The Kunkel Homestead

The Kunkel Homestead Blog for the Kunkel's and our hobby farm, including our animals, gardening, and a bit of nerd life!

08/01/2026

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

07/29/2026

Houdini is a sweet sweet bird, she really loves humans!

07/25/2026

Oreo McFlurry has been practicing his roar!

07/09/2026

How we learned our Silkie Oreo McFlurry is a rooster!

Uncovered a rabbit nest with the lawnmower yesterday. Four kits, all perfectly fine. What to do in this situation? PUT. ...
06/09/2026

Uncovered a rabbit nest with the lawnmower yesterday.

Four kits, all perfectly fine.

What to do in this situation?

PUT. THEM. BACK.

Covered back up with the moms fur and they should be just fine!

Last night was a devastating one on the homestead. A fox found its way into our adult chicken run and massacred 4 of our...
05/02/2026

Last night was a devastating one on the homestead. A fox found its way into our adult chicken run and massacred 4 of our beloved chickens. Our sweet sweet rescue hen Chiff aka Miss Chiff (Mischief), beautiful cuddly and extremely round Pebbles, shy and quiet Slim, and our amazing gentleman and ever so kind and huggable rooster Milo, son of the late great Cluck Norris who we also lost to a fox a couple of months ago. The fox also attempted to murder Pidgey, the wonderful hen that hatched out Milo 3 years ago.

We were up until 3 am trying to find our birds (Pebbles is still missing but we found lots of feathers), doctoring Pidgey, burying the 3 we had, checking and resetting cameras, etc.

To say we are heartbroken is saying the least. Some would say they were just chickens, but not to us. We love each and every animal on our homestead. We've raised them and kept them well past their prime egg laying time because we enjoy their company. We talk to them, they greet us at our cars when we come come. We love them all, each with their own personalities. They are our friends, we are mourning their loss.

And THAT is why we leave portions not mowed whenever we can! 🌼🐝🦋
04/27/2026

And THAT is why we leave portions not mowed whenever we can! 🌼🐝🦋

04/20/2026

Ripley is forever in her happy place when she has her baby birds! These littles are officially out of the brooder!

Yearly reminder: as we all get our mowers out, remember to leave some flower patches for the honeybees and other pollina...
04/15/2026

Yearly reminder: as we all get our mowers out, remember to leave some flower patches for the honeybees and other pollinators!

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