We have a rabbit….who has been living in with our chickens for over a year. In this time the rabbit (who is male, we found out) has “become” a chicken. We thought it was cute at first. He would eat with them, run around with them, he had friends now since his other bunny friends […]
Hiatus: a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. Does a mom ever really take a hiatus??? No, but I have taken one recently from blogging. I don’t know why I have taken such a long break….I love posting our adventures and my hobbies on this site….but there comes certain […]
Over the past couple years I have used a heat lamp in my coop during the winter to keep the chickens nice and warm. I have come to realize that I do this more for myself! Yes…myself. I am such an animal lover that I do things for animals that are usually unnecessary because I […]
How proud and excited was I when I went out in October and found my first itty bitty egg from my little banty chickens. I seriously love the bantam breed of chickens. They are so gentle and small and cute…which I think all my chickens are cute, but these chickens are little so anything little […]
This is Broody…she has this name for a dang good reason…she is constantly brooding! This girl! I’ve read a bunch on having a broody hen: take her constantly out of the nesting box, put ice bottles under her so she doesn’t get warm, put her in a separate cage to piss her off until she […]
Fall is my second favorite season…(Spring is my 1st, if you were wondering)…but boy do I look forward to Fall! I love the smells, the Ah-mazing fall colors, the crisp air, wearing jackets and layers, AND especially not having to mow the lawn anymore! So many valid reasons! These colors are almost the colors of […]
Ever since the little chicks’ traumatizing night when 5 got murdered…they have been in with the big girls. They have actually done very well! I have always been so nervous about adding new birds to existing ones because I know there is a pecking order and I don’t want the new ones, especially the littles, […]
That same night I put the baby chicks in with the big girls, havoc broke loose. I’m not quite sure what happened, but I had gone to a baseball game and wouldn’t be home until 11pm…way past dark. I knew the babies didn’t know what to do to get into the coop so I was […]
My littles have gotten so big! They are almost 4 months old. I started out with 19 and over the past couple months the roosters have come out and shown their true colors. So far we have had 5 roosters…which is not going to work out. I really do not like roosters…they cost money, pick […]
When we started raising chickens the main challenge I had was letting them out in the morning and in at night. It was hard when we were out of town to find people to help with this demanding job. Some mornings I didn’t want to get up early to let them out…but laying in bed […]