Sparrow's Rest Rabbitry & Roost

06/05/2025

Sometimes warm summer mornings on days that have a lot to get done, call for something a little extra (especially when you know what's in it and it's actually good for you). Peach protein oatmeal topped with homemade maple frozen yogurt (color comes from beet root).

In the words of the three year old, "It's alicious!" 😋

05/22/2025

We've had an interesting opportunity here... Our oldest is ALL about the outdoors and animals, so when we saw the Jr. Ranger competition, we thought, "Why not?" Well, a few weeks later, he is 1st in his group as they head into the home stretch of the top 20 selection. After the top 20 is top 15, 10, 5, quarter finals, semifinals, and final rounds of voting. If you're interested in joining us on this journey, I'll post the link to his bio page below where you can read about his favorite parts of nature and cast your free vote every 24 hours.

Always Up For Adventure, Arik Loves To Explore, Learn, And Teach Others About The Wildness Of Nature And The Conservation Of It.

05/21/2025

13 barnyard mix straight run. Hatched for the experience (we homeschool) 3 each or 25 for all

04/21/2025

This first time mama gave us another bundle sometime after I went to bed last night.

04/20/2025

When I bred our newest doe, it just seemed like a nice day... 31 days later we have "real" Easter Bunnies!

04/12/2025

Usually making sausage is a fall chore for us, but life was crazy, so the venison quarters were frozen whole, and we have slowly been processing as we have time.

So today was SAUSAGE DAY! 30 lbs of sausage made from our family recipe ready for the freezer (minus 1lb that haaaad to be eaten for supper 😋). Special thanks to Core Goods for the fantastic spices! They sure helped make delicious sausage.

03/15/2025

Today, we have some winter grow-outs ready to hop. Pure Rex (not mini) with pedigree. Details under the first picture of each.

03/05/2025

This has been a busy year for us. We said see ya later to our little homestead where three of our kiddos were born and where we spent many hours working to build the life we love to accept a call from our leadership to step into a new stage of life - a new adventure.

It brought a lot of sadness (especially for the kids who had to say good bye to some of their animals). Most of our flock went to live at Deere Run Ag where they are quite happily creating cute little peeps. Our bees were invaded by mice while we were moving and not checking them regularly, so we lost our hives. Only a couple of our breeding rabbits made the move. And our pup was not made for living in town, so she has a new family too.

We have spent the year settling in to our new space and what it means to live in town. There have been many firsts for the kiddos. We've found some new hobbies. Caught a new swarm of bees, welcomed some new babies to the land, and we even found a few maple trees to tap.

As we head into 2025 feeling a little more like we understand where God has placed us, we look forward to being able to offer new products (the kind you need to feed as well as some that are a little more in-town friendly), so keep a look out for something your home, homestead, or farm might need.

12/22/2023

The boys were so sad to see their birds head to a new home this morning, but we are so thankful to know that they are in good hands with Deere Run Ag.

*For those that don't know, we will be moving in January for work, and we will only be allowed to take 4 hens and the rabbits with us. It will be a big change for us all.

12/22/2023

Who needs a fantastic Black Copper Marans Rooster? PM for details.