A year goes by and you realize you are putting in a third chicken coop on the homestead. Chicken Math. It's real. We now have 15 hens and 1 rooster. The numbers slide up and down. We have lost a few to Bald Eagles, but then we adopt ones in that need new homes. Of… Continue reading Adding A Third Chicken Coop
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Raising Chicks (and other fowl) Without Heat Lamps
I am scared of heat lamps. It's a slightly irrational fear, but based in truth. I have known far too many cases of chicken coops and barns burning down from heat lamps that fell. Every year something happens. It is horrifying to read about it. When we got our first baby ducklings we picked up… Continue reading Raising Chicks (and other fowl) Without Heat Lamps
Working On The Homestead
February was a relatively normal February as it goes. A mostly mild winter month, with a couple days of snow and a week of low temperatures to pause nature. As I worked on setting up the portable pop up greenhouses in the orchard bed, the two dawrf hens (V and Gray Grey) popped in to… Continue reading Working On The Homestead
Bernie: The Chicken Who Walks Her Own Path
Of all the chickens that have come and gone through our homestead this past year the one that stands out is Bernie. She looks nothing like the "sisters" she came with when we got them just hatched last spring. She is the one with the little white spot on her head....she looked like Bernie Sanders,… Continue reading Bernie: The Chicken Who Walks Her Own Path
Homesteading: Letting Chickens Rest Over The Winter
The argument over letting chickens rest in winter goes back to the invention of electricity and lightbulbs. I don't have a lot of experience with chickens, just a year here and when I was young, I will be up front with this, but I do have a deep belief in paying attention to Mother Nature.… Continue reading Homesteading: Letting Chickens Rest Over The Winter