Little Blue Piper
In our household chicks come and go, lots of them. The boys have had quite the experience with them, you might remember this and this. But this little chick hatched all by herself, no little chickie bubbas or sissies. So of course she was a little spoiled. We named her Piper, (I was watching too […]
Egg Ornaments
My favorite website for everything chickens is backyardchickens.com. It was there that I stumbled upon the idea for decorating chicken eggs for Christmas ornaments. After all, I had tons and tons of eggs and I think they are absolutely adorable. That and I am a bit of an Christmas ornament collector. Blowing out eggs and making […]
Hopeful Broodies
I realized the other day it’s been quite some time since my last chicken post, and I know how everyone just adores these posts. At least I think everyone loves my chickens posts? I can imagine can’t I? I like to introduce you to my two “hopeful broodies”. Broody is the term that means a […]
Chick handling from the pro’s
We’ve had chicks on and off on the “farm” since March. Remember this? And I continue to hatch more and more. And lucky for me the boys still love each and every new chick that hatches. And since the boys have so much chick experience they thought it would be nice to share the proper […]
Chicken Traffic jam
The other morning I walked out to let the chickens out and check on them, when I came across this sight. *Just a warning this post shows a chicken laying an egg, so if your squeamish about that kind of stuff, don’t scroll down.* If you can’t quite tell what’s going on that is four […]
A hot day around the “farm”
Just a typical hot August summer day, and the boys wanted to play outside and were we do just about anything to survive the heat. I put a sprinkler out for the boys to play with, water the grass and the chickens also enjoy walking in the cool water and getting a cool drink. Minnie […]
My backyard chickens eggs
This egg recall really has me thinking about raising chickens. Initially, it started for the eggs, oh the glorious beautiful, golden yolk eggs. I was spoiled on these truly free range eggs from my in-laws, and hadn’t bought a egg in months. Until one day I ran out and had to buy pale, no flavor, […]
Chickens for sale
Updated 6/8/2011 I love a beautiful, colorful egg basket like this: * (starting clock wise Olive eggers, Ameraucana, Black Copper Marans, Naked Neck, Easter Egger, Black Copper Marans, Olive Egger, Ancona white, Salmon Favorelle, Easter Egger.) So I also love the chickens that produce various colors of eggs. I am incubating Olive Eggers chicks, which […]
Chicken News
It happened folks, it really happened. You might remember many many moons ago I had a dream of blue and green eggs. (I dream big, don’t I?) Well my beautiful sweet Hadlee the Easter Eggers gifted me with my very first bluish speckled white green egg. Isn’t it cute! Here’s it in comparison to Pesky’s […]
The Watermelon Chickens
It’s Hot! Really, Really, hot. So much so that, my poor chickens, walk around with their beaks open and wings spread out, just hoping for a cool breeze. That never comes. So as a treat I cut the ends off of a watermelon and stuck them in the freezer for about an hour. Then I […]
