The New Chicken Coop
We’re doing a big upgrade for the chickens. Right now they’re housed in a small coop, for which I feel really bad. Their new coop will be a HUGE improvement. Above, you can see the framing for it. The coop is 6 feet by 12 feet and is large enough to hold around 20 chickens. [...]
New Bill Would Tighten Egg Labeling
From: http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/eggs-actly/Content?oid=2283106 A new bill before Congress would ensure accurate labeling practices for commercial and free-range eggs Call a bubbly wine made in California “champagne,” and you’re asking for legal trouble from the captains of the global wine industry. And if you call a conventionally grown potato “organic,” the enforcement branch of the U.S. Department [...]
Free Ranging Your Chickens
I’m a huge fan of the forums and friends at BackyardChickens.com. A great article was just written about free-ranging your chickens. I highly recommend the read! http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/deciding-to-free-range-your-flock
The Girls in 2012
It’s a new year and a new home, for us and the ladies. They’re using an old rabbit hutch right now until we can build a larger coop to host more ladies. The chickens have been on break from laying during the last few months due to molting and short winter days. The Leghorn did [...]
We’ve Moved!
It’s been a long time since I’ve last posted. That’s due to an extremely busy year. We just closed on our very own home and left the rental world for good. We now have a couple acres to let our chickens roam and will be expanding our flock in the coming months! Our chickens just [...]
