Green Eggs and Ham
Posted on February 20, 2010 - Filed Under animals, chickens, eggs | Leave a Comment
Please sing along with me…Which of these things are not like the others?
After months of waiting and wondering, we finally plucked our first “easter” eggs. We’ve had a bounty of brown, a few pink, and now finally GREEN! I was so excited I jumped up and down and screamed like the girl I am! I’m [...]
Read More..>>Chicken Check
Posted on February 18, 2010 - Filed Under Activism, chickens, cooking, diet, food safety, ick!, this sucks! | Leave a Comment
I have not eaten any commercially produced chicken product since the line was drawn (in my mind) in October 2009. Nothing. Nada. Tempted? No. The only chicken that has been in my mouth came from our backyard. Shhh, don’t tell them. And be careful what you say around Jett! I have, however, continued to eat [...]
Read More..>>Farm update
Posted on February 18, 2010 - Filed Under animals, babies, birthday, chickens, farm maintenance, planting, seeds, vegetables, weather | 1 Comment
Freezing! Temperature was 24 degrees. It actually snowed last Friday night for about 20 minutes. Everyone inside is bundled in blankets. Everyone outside is bundled in hay.
New Baby goat born on my birthday! Her name is Millie. She’s multi-colored. Photos to come, promise. She had a twin brother, but he mysteriously disappeared one night. No [...]
I’ve gotta crow
Posted on December 15, 2009 - Filed Under animals, birds, chickens | 1 Comment
Our rooster is just now coming into his own at almost 8 months. He’s big and bulky, and testing out his fertilization techniques and his crowing capabilities. Finally! We’ve been waiting and waiting for him to let loose. Since he is technically just an adolescent or cockarel, he may have been [...]
Read More..>>The Gospel According to Chicken (yeah, it’s a lil preachy)
Posted on November 15, 2009 - Filed Under Activism, animals, birds, chickens, food safety, ick!, nutrition, ridiculous city girl | 1 Comment
This morning I woke up to the smell of stewing chicken. It drifted through the house, all the way back to the bedroom, and permeated my dreams until I woke thinking “what is that smell”? Honestly, it didn’t smell that good so early in the morning. I thought someone farted. Since [...]
Read More..>>9…10…a big fat hen
Posted on August 23, 2009 - Filed Under animals, birds, chickens, cooking, farm maintenance, goats, ick! | 1 Comment
Today we traded 2 female goats for 10 chickens: 4 live layers, 6 frozen. The 4 new laying hens are a bit older than our current chickens and have already laid 3 brown eggs: 1 is your typical small grade egg, the other 2 are like mini egg-size, but edible. They’ll [...]
Read More..>>How to teach a new chick old tricks
Posted on July 4, 2009 - Filed Under animals, chickens, farm maintenance | Leave a Comment
Chickens do not come with instruction manuals. Nor do they come pre-programmed to know what to do or not do. Although they should. There is a theory that sense has been bred out of many animals, including chickens. Most chicks nowadays are shipped in shell or just hatched in a box and grow up with [...]
Read More..>>Peep
Posted on July 4, 2009 - Filed Under animals, building, chicken feed, chickens, farm maintenance, news, tractor | 1 Comment
Meet the newest members of our brood. Finally, new chickens! 36 35 34 (eeks, one didn’t get out of the way of the waterer in time and one was pecked to death. I’ll spare you the gory details) of varying breeds: mostly Americanas mixed with Rhode Island Reds and Goldens. [...]
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