From Veganism to Chickens and Farm Fresh Eggs

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is all about… chickens! The farm gained 6 new friends this week as a flock of hens moved into their coop. Rachel shares all about it, from the types of chickens they got, to how they brought them home, the fancy features of her coop, and the first 24 hours. It also includes a hilarious story about tucking the chickens in for the first time that resulted in sassy birds and an upset husband and Bear. Sometimes things are a little chaotic when you’re new to homesteading and learning on the job. But there is no better feeling than working toward a dream and realizing that it actually happened. Tune in for a full-circle episode that will inspire you to listen to your heart’s longing, whatever it is telling you. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the podcast is all about chickens. We finally have our
0:05.8	chicken coop ready here on the land and yesterday a beautiful flock of chickens
0:10.9	moved in. I haven't been this excited about anything in a really long time.
0:15.8	So I tell the story of how we brought the chickens home, how things have been going so far.
0:20.8	This is all very new and I am learning as I go I talk about
0:25.1	realizing and completing a dream and listening to your heart's longing whatever your
0:30.4	heart is telling you essentially it's a full circle episode about chickens and eggs.
0:36.4	Let's jump right in.
0:49.0	Hi everyone, welcome, welcome, welcome. It's time for this week's episode of From the Heart and I am sitting here with literal butterflies in my stomach.
0:59.2	Oh wait that sounds like I'm pregnant. I'm not pregnant.
1:01.6	No, no, no new we have already established that if I want a
1:06.8	third baby I need a whole new husband and that seems like a lot of work so no I
1:10.5	feel butterflies in my tummy and just like so much excitement and energy flowing through my body because I'm so happy.
1:21.0	I'm so happy and I'm so in love and okay I'm just going to tell you we have
1:28.4	chickens. I'm seriously crying we have chickens. I'm really emotional about how in love I am
1:42.0	with these chickens I can't believe it. I can't believe it, but I can't believe it.
1:47.6	But they just moved in, so we picked them up yesterday. It's brand new, we are just getting to know each other and it
1:56.3	feels like such a completely beautiful full circle moment.
2:01.1	I don't know, this feels like a weirdly bigger milestone than maybe it is for regular people, I don't know.
2:11.0	But I have wanted to get chickens here on the farm since we since we moved to Sweden
2:16.4	essentially since we started eating eggs since we stopped being vegan.
2:23.0	Since I got to return to my roots and explore all the magic and abundance of the Swedish nature,
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