Raising Chickens

Shadow Welcome our newest family member. This is our little buck - Shadow. He is intact and when he gets bigger we will breed him to Gert...

Pumpkins Everywhere!   We went to the pumpkin patch today and had tons of fun. We picked out pumpkins for the chickens and Larg...

September Update  -Seven Months Old- We have more eggs than we know what to do with. Each of our breeds (aside from the younger batch of...

We got our first "Fairy Egg" and while I had read about them before, when researching egg production, I still was shocked to see o...

Finally Reached One Dozen Eggs! We are a true backyard farm today. We have reached one dozen eggs produced by our organic, free range hen...

Why Calcium? Eggs, eggs and more eggs! Seriously though, calcium is important. While it helps with egg production, and I am very exci...

The day has come. Our hens are now 23 weeks old and when I went to usher one of the Wyandottes out of the coop to get some pictures of her -...