Icelandic chickens at our place, part 1: Chicks in the mail!
Sit down, Gentle Readers, for just a moment. I have a chicken history lesson for you. And yes, there are pictures at the end. Let’s begin. In the tenth century,…
Read moreMy New Chicken Tractor: brand new digs for the meat chooks!
Dear Gentle Reader-from-whom-I’ve-lately-been-cruelly-estranged, I find myself nearly breathless, facing as I am the span of all the BIG THINGS that have occurred at our place since I’ve last been able to…
Read moreAre those chicks ugly?
Hi guys! Two things today, and two things only: First, I need to ask your opinion about something very important. And: I’ve got a pretty astounding chicken-feeding technique that is…
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 moreI learn something new about chickens and race horses
Yesterday afternoon we participated with our church’s usual Trunk or Treat outreach. We took a few of our chickens to the city, including our young cockeral Bucephalus. Here he is…
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