Candling Our First Eggs at Pancake Farms

Here at Pancake Farms we are breeding Gold Lace Wyandottes and are excited to be candling our first eggs from Henrietta. To check the growth and development of the embryo, incubated eggs are candled. This allows us to see if the eggs are...

Hatching Chicks

Life on a farm is certainly exciting. We have enjoyed our chickens for several years and anticipate the arrival of chicks each year. Watch our timelaspe video of nine chicks hatching. You’ll see their egg tooth that helps break them out of the...

“Old Red Barn II Chicken Coop”

Pancake Farms was in need of a breeding coop for our chickens. We found a great one from Precision Pet Products and built it in two hours and 20 minutes! Watch the time lapse video of the build and our other video where we give our review of the...

Adventures with Bees at Pancake Farms

We have been researching bees for several years and are excited to announce that we have gotten our first hive here at Pancake Farms! We have taken classes from Steve Harris at Tumalo Bee Academy and learned the care and upkeep of bees. Watch our videos to see the bee...

British Soay Sheep Get a Shelter

Check out our new lean-to for the Soay Sheep. Our four ewes will temporarily be sharing this shelter with nine Golden Laced Wyandotte Chicks. The chicks and the Soay Sheep happily share their new covered structure to keep out of the sun. Soay Sheep are one of the...

New British Soay Sheep Herd at Pancake Farms

That is right we have a new heard of sheep here at Pancake Farms. Please help us welcome the British Soay Sheep! These fun little sheep come to us from Wilderbee Farms, a breeder of sheep, in Port Townshend in Washington.  So why are they called British Soay sheep?...

Getting Our First Jacob Sheep Ram Lambs

We had a wonderful experience working with Dawn Stuart with Bear Creek Farm. She gave us a lot of information about the rare breed of Jacob Sheep, tips on care and upkeep, as well as answered all of our many questions. Join us as we interview her and pick up our first...