Alright…here it is…our brand new chick brooder AKA Version #3! The chicks have been living in it for a couple of weeks now and it’s worked out wonderfully! I talked about our other two brooders here. Tool Lady re-used the wood that was our original coop (it’s all just been…
Last weekend, with the sun shining brightly overhead, and the wind whipping across the back of the house, we decided to bring the newest Newbies into the front yard again for some exploration. To encourage foraging, Tool Lady threw down some feed and a few kernels of corn. They were very excited…
When we got our first batch of chickens 2 years ago, we really had no clue what we were doing. We got 5 Ameracaunas thinking that we’d wind up with 3 (after looking at statistics we found online we thought that maybe 1 would be a rooster and maybe 1…
Today it is absolutely gorgeous outside! The sun is shining, the sky is bright blue and there is very little wind. We thought it was the perfect day to let our newest Newbies have some time in the sunshine! So, out of the brooder they came! At first they were…
Why do chickens roost? To stay safe from predators at night, of course 🙂 Apparently the Little Ones like to roost even though they’re safe (er…trapped) in their nice, warm brooder! I have found, at different times, both the Ameraucanas and the Astralorps on their mini, impromptu roosting bar. I…
Chicks are super cute and fuzzy and brand new and everybody loves them…and then they grow up to be actual chickens who peck and squawk and poop everywhere all the time. Who knew, right?! So, how do you get those cute, cuddly chicks to stay semi-cute and lovable once they’re grown and…
Our new chicks are in and are officially the cutest little ladies ever! I’ll post more about how we plan to build a new brooder and expand the chicken run to accommodate our 9 new cuties (3 Ameraucanas, 3 Australorps & 3 Buff Orpingtons) , but for now, let’s just enjoy the…
So, last week our chickens decided to lay their eggs not in their cozy nesting boxes, but in the back corner of their coop, right under their roost. The problem with this? Well, it is the only part of the coop that is not easily accessible to us without a…