Mikaela McGucken
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Mikaela McGucken
@homesteadhoney.bsky.social
gay af
wife & mama
proud episcopalian
unrepentant nerd
farmer at Honey & Thistle Homestead
The last few weeks have been so stressful. I’ve lost multiple animals, but I’ve also gained many. I know homesteading is a constant cycle of death and birth, but it’s still so hard sometimes.
June 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
TW: The last image is of a chick that didn’t survive the hatch, but I still thought it was beautiful in its own way, so I wanted to commemorate it. Look at your own risk! :)

My first hatch was very successful, if I say so myself!!
May 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Why are turkey poults so STUPID??
May 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Why is it so difficult to start a business!!!!!!!!!

Doing all of this is giving me the biggest headache but ughhhhhhh. I want to succeed so badly.

My website is officially live, granted everything is currently marked as sold out. But it’s fucking live!!!
April 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My third ever loaf of sourdough! The first one failed completely. The second was edible. This one was much better! I still have a long way to go but I’m excited by the progress.
April 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Been working on my baking. I’ve nailed my sandwich bread recipe, and I also made biscuits for the first time ever yesterday!

#baking #homemadebread #breadsky #homesteading #homesteadersofbluesky
April 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
One of the weirder things about trying to turn my homestead into a viable living is that I currently find myself sitting in a lot of parking lots waiting to meet people who want to buy eggs.
April 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Basil & Pesto joined us on the homestead a week ago, and it’s so crazy to see how much bigger they already are!

#geese #babygeese #geeseofbluesky #beginnerhomesteader #homesteading
April 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s so frustrating sometimes that I support childfree folks SO MUCH as a parent myself, yet they still try to blame my child for all the negative things in my life.

Struggling financially? The kid.
Stressed? The kid, clearly.

My son is the easiest part of all of this. Stop blaming him.
April 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Reposted by Mikaela McGucken
Planting schedule guides all states zones USA
#TheOutpost
🌱🌿👨‍🌾🍅🫘🌻
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March 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Made my first-ever batch of refrigerator pickles today! When I was a little girl, my mom & MamMaw would make pickles from the cucumbers we grew in our garden, but doing it this way is a first for me. I’m really excited to see how they turn out!

#homesteading #homesteadersofbluesky #selfsufficient
March 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If there’s one reason I’ll forever be passionate about prepping and self-sufficiency, it’s this upcoming storm system that’s about to hit Alabama.

Local weather legend James Spann has been reporting on this NONSTOP. And, yet, so many people seem to be completely unaware of the very real danger.
March 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Spring is in the air. 🌷 These are the newest additions to the farm: Kabob, Shawarma, and their mama, Josephine! They’re my other goat, Gertrude’s, new herd!

#nigeriandwarfgoats #goatsofbluesky #homesteading #homesteadersofbluesky #leftisthomesteaders
March 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Mrs. Salt is bound and determined to make a fool out of me. Every SINGLE time I go to the run, she manages to sneak her way out. Which then leads to 15 minutes of me sliding around (there’s mud underneath leaves) trying to catch this asshole.
March 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I have the most aggressive baby fever for BIRDS right now.

I just want babies!!! 😭😭😭
March 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
March 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Saffron (one of my three Buff Orpingtons) and Bergamot (my Lavender Olive Egger) are such pretty girls. 🤍

#backyardchickens #chickensofbluesky #chickensofflashes (is this a tag?) #microfarm #urbanhomestead
February 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The girls have finally started laying regularly again. So thrilled to see this beautiful egg rainbow. 🤍 I’m also ready to start selling them again!

#homesteading #urbanhomestead #microfarm #backyardchickens #eggrainbow
February 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM