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 success. But now, we […]
When we moved to Salt Spring we left behind an extensive garden. Layers of perennials and yards and yard (and yards) of healthy, nutrient rich soil. When we needed an annual top up, we would head …
We are starting to get into the "every day is a saturday" feel around here now that summer has arrived. On one hand this means sleeping in, and lazy days, and with that "boredom", too …
I have always carried on me a healthy head of straight brown hair. Virgin hair, never dyed and hardly blow dryed (except for special occasions). My "product" consists of a 5 year old can of …
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 …
After being raised in various quiet and sluggish suburbs, when I moved to the city after getting married I embraced the concrete jungle hard. I loved Vancouver with that deep abiding love reserved for teen …
While I know that a big chunk of Canada is still sitting under snow, over here on the wet west coast we are in full spring time bloom. With the rhododendrons and daffodils, comes our first …
When we moved into our new home we were left with a variety of cool furniture. Footstools, tables, drawers. . . even beds! In my "previous" life, before we spent 18 months renting and living …
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 …
It's a grey and miserable day outside. The rain is POURING down in a way totally "vancouver" And we are in stage 1 of our move. And it is one of those moments that I love being …
We have been slaving away at the new house, madly working to get it safe and secure for all the critters when we migrate them over on April 1st, and spending MONTHS searching for chicken …
