It can be hard to plan for an apocalypse. No one seems to know when or what it’ll looks like – or rather, there are just too many options to choose from. However, if you stick with the broad biblical categories of Pestilence, War, Famine and Death, there is one failsafe rule: When those horsemen…
Tag: chickens at home
Meet The Flock
Lady Leone When Lady Leone first joined my flock she was a square breasted Giant White Jersey who waddled from the weight of her high-corn, meat breeder diet. Reaching the lower roosting bar required a lot of squawking and flapping and a significant amount of fairy dust. No doubt about it – Lady Leone was…
Chickens Are Free To Range
From Left to Right: Lacy, Lucy and Spacey Two exciting updates on the chicken situation, 1) we now leave their gate open and they explore the entire back yard, and 2) Lacy and Spacey are talking to me! Our typical dialogue: Me: hey ladies. Lacy and Spacey: food food food food food food. Me: hey…
Lucy’s Egg vs. Organic Free Range Supermarket Egg
Our first egg from our chickens – how does it compare to the supermarket free range eggs in the fridge? The yolk tasted as good as it looked. Very rich. I think this is because Belle keeps sneaking out and feeding the hens either grapes, apples or bananas. They love…
Chickens and Mosquitos
I am the proud owner of three Black Sex Links – these are hens to the weak minded. There was a time when I never wanted anything to do with chickens. I thought they were evil. It’s the way they look at you with their heads cocked, as if they are considering where best to…