Spending Peanut Hour With My Chickens
I haven’t gone on a vacation in almost 25 years. Whether it’s been due to work (at one point, sixContinue Reading
Everything You Need To Know About Backyard Chickens & More
I haven’t gone on a vacation in almost 25 years. Whether it’s been due to work (at one point, sixContinue Reading
July 2012. That was when my first broody hen hatched chicks. In the intervening years I’ve had dozens of hatchesContinue Reading
Chicken Math, the desire for more birds than is perhaps practical, is an insidious thing. Last year, two of myContinue Reading
Similar to menstruating co-workers or friends, some of my hens have appeared to sync up their cycles of broodiness. That’sContinue Reading
Dealing with broody hens can be a bit like a soap opera or even a Shakespearean tragicomedy, full of misstepsContinue Reading
Dealing with broody hens can be a bit like a soap opera or even a Shakespearean tragicomedy, full of misstepsContinue Reading
& An Assisted Hatch
I’ve got tons to say about broody hens, and have in a number of posts I’ve written about my ownContinue Reading
When I was a kid in the 1960s-70s daytime television was filled with soap operas, those over-the-top melodramas following theContinue Reading
As if there weren’t enough pathogens, predators, injuries and illnesses to wreak havoc on your birds I find that sometimesContinue Reading









