good of you. Thank you for coming home." and my poor mommy heart was breaking.

Kujo has been fine and peppy today, so it seems like whatever was wrong has cleared his system. Unfortunately, many PA natives are toxic to dogs and grow abundantly here on the farm. Many popular landscaping plants are also toxic.

Looks like we will be reviewing native plants -- and what animals are allowed to eat them -- this year in homeschool.

06/17/2026

We have another suprise here at the farm... Kujo was not our only recent addition.

Was it happenstance? A weakness for all things cute and fluffy? Or a side effect of poor decision making? No idea... but they're adorable.

Misfit Acres LLC is proud to introduce our newest employees; Mittens (gray) and Biscuit (orange).

Mittens, as the new head of rodent control, thrives on chaos and oozes murderous intent.

Biscuit, as the emotional support lackey to Mittens, is all cuddles, sweet nothings, and purrs.

Currently, they are residing in Wick's old kennel as they grow accustomed to their new home. Their harnesses arrived today, so they were able to venture outside for a breather.

True to form, Biscuit was all cuddles. Mittens threw himself off a retaining wall and had to tethered to a chair for safety reasons.

I couldn't pick a favorite, so here are all the pictures as kitten spam. I hope you enjoy them.

06/15/2026

Every day, we go outside over lunch to watch the chickens. The grow-outs still freak Kujo out with all the incessant flapping, but he is doing well with all the other animals. If I'm being honest, the flapping bothers me and the kids too.

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06/09/2026

The kids have been "watching" Kujo while I work. I went to go check in for our lunch time adventure around the yard to chicken gaze and found them like this.

I am unsure what transpired here but poor kid is toast. Anyone care to guess which kid? I feel like its pretty obvious...

06/08/2026

We have a solid balance of good news and bad news for once. Today is for good news, we will chat about the insanity of the weekend tomorrow.

Back at the beginning of May, we went out to New York to see a SABBS appraisal and meet the folks at Freedom Boerboels LLC and SouthernPride Boerboels. We drove 6.5 hours out, met some amazing humans and their doggos, and then drove the 6.5 hours home about 2 hours later.

Everyone was smitten. It had suddenly become much more clear how large the hole Mr. Wick left in our lives was, both literally and figuratively. We paid our puppy deposit and waited. We weren't expecting a puppy anytime soon.

A little over a week later, we had to help Mira across the rainbow bridge. The hole was growing exponentially and everyone could feel it. Also, a story for another time. I'm not there yet.

Then, like it usually does, life found a way. Suddenly, we were puppy proofing a house, buying all of the things, arguing over names, and preparing to make another day long round trip visit to New York to pick up a puppy.

Anyone is familiar with how the kids got their names knows that we suck at this. Agreeing on a name requires astronomical levels of determination and arguing.

With less than a day to go, Maui would not leave my desk alone. I picked him up and dropped him on the floor at least a dozen times. Fed up, I said "In the words of Grandma.... GET DOWN KUJO".

And it dawned on me . Suddenly we had a winner.

Give a warm welcome to the latest Misfit on the Farm, Southern Pride Kujo from Freedom Boerboels.

06/03/2026

Mr. Frankfurter seems to be settling in nicely to his new life as a Nugget Daddy. He tidbits for the babies, crows when they need to run for cover, and generally does everything a good rooster should do.

One of the unnamed Wyandottes decided to hop the fence to join him almost immediately, so now he has a chicken wife as well.

I let the nuggets out this morning, gave them some feed, and then went inside to start my day. About 2 hours later, I came back outside to give them more water and there was bloody primary feathers in their area and everyone was hiding.

I'm not sure if something tried to eat them or if one of the boys hopped the fence, but either way, Frankie said "Not today!". We get a lot of hawks at the farm but the vultures and roosters keep them at bay. All other roosters are fine, so I am doubtful it was a fight. Frankie is the strongest of the bunch and never would have been beat so thoroughly without leaving a mark.

All nuggets (and the wyandotte) are healthy, safe, and accounted for. Frankie will need some supervision to make sure the bleeding in the feather shafts stops, but otherwise he is very spunky and acting like himself.

I'll call today a win either way.

06/01/2026

It's been a long exhausting couple of weeks. Perhaps, we will catch everyone up to speed eventually, but for now, we are drained and the air is heavy.

So, for a bit of sunshine today, I present -- Mr. Frankfurter a.k.a. Frankie the Nugget Daddy.

Frankie has been in rooster jail for about a month now for fighting. The kids were growing tired of dealing with his prison shenanigans, so I made the executive decision to release him and see how it went.

It went poorly....

He immediately picked a fight with Optimus, miraculously got his a** handed to him, and then went to bother Raptor who has zero patience for his nonsense.

With a stew pot being the only other option, I decided to say to hell with it and tossed him in with the Nuggets.

Frankie seems happy and the Nuggets appreciate his presence although they don't understand his excessive tidbitting.

Frankie is people friendly and generally a good boy. He loves the hens and cares for them as a good rooster should, he just hates Optimus with a fiery passion and that conflict spills over to the other boys.

For now, Frankie is the keeper of the Nuggets. I have all the confidence that he will keep them safe or die trying. After all, he is a good boy. We have debated holding a few CX Hens back to see what comes of it, so he may just be a permanent resident in the Nugget Shack if it works out.

While I can't be certain, thus far the feed consumption for the Nuggets appears to have gone down. They are following his lead and eating nature. If it continues, Frankie might be getting a few hens to continue/improve the experiment. Feeding these nuggets is expensive.

05/11/2026

Originally, we ordered 8 turkey eggs. At the first candling, 6 showed signs of life. Lockdown started and 3 eggs were witnessed showing a great enthusiasm for life doing the wobble.

Tonight around dinner one egg pipped, then promptly did nothing for hours. I just caught it wobbling again. I get the feeling that come morning, there will be at least one little turkey flopping around in the incubator.

Four turkeys need to hatch to make me happy. One for Thanksgiving and a breeding trio for next year.

Fingers crossed everyone. These turkeys are stressing me out.

05/09/2026

Broke out the camera this morning to take some pictures of our *not* favorites. We all know favorites die first, that is Chicken Law.

Anywho... look at these cuties.

05/07/2026

We are up to 15 Hatched + 6 Pipped out of 25.

As excited as I am about the SOP eggs that we ordered, these Backyard Mix babies are so much fun. Everyone is tagged with leg bands so we can keep them mostly straight. Speculating about what they will look like grown up is so much fun. Its like the slowest revealed surprise ever.

Once they are a little bigger, I'm hoping we can figure out which of our seemingly bare legged birds are throwing feathered shanks into the gene pool. So many of these babies have feathered shanks but our green/blue laying flock does not. I'm assuming its Frankie or Optimus but who knows.

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