Super Food For Chickens: Marigolds
When I was in my late teens a friend who lived in another city sent me a care package, whichContinue Reading
Everything You Need To Know About Backyard Chickens & More
When I was in my late teens a friend who lived in another city sent me a care package, whichContinue Reading
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
There are a few ways you can get chicks: buy them, let a broody hen hatch them or use anContinue Reading
What do matches, skunk spray, lightning strikes, rotten eggs and farts share in common? You get a gold star ifContinue Reading
Chicken Tunnels & Dust Baths
When I was in elementary school I remember learning about how early European explorers suffering from vitamin C deficiency developedContinue Reading
As a newcomer to Gabriola Island, Megan contacted me in mid-August trying to source some birds for her first flock.Continue Reading
A funny thing happened today. Well, more like decidedly unfunny: one of my hens has disappeared. I don’t meet missingContinue Reading
When I started this blog three years ago I began interviewing fellow chicken keepers – first my friends, and thenContinue Reading
I am of the generation, not so long ago, when folks had smaller houses and fewer gadgets. The family televisionContinue Reading









