Old Hen, New Chicks: A Middle-Aged Chicken’s Foray Into Motherhood
I had my first flock – free-ranging Dorkings, Welsummers and Easter Egger hens -for a couple of years. Only oneContinue Reading
Everything You Need To Know About Small Flock Chickens & More
I had my first flock – free-ranging Dorkings, Welsummers and Easter Egger hens -for a couple of years. Only oneContinue Reading
There are a few ways you can get chicks: buy them, let a broody hen hatch them or use anContinue Reading
I’ve had 66 hatches with broody hens over the last decade. Most have gone according to plan, some with sadContinue Reading
Double Trouble
The Tale Of Five Broody Hens
The practice of hatching chicks or ducklings in elementary school classrooms is a long tradition. I remember it from whenContinue Reading
When Things Don’t Go As Planned
A Retrospective Look At My Year In Eggs
May started out with a week full of some highs, but mostly lows at Bitchin’ Chickens. A mink got intoContinue Reading
I offset some of my costs of keeping chickens by selling eating eggs, hatching eggs, chicks and occasionally pullets. ThereContinue Reading
Everything You Need To Know About Small Flock Chickens & More