Author Archives: Aquaponic Family

The End

Posted on Friday, March 27, 2015 by Aquaponic Family

Hello All, Due to health issues, we have dismantled our aquaponic system and will no longer be able to update our blog.  We’ll leave it here for a while, just in case someone may be interested in this topic.  Thank … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics | 1 Comment

More Chicks!

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

After our experience with “straight run” chicks, we decided to buy some replacements from a local farm that raises chickens.  The lady at Circle B Farm in Buchanan, Georgia, said she has a 90% success rate when she sexes chicks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics, Chickens | Tagged , , , , , | 17 Comments

Uninvited Guest

Posted on Monday, July 23, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

While I was watching the chickens last week, an uninvited guest arrived to see what was going on.  At first, I saw it out of the corner of my eye, but when it saw me it quickly went under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens | Tagged , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Our Very First Egg!

Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

We placed an ad on Craigslist and sold two of our white Silkie cockerels for $10 each, and then we traded one white Silkie cockerel for two 3-month-old, black Silkie-Cochin pullets.  The nice lady who traded with us also gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics, Chickens | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Veggie Update

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

It’s been HOT around here…up to 109º F one day…and above 100º many days.  Many of our aquaponic plants have taken a beating, so we’ll need to focus on replacing them with heat-tolerant plants for a while. On the brighter … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics, Plants | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Don’t Eat Fresh Chicken!

Posted on Friday, June 29, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

***Warning!  This post contains some graphic language…not vulgarity…just some detailed information about preparing a rooster (actually, a cockerel) for dinner.  As requested by one of our wonderful readers, there are no photos in this post. We have some sad, yet tasty … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics, Chickens | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 36 Comments

Roosters or Hens?

Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

A week or so ago our stone sidewalk was messed up when the stump removal company returned to finish grinding up the crape myrtle roots by our house, so I haven’t been able to get down to the chickens since … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics, Chickens | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 66 Comments

We’ve got more bugs…good bugs!

Posted on Monday, May 7, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

After we found the cabbage worms eating our greens a couple of weeks ago, we ordered some beneficial insects from GardeningZone.com.  Now we have ladybugs patrolling the plants for aphids, mealy bugs, cabbage worms, and other leaf-eating bugs.  They’re on a search-and-destroy … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics, Plants | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

Beauty and the Beasts

Posted on Saturday, May 5, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

The world is filled with opposites…good and bad…life and death…plants and bugs. We do our best to embrace nature, love it for what it is, enjoy its beauty, and accept what we can’t change.  But when it comes to our … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics, Plants | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 26 Comments

Our Babies are Growing Up and Movin’ Out

Posted on Friday, May 4, 2012 by Aquaponic Family

Our chicks have really grown up since the last time we posted about them a month ago.  Here are a few of the Ameraucanas when they were three weeks old.  They were so cute back then. They were about twice … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquaponics, Chickens | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 27 Comments