We decided over the winter that we were going to expand the chicken flock, likely doubling it in size when spring rolled around. We wanted to increase egg production and add some hens that layed colored eggs along with our current girls who all lay brown and cream eggs. At the time, it was before…
Our first winter in the new house, snow took down half of the chicken run thanks to poor design and extreme snow load. Thankfully we didn’t have any chickens at the time, so while inconvenient, no danger was posed to any animals. We decided to just wait until spring to deal with the aftermath. When…
We lost one of our chickens today. Mike found her dead, in the chicken run. We don’t know what happened to her, she wasn’t wounded in any way. I tucked them in last night and she was fine, made her happy chickie noises at me. So to have her collapse today is so frustrating and…
Well, it turns out the forecast wasn’t wrong! We’ve had multiple snow events now this week. The region was blanketed with snow, starting Sunday night, but we didn’t get any at our house. However, first thing Monday morning, the snow started falling and we got a decent amount. The day warmed up though, and it…
AKA Realizing we have a run built for hobbits! So, one of the perks of our new place was the fact that it already has a chicken coop and run built, eliminating the need for us to have to sink time and money into building one. Awesome, right? Well, they say you should never count…
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