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Summertime

July 22, 2019 by Katie Anderson Leave a Comment

As the great Ella Fitzgerald sang, "Summertime, and the livin' is easy...." It's been a good summer here for us so far. We've enjoyed our share of hot weather, swimming, sleeping in late and enjoying down time. I don't really plan a whole lot of big projects around the house for the summer months, because we basically live outside. But we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chickens, Uncategorized Tagged With: 4th of July, chickens, flowers, garden, shed, summertime, window boxes

Planting a Backyard Garden

May 30, 2019 by Katie Anderson Leave a Comment

Here we are, almost to June, and we are just getting around to planting our backyard garden. It seems like it's taken forever for our temperatures to warm up enough to allow for planting anything. And have you ever seen the movie Peter Rabbit? Those beautiful English gardens are enough to make anyone want to move to the countryside and become a … [Read more...]

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Chicken Update: What’s New with the Coop?

May 22, 2019 by Katie Anderson 1 Comment

It's been a while since I gave an update on our chickens...and for good reason. They've been absent from our coop for the last 6 months! This year our original flock was turning 3 years old, and we knew that their steady egg laying days were soon coming to an end. It's hard to justify keeping chickens when you don't get eggs in return on a … [Read more...]

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Don’t Quit Your Daydream

May 26, 2018 by Katie Anderson Leave a Comment

Hello Friends! The past month has just flown by and it seems like a lot has transpired since my last post. We were dealing with some unfortunate egg-eating in our flock, which I'm thankful to say was remedied by clipping their beaks. You can read all about that crazy adventure here.  However, shortly after this problem was resolved, another … [Read more...]

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Birds Behaving Badly – Dealing with Egg Eaters

April 27, 2018 by Katie Anderson 3 Comments

Hey there and happy Friday! Thought I'd update you all today on an issue we've been having with our feathered ladies. About a week or so ago, I started noticing that every time I would go collect eggs from our coop, they were smashed and broken. At first I thought, "huh, that's weird," but after a few days of noticing this was developing … [Read more...]

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5 Great Children’s Books About Chickens

April 11, 2017 by Katie Anderson Leave a Comment

It's National Library Week and to celebrate I thought I'd kick off my new section of the blog on Children's Literature by featuring some fun books on none other than our family's favorite feathered friends - chickens! The library has always been one of my favorite places to go ever since I was a child. Now that I have my own children, it's … [Read more...]

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Braving the Winter with Chickens

January 30, 2017 by Katie Anderson Leave a Comment

It's time to talk chickens again. They don't call me the crazy chicken lady for nothing! I'm just as crazy about my feathered beauties now as the day I brought them home in all their fuzzy yellow cuteness. (They grow up so fast!) So, once the weather started to take a turn towards winter, I knew we needed to do a few things to help protect our … [Read more...]

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Extreme Makeover: Coop Edition – DIY Expansion Pen

November 30, 2016 by Katie Anderson 2 Comments

Happy Wednesday everybody! It's been a while since I gave you all a recent "scoop on the coop" regarding our feathered friends, so I thought I'd take this post to update you on what's new with our 5 pretty hens. To back waaaaaaay up, you'll remember when we first got these little cuties in May they were day old baby chicks who needed a lot of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chickens, DIY Projects Tagged With: addition, chicken coop, DIY, expansion pen

The Scoop on the Coop: A Beginner’s Guide to Backyard Chickens

June 24, 2016 by Katie Anderson Leave a Comment

Maybe it's because my baby sister is getting married in 2 short days, but something in me feels very much like a mother hen these days. Looking after little chicks is sentimental work! We've been busy here over the last 7 weeks, tending to our own little flock of chickens, five of them to be exact. Although we're far from experts on the subject, … [Read more...]

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little yellow flower I'm so glad you stopped by! Everything here is inspired by love and a little faith! "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20-21

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I am a child of God. A devoted wife & mother to three. A singer of songs. Writer & vintage enthusiast. Book nerd & kid librarian. A crazy chicken lady who digs the country life. Lover of all things creative. A big dreamer & out-of-the-box thinker. Welcome to my corner of the blogosphere! Click here to read more about me!

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