Spring Acres

04/19/2025

Petunia with her new hat and sun glasses. She is such a sweet girl!!!

04/15/2025

I have an awesome horse that needs help!!!! Meet Atlas! He is an appendix – he is part quarter horse and part thoroughbred. He is 16.3 hands (a big boy). He’s a beautiful horse, but unfortunately he was dealt a crappy hand. He has been diagnosed with kissing spine. He has two places that are touching, which isn’t super bad – but he is 17 years old and the owner does not want to put him through any kind of surgery. This means he is basically a pasture horse, partner horse and or retired horse. The owner does not want to put him through being ridden or jumping or doing anything that would put him in any kind of pain. He’s looking for a good home that will take good care of him and he can live out the rest of his life as a horse. Does anybody know who might want him?. Please PM me if you are interested.

04/10/2025

Check out how cute this video is. I actually got one of my chickens laying an egg on video. This will probably never happen again.

04/10/2025

Today is Ryu’s last day at Spring Acres. He has been with us for over 4 years now. He has new owners and they have decided to show him and they want to be at a show barn with their trainer. He is truly going to be missed. We wish only good things for him and his new owners. Take good care of him!!! 🥰

04/10/2025

Love my chickens!!!

04/08/2025

Let's talk about eggs 🥚 and egg prices 💲 from farmers.

As I was collecting my eggs today, I thought, gosh, I wonder how many people don't realize the little bit of p**p or mud on these shells is less harmful than the eggs they buy in the store?!

So, let's start with why that is. Eggs have a natural, invisible outer coating, it's called the bloom. That bloom protects the shell's pores and doesn't let anything into the egg. Nothing is going to replicate exactly this bloom God creates for these eggs. Nothing.

When you wash that egg, you wash off the bloom.

Your store bought eggs are washed in a processing plant, somewhere.

Okay, so how do the eggs stay safe after the bloom is gone?

Well, the eggs are sanitized. How you ask? Dipped into a sanitizing solution, which commonly contains sodium hypochlorite, commonly known as bleach, is a chlorine-based compound used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent, found in household cleaners, pool sanitizers, and water treatment. Yes. Look it up.

The eggs are not bleached to make them white, but dipped in a solution containing Chlorine to kill bacteria. Another method used is sometimes, pasteurization, which involves heating the egg to a certain temperature to kill pathogens.

What I want you to know is this, when that bloom is washed off.....ANYTHING can get into your egg. INCLUDING the chlorine solution and contaminate the egg you're about to eat. Yes, it's true. This is why we refrigerate our washed eggs on the farm to decrease the growth of pathogens that can make it through the shell.

Is that chlorine organic? Who cares?!?!? It's CHLORINE IN YOUR EGG!!! Grosssssss. And let me remind you that this is approved by the good ole government rules! No thanks.

Personally, I don't wash my eggs until I eat them.

One last thing I want you to know is this, those eggs in the store, they are usually 30 days old before you can even buy them. Have they been completely properly refrigerated at the correct temp for that 30 days to make sure that they are safe to eat since said bloom has been off of it for 30 days and dipped into a toxic solution?!?!

So, when you see a farmer selling eggs for 6 or 8 or even 10 dollars a dozen right now, just know those differences before you complain about price.

Just wanted to share some education today. Support the farmers!

04/01/2025

Petunia’s new bed!! It’s a lamb bed for a pig. Pretty soon she will out grow it. She is growing way too fast!!!

04/01/2025

Oaken and Petunia have become BEST FRIENDS!! Oaken is her babysitter, guardian and pal. They truly LOVE each other and it’s so cute to watch them together. 🥰

04/01/2025

04/01/2025

PM me if you want any fresh farm eggs. I currently have 21 laying hens that lay delicious fresh eggs.

04/01/2025

Petunia is getting sooo BIG!! We just LOVE her!!

04/01/2025

Baby chicks are HERE!!! I love chick season. The babies are sooo adorable! We LOVE our fresh farm eggs. PM me if you want any. $8 a dozen. 🥰

03/22/2025

Petunia loves the car and she is sooo good. She just sits nice in her bed.

03/22/2025

Someone LOVES to be brushed! Petunia is NOT spoiled one little bit!!

03/22/2025

My sweet Petunia!!!

03/22/2025

This pig is soooo ADORABLE!! This is Petunia’s first time in water. I think she likes it!!!