There is no doubt that the true chicken keeper of our family is four and a half year old Lillian. She named the chickens and feeds them scraps. She takes them on bike rides and returns them to the coop after free ranging in the yard. Lil recently petitioned to be in charge of...
Read more →Yesterday we collected the first egg from our backyard chickens!! Our guess is that one of the Buff Orpingtons laid it, as they were particularly vocal yesterday. Today we collected another egg. This time we saw an Orpington in the nesting box so it surely came from her. We scrambled the two smaller than...
Read more →The girls, aka. birds of very little brain, are our four heritage breed laying hens adopted two weeks ago. They have become quite the center of the homestead since arriving. The two buff orange Orpingtons are most friendly and accept being picked up and petted. The spotted Sussex least likes human attention. The black...
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