There is more to raising a few chickens than you would think some days. There is the cleaning out the coop (blech), daily watering and feeding, as well as general nurturing and affection (yes, these birds do need this) but […]
Since we acquired our first chicken Hubby has been enamoured with the Polish chicken. Big flouncy hair, long legs and neck . . . exactly what every fella wants in a gal. A few weeks ago …
2014, the year of the chicken at our house. In 2013 we dabbled, in 2014, we committed. Our flock grew from 6 to (our current) 42. We welcomed 3 "hatches" of chicks, first 4, then 10, …
Two years ago when we moved to Salt Spring the kids made a deal with us. They told us they would be willing participants in our little adventure, but they got to do 4H, and …
This is Skipper . . . Why does this matter? Skipper was my sons chicken. He picked her out of a bundle of hens we had gotten from a neighbourhood farm. He hasn't had much luck with …
Chickens die, it is a fact of life. Sometimes by our hand, other times by one of the many predators looking for a tasty meal. So what is the value of a chicken? You can hatch a …
I have shared a little about our baby chick, but wanted to give you a fun little update, all thanks to my rad new friends at Magisto! Check out my little diddy and let me know …
I hatched a chick, all on my very own. It was momentous. Perhaps even more exciting than the birth of my kids? Ok, maybe not. Little egg was peeping and starting to hatch, but our mama hen had decided …
We have hatched almost 15 eggs in the last few months, not many for a "real" farm, but lots for our little hobby spot. All the chicks are cute, and fluffy and we have had amazing …
Over the weekend we were anticipating the arrival of a few new baby chicks. We had 6 hens down broody (2 who broke their brood when we moved them into the new up-cycled broody coop) …
As mentioned last week, there is definitely spring in the air since we have had 6 hens go down broody in the last two weeks. Our chicken set up is that everyone shares a main coop, …
The first time we had broody hens it was pretty special. Much like a first pregnancy we did everything we could do so that our little broody hen mama would have success with her first …
I get asked a lot about IF someone should get chickens, or HOW to go about it. and be successful. While I am by no means an expert on these friendly fowl, I have learned …
Need to feel all warm and fuzzy? Here is a cute baby chick video of our mama hen teaching our 4 day old baby chick how to find food. Perfect for the kids to watch . …
for months our lovely hen "Mo" has been broody. She has had a few near misses, with her last clutch of eggs primed and ready only to have her get off them days before they …
