Frodo Feathers In…Again
A few of Frodo’s fans inquired about how he was doing last week, so we thought we’d devote this Fowl Friday to all things Frodo. Our young Dark Brahma, Frodo, is now 22 weeks old. If you’ve been following along, you know he’s been through a...
Pullet Eggs
In late March we simply had a heap of peeping fluffy chicks… …but now it’s August, and our pullets have started laying their first eggs! Our girls are coming online right on schedule. On average, pullets come into lay somewhere between 18-22 weeks. ...
Chicken Combs
Mr. Curbstone Valley here bringing you this week’s Fowl Friday post, as we take a look at poultry genetics, and how it relates to the various shapes of chicken combs. We never thought much about comb shapes before we increased the variety of chicken breeds on the...
Ginger, Snapped!
Last week, and I quote myself, I said “…but Ginger wasn’t the problem…”. I hate eating my words. I should have trusted my initial instincts. During our last Fowl Friday post a couple of our readers suggested that Frodo would make a good...
Frodo Meets the Hens
After Frodo’s difficult week last week, things are starting to look up for our young rooster. Last weekend, after a rather traumatizing experience with Siegfried in the coop, we started to introduce Frodo to our older orchard hens. Our concern initially was...
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