After several weeks of battling our broody Australorp and about a week and a half in solitary confinement, I think we’re in the clear! The laying of eggs (being a telltale sign that a chicken has forgotten her broodiness) began about a week ago. After a few days and a few more eggs, we decided to move our latest Broody…
Happy Monday, everyone! I am incredibly happy to report that this week has brought us a variety of small and delicious harvests! But first, let’s look at how a few things are growing… The cucumbers and bush beans are doing very well! The cukes aren’t yet reaching for their support, but they do all have their true leaves. The tomatillos…
One of the details we didn’t really think through when we first got our laying hens a few years ago was what they would eat, how much it would really cost and whether or not we would always have the option of organic chicken feed for the Ladies. Luckily, our local Feed Bin carries Ranch Way products and luckily, Ranch…
Well, it looks like Spring brings broody chickens. A few weeks ago, one of our Black Australorps went broody on us. She even plucked her belly feathers to help incubate her unfertilized eggs. Luckily, she’s been much more docile than our broody Ameraucana last spring and there have been no attacks or bloody toes! We’ve removed her from the…
Yesterday, while my best friend and I painted the Nursery upstairs, Tool Lady worked on fixing up the coop. There was chicken wire and bird netting to be replaced, shade cloth to put up and a new structure to hold up the shade cloth and bird netting so we can actually walk in the coop without ducking. Once all that…
Happy Monday, everyone! After what has felt like the longest, driest of spells possible, we are back in the business of harvesting from our small plot! I am so happy to report that last weekend brought us a nice little bundle of delicious, tart, completely perfect rhubarb that went straight into an equally delicious crisp! While we have been anxiously…
