Freezer camp, but camp nonetheless. A busy seven weeks are drawing to a close. Over a week of the melodious chirping of Cornish cross chicks invading the den, convincing the toddler she shouldn’t pick them up on her own, and the daily fresh shavings. Followed by 6 weeks of multiple trips to the coop perContinue reading “We’re off to Camp!!”
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Chick Chicks on the Mayberry
Or was that the Mayflower? I was done with chickens. Really I was. Then there was the cutest chicken coop on Marketplace and, well, here we are. Added to the long list of things I don’t get to be in charge of any more is picking out chicken coops and deciding to buy them inContinue reading “Chick Chicks on the Mayberry”
The Building of a Brooder Box
Our chickens turned a year old in April, and in my estimation, were well old enough to start brooding out babies. While the breeds we bought were eclectic (Rainbows from Hoovers Hatchery; dominique and black sex link from TSC, and an americana), I had initially purchased them for meat birds with the hope that IContinue reading “The Building of a Brooder Box”
Sourwood Hill 