We tested that today. Maybe they just need to get used to it.
Category Archives: chickens
Whiskers on Chickens – Continued!
I can’t believe I never reported on this. About a month ago, on the recommendation of my chicken mentor  and fellow-blogger at This One Good Life, I ordered the Avian Aqua Miser from the good people at the Walden Effect, Anna and Mark. I installed three valves onto a five gallon bucket and hung it in the coop. It took …
Last Potato Harvest
Almost a bucket full of potatoes. 5.5 lbs of Red Marias and 14 lbs of Salem from one bed (22 feet). That’s similar to the potato bed up front, of earlies, which yielded 12 lbs from 16 feet. Also some last squashes, cherry tomatoes, cukes and some errant onions. What’s left is kale, chard, a …
Whiskers on Chickens
Many big plans are forming, constantly, where we’re at. First things first, though. Hens! We are reintroducing the pullets to the flock. The temperatures are dropping fast, at night, and they’ll need to feel at home in the warmer coop before long. Amie and I chatted about the goat plan while all six of them …
The Goat Question
For a while now we’ve been considering adding milking goats to our menagerie, but it seems like such a step up from bees and chickens. Â Still, we got some encouragement recently. My friend from a neighboring town, Kath of This One Good Life, would love goats too, and promised to be a goat buddy if …
Crafty Debranding
Today Amie and I had planned to go on the first leg of the Energy Exodus march, but a nasty and (f0r me) unusual allergy attack had me up till 4 am, when I caved and finally took that Benadryl. I never take those because they knock me out completely. I woke up late, still …
What’s Been Happening
I laid down the first three rows of the brick wall for the earth oven (more on that soon). It didn’t have to be pretty (we’ll cover this with mud in the end), just strong. Though I got in a groove, I decided to wait to open another bag of cement and put down another …
An Afternoon with the Chickens
I am so glad we started the free range experiment, because I have learned that being with all those animals, doing what they do, is very relaxing and amusing and just plain good for the soul. I used to indulge in “chicken tv” through their fence, but it’s so much nicer when the characters come …
Hens and Frog
The weather being sunny and not too hot, we sat outside, watching the hens enjoy a free-range stroll. No lawn is complete without chickens, I say! That’s why you have to watch them: they’ll mess up your lawn in no time with their scratching. The monster on the trellis is actually two hardy kiwis. The …
Introducing the Pullets to the Coop
We are in phase ii of introducing the little ones – three days shy of four months old, a month from laying? – Â to the big girls. Their little coop has been sitting right next to the big one for over a week now, so the girls know each other. Because their run has screen …