Animals
- Growing Like Weeds
Wanna take a walk with me?You have to put on a pair of chicken boots! I just love these boots.They were my birthday present from Dr. Becky.She calls me the Crazy Chicken Lady.You don't really think I am a crazy chicken lady, do you? Well, down the...
- Pests
Every afternoon for the past couple of weeks,as I enter the upper chicken houses to gather eggs,I am greeted by a flock of Grackles hastily exiting the chickenhouse as I open the door.Each time it happens, I am expecting it...but am startled none-the-less....
- Turkens....half Turkey/half Chicken?
One look at these two chicks might convince you that there is such a thing as a bird that is half chicken and half turkey! Actually for the past week now, I have thought that perhaps these two were miniature ostriches. But, after a little detective work,...
- Needed: Chicken Optometrist
Meet Helen. She is our extremely near-sighted chicken. Weeks ago we found that the other chickens had started to ostrasize her. Upon examination it seemed she had formed rather significant cataracts on her eyes. For her own safety we moved her to another...
- For The Birds
Yesterday afternoon, we headed out to the barn to feed the horses and goats. Jack continued on up the hill to the chicken house and yard. Usually, on our late afternoon rounds, the chickens are let out to run around the farm a bit. Even though they have...
Animals
I'm Not Chicken!
Here are a couple of the new chicks...teenagers now, fully feathered and ready to start venturing out of the warmth of the nursery. I have started opening their front door each morning giving them access to their yard. A few of them have boldly been trying out their wings and picking around in the grass. However, most are still too timid to venture very far from the only home they have ever known. With a little time, they will all venture out. Timidness is not a chicken trait. They may be called chickens, but they rarely are "chicken!"
- Growing Like Weeds
Wanna take a walk with me?You have to put on a pair of chicken boots! I just love these boots.They were my birthday present from Dr. Becky.She calls me the Crazy Chicken Lady.You don't really think I am a crazy chicken lady, do you? Well, down the...
- Pests
Every afternoon for the past couple of weeks,as I enter the upper chicken houses to gather eggs,I am greeted by a flock of Grackles hastily exiting the chickenhouse as I open the door.Each time it happens, I am expecting it...but am startled none-the-less....
- Turkens....half Turkey/half Chicken?
One look at these two chicks might convince you that there is such a thing as a bird that is half chicken and half turkey! Actually for the past week now, I have thought that perhaps these two were miniature ostriches. But, after a little detective work,...
- Needed: Chicken Optometrist
Meet Helen. She is our extremely near-sighted chicken. Weeks ago we found that the other chickens had started to ostrasize her. Upon examination it seemed she had formed rather significant cataracts on her eyes. For her own safety we moved her to another...
- For The Birds
Yesterday afternoon, we headed out to the barn to feed the horses and goats. Jack continued on up the hill to the chicken house and yard. Usually, on our late afternoon rounds, the chickens are let out to run around the farm a bit. Even though they have...