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Category: Raising Chickens

July 28, 2020

Can I Have Chickens in My Garden?

Before you get chickens, check with your city or county Planning Departments and look for land use ordinances. You can easily go to your county or city websites and do this. Know that you have the space for chickens and a facility that will keep them safe.

May 9, 2017

Putting together a new flock

Putting together a new flock is not easy and requires patience. We bought two young hens (less than a year old) on a Thursday, and two more hens (10 months old) on a Monday. By then, the first set of two had decided that the coop was THEIRS!!!!!! They did not want any more flock mates. We added two more hens and so far, the flock is not united.

March 24, 2017

Wake up to roosters crowing

June 12, 2016

Hens eating their eggs – think again

We thought that our hens had begun eating their own eggs. We were able to watch them on our hemcam and found out that they were not doing the damage.

March 18, 2014

More about A Coop for the Garden

Here are more pictures of our “coop that enhances the garden”. We didn’t take many pictures of it being built. We should have. But these will help you see the inside of the henhouse, the size, and understand the general sequence of the construction process.

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…

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…

September 3, 2012

Late Summer in the Garden

My garden exploded with color this late summer and I’m out in it every morning. I enjoy the rising temperature as the fog lifts…

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,…

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