June 11, 2011 Ameraucana Hen “Tulip” is Sick Our gentle Tulip, the Ameraucana hen, is sick. Several days ago, I noticed that some of the feathers on her back had been picked…
May 22, 2011 Buff Orpington Gets “Broody” I’ve written about “broody” hens before. But Daisy has never been broody before. “Broody or setting” means the hen’s instincts tell her to hatch…
May 8, 2011 Happy Mother’s Day This has been around a while but it makes me smile every time I see it! Love to all on Mother’s Day. Thank you…
April 29, 2011 The Hens are Laying Daily – Or Almost A few of our hens are laying nearly every day now. The best layers are the Buff Orpington and the Barred Rock. The hens…
February 22, 2011 Whaaat Happened?-Tiny Egg We are getting some beautiful eggs this winter. Daisy and Poppy are laying extra-large eggs nearly every day. I’m not in the egg-selling business…
February 3, 2011 The Girls are Back in Business Our five girls are back in business. After a productive first year we hit some bumps in the road and the hens slowed down….
January 6, 2011 Rosie the Hen Has Passed Away We’ve lost one of our beloved hens. She acted a bit lethargic for the past week but continued to eat and drink and get…
January 4, 2011 New Year in the Chicken Coop It has been an eventful holiday season in the ole chicken coop. Heavy rains along the coast brought unexpected flooding. We live on a…
December 22, 2010 California Rains & Wet Hens Oh Yukk! The hens’ run is a mess! We’ve had light rain for seven days straight and the ground is saturated. Most of the…
December 17, 2010 Molting Hens=No Eggs One of my sons checks in on my hens on occasion. He emailed me to say the I hadn’t posted anything lately. I answered…
October 20, 2010 Egg Shells-Calcium for Hens When our sweet Buff Orpington, Daisy, was sick last summer, I was given some very practical advice by Brigitte Kessler-lichtensteiger, a chicken rancher in…
October 19, 2010 Two Labradoodles in the Garden I’ve not had a moment to garden in the last six weeks since Matilda or “Tillie”, the chocolate Australian labradoodle, came to live with…
September 18, 2010 A Dog Joins the Chickens I’ve not had time to sit down and write. Our new labradoodle has kept me running. We have become “guardians” of a pretty little female…
August 17, 2010 Update on Daisy-Egg Breaks Inside Hen Several of you have written me concerned about Daisy the hen who had an egg break inside of her. Click here. I have been…
August 3, 2010 Daisy is Ill-Egg Broke Inside Her Daisy had an egg break inside her and it has made her sick. It is hard to know what exactly caused this. Something has…
