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Backyard Chickens – 8 Lessons Learned

April 14, 2012

New here?  You might want to subscribe to my blog or my newsletter. Thanks for stopping by! I have had backyard chickens for several years now in my tiny, urban backyard. I currently have three little cutiepie girls who free range everyday and live in their little green-roof coop at night. (You can watch the TV [...]

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Book Giveaway – Free-Range Chicken Gardens and more!

April 4, 2012

New here?  You might want to subscribe to my blog or my newsletter. Thanks for stopping by! In celebration of my blog’s new look and redesign (and the fact that this happened to coincide with the timing of a pre-arranged virtual blog party), I am giving away not one, but TWO BOOKS related to chickens. [...]

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So Great To Have Fresh Eggs Again!

March 13, 2012

  The "girls" have been back on egg-laying duty for about a month now and I can't tell you how great it is to have these fresh eggs again. Man, it REALLY sucked to have to buy {gasp} eggs at the market in December! Thank goodness the days are finally longer and the girls are [...]

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When Chickens Make You Breakfast

March 21, 2011

This past Saturday, Charlotte (my Polish chicken) made us breakfast. (As she does every morning) I just have to say: There is something so cool about a Saturday morning breakfast of ham and eggs with freshly harvested eggs — still warm from the hen… And yes, Charlotte is a very "fancy" chicken. Here is a [...]

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Chicken Agility? Are you serious?

March 16, 2010

I bet my chicken Charlotte could do this.   Perhaps she needs to go to the chicken camp this summer. I have caught her playing way too many video games lately. She needs more exercise or she will turn into a couch potato.

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Living Homegrown Fresh EGGS!

January 15, 2010

I just had to share these beautiful eggs with you today. My girls are working overtime! Yum!

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Amazing! A Double Shelled Egg!

November 10, 2009

Ready for a little freak out? About a month ago, my 6 month old chicken Gertie withheld her egg for a few days. No big deal right? When she finally laid it, it was HUGE! It was seriously the size of a duck egg. She had only been laying for a few weeks, so I [...]

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Penny’s First Egg!

September 20, 2009

Look what Penny (our Barred Rock chicken) gave us the other day! Her first egg.  We sat around staring at it — Trying to decide what do to. Do we scramble it? Hard boil it? Bake it into something?  It was all just too exciting. So, we ended up waiting until the next day and [...]

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Having A Good “Hair” Day

August 11, 2009

Charlotte is growing! You might remember Charlotte from my post here (Meet Charlotte) and here (Charlotte's Video). She is a Golden Laced Polish chicken. I get a lot of questions about how she is doing, so I thought I would post a new photo for you. As you can see, she has quite a "hair-do" [...]

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Unusual & Creative Do It Yourself Garden Projects

July 8, 2009

I’ve stumbled upon a few fun DIY projects on the internet this week…Check these out! HERE is a post on how to build your own chicken coop with items from the IKEA store. (From UrbanChickens.net) And if you were thinking about building a tomato tower (who wouldn’t, you ask?) there are instructions on how to [...]

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