Sorry, this one will be gross. One morning I went out to check the chickens, I was in a rush to head out for the day, but I noticed Alma had some dirty tail feathers. I made a mental note to clean her off when I got home that afternoon. When I got home, I… Continue reading My Chicken Got Fly Strike
Let's see, where did part one leave off? The walls! As I said in part one, we went a little overboard on the structure of these walls. But hey, I wanted to make sure no predators could get in unless they had an axe. In our coop design we had about a quarter of the… Continue reading Building the Coop (pt 2)
two weeks ago we lost one of our chickens, Mary-Lou. She had been sick for a few months and we were doing everything we could for her. I’ve learned it’s hard to care for a sick chicken because it’s hard to find a vet that will treat a hen. Sadly we couldn’t nurse her back… Continue reading New Chicks!
