Festive Fowl Friday
This week we made a concerted effort to get into the spirit of the season. For some reason we seem to be in denial that the holidays are now only a couple of weeks away. So, it was time to grab the tree… …retrieve our ornaments from the dark recesses of...
A Look Back: 19th Century Coops
The history buff in me has a fascination with how life was lived in times gone by. We’ve constructed three coops since moving here, one large permanent coop, and two portables. We designed and constructed all three ourselves, for cost effectiveness, quality...
Cat Among the Chickens
Unlike the similarly titled Agatha Christie novel…there’s no mystery here, and today’s Fowl Friday post clearly falls into the non-fiction category. Late Wednesday afternoon, just after 4 PM, I was on the phone, when out of the corner of my eye I saw the side of the...
A-Peeling Eggs
Earlier this week one of our Golden Laced Wyandotte pullets laid this… Poor Pullet. At first glance it resembled a goose egg more than a pullet egg! It’s officially a record for this year’s pullets, weighing in at a hefty 86 grams! Anything over 71...
Happy Fowl-oween!
For this frightfully fiendish Fowl Friday we carved a pumpkin for the pullets… After initial introductions, one of our Black Australorp pullets tried to scare our carved creation…BOO! A few pullets were clearly suspicious of the pumpkin’s...
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