Sometimes I find myself wondering if the Ladies are looking at me with expressions of curiosity or if they are trying to figure out how to take me down and eat me alive. Do you ever catch those glances? All joking aside, they really are funny creatures, aren’t they? xoxo,…
Happy Monday everyone! Last fall, we decided to let our two raised beds/hoop houses in the front yard rest for the season. We had planted them out continuously for two straight years and decided it might be best to give them the winter to just be. Instead, we planted out…
*chirp, chirp, chirp* Newbie #1, “What the heck is that green thing?!” Newbie #2, “I don’t know! Go check it out!” Newbie #1, “I’m not checking it out! You go check it out!” Hen #1, “What the hell?! Are you guys kidding me? If you don’t eat that, I’m gonna…
Our newest set of Newbies has officially been moved into their outdoor brooder and are very happy for it. I think our indoor brooder was getting a little too cramped for them because they have been incredibly busy meeting the neighbors, pecking around, giving themselves dirt baths and exploring their new digs.…
We’re not exactly sure how, but one of Newbie Buff Orpingtons keeps getting up on top of the feeder in the Brooder. We’re hoping this means she is just curious about what’s happening beyond her current four walls, not that she is a he that likes to stand above the…
A couple of mornings ago I walked to the coop to give the Ladies some leftovers and noticed, out of the corner of my eye, one of our Ameraucanas on the outside of the coop, right by my feet! Thoroughly confused, I let her into the coop. I couldn’t, for…
Let me introduce you to our newest Newbies! These little beauties are Buff Orpingtons and will raise our flock to the count of 20! We got our first Buffs last year and love their little personalities! They are so incredibly sweet and curious! The fact that they are just plain…
I’ve been kind of out-of-sorts for a couple of weeks now. Full-on sick (kidney infection first, then the flu), as have Tool Lady and Fish Girl (just the flu for them…horrible, no good, very bad, long lasting flu). It’s hard to focus on anything when your body hurts and you…