April 14, 2010 People and Chickens-First Time Visitors It’s really heart-warming to see folks visiting our chickens for the first time. Some have never seen a hen close-up. Some have never…
March 20, 2010 Observing the Pecking Order It has been fun observing the development of our hens, and yes, it appears a pecking order has been established. The one we used…
February 28, 2010 Visit With Hens-Children and Chickens Our youngest granddaughter visited with the hens for the first time this weekend. At 20 months, she’d had no previous experience with chickens and…
February 7, 2010 Chickens Have Friends We’ve had our six hens since they were three days old. Like our own children, their personalities have pretty much stayed the same since…
February 5, 2010 Hen Talk I’ve been working on setting up another website on chickens. I don’t want to tell you the domain name yet as I’m not proud…
January 31, 2010 Tulip, the Hen, is Back! Tulip is a beautiful Ameraucana hen. Her long, dark legs and neck make her stand out. She has what is called a “muffler and…
October 21, 2009 Snackbar for Hens Our hens love treats. They are fed regular layer crumbles available to them from morning until dusk. This mixture provides them with nutrients that…
September 26, 2009 A Problem Chicken Poppy was an impulse acquisition. I had researched and decided on five breeds for our backyard chicken project. I’d bought the buff Orpington, barred rock,…
