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Category: The Hen Blog

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…

Tulip feels sick
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…

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