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…
December 31, 2011 Waiting for Eggs After a Molt It’s the last day of the year and I’m up before dawn in anticipation of a visit from my eldest son and his “lady…
December 24, 2011 A Rooster Visit We thought the girls might enjoy a visit from a rooster on this “Merriest of Eves”. Not so……They think he is…
December 1, 2011 To Free Range or Not I don’t let my hens free range. Free range means to forage in an area that is free of fences. I don’t even know…
October 26, 2011 No Roosters Needed I’d love to have a rooster. I’m an early riser so the crowing wouldn’t bother me. But then again, there are my neighbors to…
October 10, 2011 Egg Production Down, Hens Moulting I’ve been going a bit crazy lately. As you know I have two websites, this one, Backyard Hencam, and Central Coast Gardening. Keep in…
August 14, 2011 Why “Chicks” Love Their Chickens Why is it that women love, and are dedicated to, their hens? I think I know the answer. The hens show the familiar attributes…
July 23, 2011 A Pocket Gopher Inside the Chicken Run Our chicken run has been invaded by a gopher! It has somehow found its way under 12 inches of hardware wire that we buried…
June 21, 2011 And Now There Are Four…….. I’ve been engaged in what they call “flock management”. Flock management is one of the responsibilities of having a flock of chickens. It sometimes…
June 17, 2011 Tulip is Back With Flock Tulip is soooooo much better. We’ve put her back with her flock for a few hours each day. Today she laid her first egg…
June 13, 2011 Ameraucana Hen Doing Well Thought you’d like to know that Tulip is doing well in her cage in the garden shed. She was so depressed when she was…
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…
