Guidroz Family Farm

12/07/2025

I want to hear about all of YOU and how you ended up with your Farm or Homestead name! I'll share how ours came about and we'd love to hear about yours. I know we all have a story.

When the FB page was originally started in 2020 we were "Guidroz Urban Homestead." We had been living the lifestyle on and off for many years and as our living situations evolved so did our homesteading. It was absolutely fitting for what we were doing but when the time came to get our LLC and expand officially, we had to make a name change.

Unfortunately in Louisiana due to our homestead exemption taxes, you cannot LLC a business with homestead in the name. We were under a time crunch and opted to go with something simple.

Guidroz Family Farm was the choice because that's what it is...a small family run farm. It's only Aaron, Myself, and Lane here running things as our other two children are grown and "flown the coop." Our oldest does her own garden, chickens, and bread baking now. Our middle one is a mechanic but when he was still living at home, helped greatly with building our infrastructure. They've all played their parts and we hope in the future we'll be able to have them involved again as their busy lives allow.

So now tell me about your farm or homestead name and how it came to be. ❤️

12/07/2025

When we started homesteading the goal was always raising food. That's still the goal but the way that happens has ebbed and flowed through the years. The main protein producer here remains Coturnix quail.

I know many of you follow us specifically BECAUSE of our quail. We absolutely raise them as a multipurpose homestead animal! We enjoy them and their personalities, we enjoy the eggs when we have them for personal use, and we enjoy them as a meat producer.

Some of you raise them strictly as pets and that's ok too! Don't think that we don't have our favorites around here!

Since we DO hatch many eggs we have to have a plan for the males. Anytime you're raising an animal for production you'll need to have a plan for the birds that don't stay in your program. For us that plan is our freezer; we believe in the philosophy of a good life with only one 30 bad seconds.

We also believe in using all parts of an animal when possible. Every single part of a quail is used on our farm. We dehydrated quail wings for dog training recently, we make quail jerky dog treats, and many of you have received those little quail feather earrings in your packages. Not a single part goes unused.

A lot of this is to say that there's no wrong way to homestead. We all do things differently and that doesn't make it wrong or right. You do what works best for your farm, homestead, or family.

12/06/2025

📢 Question time for the gardeners!

It doesn't want to stop raining! 🌧️ That usually forces us to take some down time but today we were out there working because we have some project deadlines. (You'll see that soon enough 😉)

I pulled out a little throwback photo to our 2019 garden which has me wondering...is there anything special you're looking to plant in 2026?

I'm almost out of Luffas so it's probably time to grow some more. I also skipped my blue butterfly pea flowers and yard long beans this year. I think I'll add them back for 2026.

I'll be in year two of my growing cohort with the Utopian Seed Project so Promiscuous Peas get a special spot.

Most of our peppers will overwinter just fine so I likely won't start seeds for those. Tomatoes are ALWAYS my favorite crop and I can't wait to get my hands in the seed box and pick out this year's varieties.

So tell me what you THINK is on your grow list this year! Anything you really love ❤️ and would recommend? Did you have any varieties that really stood out this past year?

12/05/2025

The new layers are back at it with their oddball eggs. 🤎

12/05/2025

Since it's been raining ☔for two days and our yard looks like it has a symbiotic relationship with the bayou...here's an egg picture. 🐣 I'm hoping to bring back your regularly scheduled aesthetic pictures but we seem to be in the monsoon part of "winter." There's absolutely no shortage of mud and I'm sure many of you can relate! What all are you working on inside? 🤔 I have quail feather earrings to restock and soap 🫧 on my list of projects.

12/04/2025

*quail 💩* and I apologize for it often! "Sorry, I was working in the quail barn." 🫣🤣

There comes a moment in every farm person’s life when you must accept a hard truth:

You carry a… scent.
Not a smell.
A scent.
A multilayered aromatic experience.

I walk into public places smelling like:
– fresh straw
– calf kisses
– a hint of iodine
– a dash of despair
– and the lingering ghost of milk replacer dust

Basically, I am a walking charcuterie board of barn odors.

And yet — YET — I insist on acting shocked when people notice.

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So I’m standing in line, minding my own business, radiating barn fumes like a biological hazard, when a stranger leans in and goes:

“Wow…you smell like a farm.”

And this is the moment where any normal human would respond with grace. Something like:

“Oh haha yeah, sorry, just got done working,”
or
“I’ll shower when I get home.”

But my brain?
My brain heard that, panicked, yeeted itself out the nearest window, and left my mouth completely unsupervised.

So what do I say?

“Thanks, you too.”

YOU. TOO.

YOU.
TOO.

I hit this innocent, freshly-showered civilian with the most accidental barn insult ever created.

They smelled like laundry detergent and hopes and dreams — and I told them THANKS YOU TOO
as if THEY were the ones walking around like a feral goat in Carhartt.

The moment the words left my mouth, even the angels were like, “…girl what.”

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And the silence afterward?
Violent.
Traumatizing.
Biblical.

They stared at me like they were trying to figure out if I was joking or if I actually believed they smelled like cow manure and broken ambitions.

I tried to fix it, but my brain was still rebooting, so all that came out was:

“Ha…haha…yeah.”

YEAH WHAT.
WHAT WAS YEAH SUPPOSED TO MEAN.
Why am I like this??

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Meanwhile I am standing there in full-blown farm aroma glory. I smell like I lost a wrestling match with a calf and also maybe rolled in a compost pile for fun.

My socks are questionable.
My hoodie is an archaeological site.
There is absolutely hay in my hair.
If someone slapped a “Live Animal” sticker on my back, TSA would wave me through.

And I told a totally normal, clean-smelling citizen:
“Thanks, you too.”

I should not be allowed in public without supervision.

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New rule:

If you see me anywhere that isn’t a barn, please assume:

1. I can’t smell myself anymore

2. I definitely smell like cow

3. If you comment on it, I WILL say something feral and deeply embarrassing in response, and then I will flee the premises.

I am done apologizing for the scent.
It is part of my personality now.
It has fused with my soul.

If you don’t like it?
Thanks, you too.

12/04/2025

So glad you love them!

12/04/2025

Yesterday we had a text, email, and a FB message with hatch updates! We love to hear from all of you and appreciate each of our customers.

We know you have many, many options to choose from when spending your hard earned money so we're grateful when you choose our farm.

We've had a fantastic year and can't wait to see what 2026 brings! ❤️

12/04/2025

Congratulations on a great hatch! 🐣

12/03/2025

⏩ Alright friends! What are some topics you would like to learn about? We're open to all suggestions; it feels like discussions are the Wild Wild West right now!

⏩ questions? We got you fam. questions? We can help with that too. raising? Yep, we have knowledge there also. ? On it! ? Maybe don't ask me about that one...🫣

⏩ We've been doing a lot of things for a very long time so we have information to share. Does everyone do everything the same way? Absolutely not! Can we tell you how we do it? Of course!

⏩ Leave all your questions in the comments. We'll go through them and write up helpful posts answering them and we might even make a YT video if we get too long winded!

⏩ Pictures of some of our Jumbo Brown growouts for FB algorithm tax...and because they're chunkers. 😂



www.guidrozfamilyfarm.com for all your quail hatching egg needs. ❤️

12/03/2025

When your friend sends you dried sourdough starter through the mail and labels it *not drugs.* 🤣

Thank you Quail and Error Homestead for sharing. I'll probably have another 💀 sourdough starter to add to the collection soon! 🫣

12/03/2025

We never ask for much and this small thing can help us out in big ways.

Did you know you can support our business for FREE?!
It only takes a couple seconds & it helps us grow in a huge way!

Here's how you can lend a hand in just 30 seconds:
➡️Visit our page: https://www.facebook.com/share/17s3VfLizR/?mibextid=wwXIfr
➡️Click the three little dots (next to our page name)
➡️Select "Invite Friends"
➡️Tap "Invite all" & you're done!

Thank you for everyone's support , We can't wait for 2026 and all the new and exciting things it will bring.

Quail farm and homestead located in Galliano, LA. NPIP/AI certified Hatching Eggs @ www.guidrozfamilyfarm.com