by Ivory Soap | Feb 24, 2010 | Barnyard, Laying Hens
What do you do with them in the winter? Do they come inside? NO! Here is the great thing about having farm animal pets. They’re hardy! The chickens, you need to do nothing. NOTHING! They roost in my window sill or up in the bushes and puff themselves out and...
by Daisy | Feb 5, 2010 | Barnyard, Laying Hens
Information is good. It clears up misunderstandings, calms fears, and promotes harmony. I put together a pdf, a one-page handout for urban and suburban chickeners to give to their neighbors along with that goodwill basket of eggs/goodies: Printable Neighbor Handout It...
by Ivory Soap | Nov 13, 2009 | Barnyard, Laying Hens
Is that not one of the grossest things you’ve ever seen? GOSH, molting is nasty looking. And, all of them are molting at once, which means every morning it looks like a chicken exploded in my back yard. The first time I thought one got eaten! Anyway, at over...
by Daisy | Oct 9, 2009 | Barnyard, Laying Hens
My compost pile is located inside the chicken yard– part coincidence, part deliberate decision, and it’s been a good combo. The compost pile has always been beside the outbuilding which is now the chicken house. When I enclosed a space connected to the...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 29, 2009 | Barnyard, Mini Goats
I had no idea that if you didn’t give goats grain ‘feed’ every day–they’d mow! (BTW, I’ve already gone back and changed the goat feeding post to reflect my corrected understanding…I’ve been wrong a lot lately, huh?) ...
by Daisy | May 29, 2009 | Barnyard, Other Critters
I remember the family beehives from childhood– smoldering cotton sending puffs of smoke from granddad’s smoker, jars of comb submerged in amber, chewing the honeyed wax like gum. I always knew I wanted to continue the tradition but I thought living in a...
