July 18, 2013 Update on New Hens We’ve had our two new hens, “Ginger” and “Penny” for nearly a week. We’ve kept them in a partitioned area inside the coop and…
July 11, 2013 Two New Hens! I’m happy to announce that we have two new five-month-old pullets (young hens) that joined our tiny flock of two. Sweetpea and Daisy (last…
May 9, 2013 We’ve had Guests Last week we had a house full of guests. Our youngest son Milo, was married on our deck overlooking the ocean on a…
March 27, 2013 A Fall in the Garden I’ve had to put aside my computer for the last month. I took a fall in the garden and have been in the hospital…
February 6, 2013 Labradoodles Meet Hens We’ve had the best luck with our two Australian Labradoodles and the two elderly hens Daisy and Sweetpea. Labradoodles are rather high energy dogs…
December 20, 2012 Silver-laced Wyandotte Passes Away Poppy, our pretty silver-laced Wyandotte died today. I’m not terribly distraught because she died of what I believe is old age. I found…
November 27, 2012 Healthy Chicken Treats I’ve been wanting to put together a blog of what you can feed chickens as treats. At last! I found lots of information on…
October 4, 2012 Dog attacked hen. What I learned When I encounter a mishap, I try to learn from it. Most of you who read this blog know that our dear Sweetpea, a…
July 31, 2012 Caring for Old Hens I’ve neglected my hen blog the last few months. The three remaining hens from my original flock of six are getting older now and…
May 13, 2012 Baked Custard – Using up All Those Eggs People with hens have to be creative to use all the eggs that their hens produce in the spring. This late winter and spring,…
May 12, 2012 Happy Mother’s Day to Chicken Lovers Happy Mothers Day to those of you who have mothered and will always mother, and who understand the maternal instincts that are so apparent…
April 27, 2012 Tulip the Ameraucana Has Passed Away Tulip, the Ameraucana, also called an Easter Egger because she lays green eggs, has been sick for six months now and passed away yesterday…
April 12, 2012 Hens Need Their Nails Clipped Our hens needed a manicure. We have to clip the nails of our two labradoodles nearly every month. But with our hens, once a…
March 30, 2012 Chickens Clean Up Bugs and Snails We’ve been letting the hens out in the late mornings to scratch around and clean up snails and bugs. This is a good time…
February 29, 2012 Ameraucana (Easter Egger) Laying Shell-less Eggs Have you noticed that Tulip, the Ameraucana (Easter Egger), has not been laying? We tally the number of eggs laid on the white board…
