Last night I went out to the coop to shut “the girls” in for the night and found our first three eggs! They ignored the nice nestboxes I made for them and just laid them in the deep bedding that covers the floor of the coop. This morning, when I [...]
Hard to believe that Christine brought the chicks home six weeks old today. They have grown so much since the last post. The biggest weighs in at about two pounds. The smallest is just over one pound. Three of them have really started developing brightly colored wattles and combs and [...]
We’ve been meaning to formally write up and post an environmental statement for the company and our family. What better day to do it than the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The entire statement is posted verbatim below. You will not find us talking about climate change or the latest [...]
It’s hard to believe we’ve already had “the girls” for two weeks now. We still have all 12. One had some issues for a few days but she seems fine (we still don’t know what sex they are.) They’ve just about doubled in size and have most of their primary [...]
This spring my wife and I decided to start raising chickens. We mostly want them for their eggs. We’re trying to find more uses for the land we have, we enjoy having animals around and we like to know where our food comes from. So yesterday Christine went to a [...]
