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...]
Braving the Winter with Chickens
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...]
The Scoop on the Coop: A Beginner’s Guide to Backyard Chickens
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...]