Welcome to Chicken Scratch NY where I overshare about my failures and the occasional success in my homesteading adventures! Over the last 10 years I’ve written about my life keeping chickens, turkeys, alpacas and more on my 5 acre farm in central NY while going all out for the holidays and cooking good simple food.

I never shy away from the negative side but I have an eternal optimism that even 2020 couldn’t beat down! There is a lot to read here so I’ve collected my favorite and most popular posts to get you started:

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