7 things you really must keep in your chicken coop this winter
It’s cold here in Nebraska. So cold, finally! Though I prefer to be outside (even during the cold weather months!) the house is feeling more and more like a cozy…
Read moreHow to prepare your chicken yard for winter: make a deep litter taco!
This timely post was updated in November 2015: Chicken yard . . .deep litter taco? What in the world—?? Bear with me, Gentle Reader. This is great information for you,…
Read moreThe Pros and Cons of Keeping Chickens from One Who Knows –>me!<--
One cold Saturday morning in February, my good husband paused in his usual Saturday busyness to remind me that this was the evening of his annual Christmas work party. I…
Read moreCleaning out the chicken coop can be FUN! It CAN. Honest. (It can.)
Okay, maybe not really. But it’s got to be done, nevertheless. By the way. Here’s a homeschooling tip for you young mamas: this is what you say when your littles…
Read moreSprouting grains for chickens: has it come to this?
By all accounts, our musical melodrama, The Fireman’s Flame, that we put on this weekend was a big success. Once again God blessed our efforts: proof that a couple of…
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