When we first got chickens, we were surprised at how far from home they would wander.  They mostly stayed in our yard, but we found that the...

Yes, yes, I'm well aware that the year started about 3 months ago...  But the gardening season is just starting here, so it seems an app...

Last night we took a trip to a friend's farm to go get Pretty Boy, the rooster.  Ethan was ecstatic to go see cows, and was even...

I said when we first got chickens that I'd never get a rooster, because I was afraid of all the noise he may make.  And now I'm eati...

I came home for dinner tonight and went to shut the coop door.  I checked inside to make sure all the girls were tucked in and to gather any...

My new girls are laying!!  My other Australorp finally started too (see the pale brown egg in the center that is smaller than the rest?), s...

Today my friend J from work called me with a surprise: he was on his way home from his sister's farm with 2 Ameraucana hens. I lost my ...

I had read that chickens hate snow and won't walk around in it.  Mine must not have gotten the memo. My buff Orpington has started lay...

This was a bit of a rough year; between working full-time and keeping up with the kidlet, I didn't really have much spare time at all.  ...

I'm not sure which of the girls laid this one, but I can't imagine it was fun! Looks like a double-yolker to me!

This is one of my Australorps, happily parked in the nest box.  I'm so proud of her.  I knew she'd be statring to lay sometime soon...

Since I collected my fifth egg today, I decided it was time to make some breakfast!  My mom came over after going to the farmer's market...

We haven't eaten any yet, but I've now collected 4 mini-eggs from the Wyandotte.  She seems to lay them between 10:30 and 11 am; if ...

After 5 months of not-so-patiently waiting, on Monday morning, I found our first egg!  It was tiny, smaller than a medium supermarket egg, b...

I haven't been posting about this as dilligently as I should.  Although the idea and the building plans were mine, Shayne did nearly eve...

The girls spend most of every day on pest patrol in the side yard.  Since this is where the garden is, I'm thrilled with their choice! ...

My buff Orpington and black Australorp check out the new "roost" that fell from the tree during a storm today

And I don't have to do it this time!  Lately we've been taking the "Y" out of DIY and just paying people to get it done.  ...

The weather was perfect today, even early this morning, so I plopped Ethan on a blanket outside and did a little work in the garden.  We got...