Posted in chickens, farm, urban chickens on Mar 5th, 2008
Last night was quite cold for this area, colder than it’s been in more than a month. I was a bit concerned about the girls as at the old house they lived the lives of pampered pets and had a heat lamp on cold nights. But this morning when I went out to check on […]
Posted in urban chickens on Feb 5th, 2008
Maisie has gone decidedly broody. I’m always surprised when the young girls do it. They’re like teenagers anywhere, they just throw themselves into it whole heartedly. Actually, there’s almost always someone either broody or thinking about it around here. Which is good news, I think.
Once we’re moved later this month we can finally expand the […]
Posted in urban chickens, locavore on Jan 21st, 2008
I’ve been told a couple of times that free range eggs aren’t that much richer colored. And that it has as much to do with the chicken as her diet. While this my friends is proof that that is bulls*%^.
These are all eggs from Danny. Same hen, ten eggs. The two dark ones were laid […]
Posted in urban chickens, house on Jan 19th, 2008
The world’s best down muff.Lucy gave me an evil look when I used the flash on her tonight, but it was worth it. The girls have been taking turns sitting in the nest box all day and now apparently at night (I turned off the light). None of them seem to be serious about being […]
Posted in urban chickens on Jan 17th, 2008
Chickens are strange birds. On the one hand they seem smart. My hens know to come when called, they know I am the bringer of treats, they know Mike is not. On the other hand they’re pretty dumb. Everything shiny must be pecked and shadows are scary.
We’re two girls down here at the hennery. Yesterday […]
Posted in urban chickens on Jan 11th, 2008
Tonight we were supposed to go snowboarding with friends at Alpental. While I’m an avid skier, tonight would have been my first time on a snowboard since very early 1997! But alas at 3:00 pm it was raining on the pass - rain is the biggest drawback of being a skier in Washington. Oh well.
Instead […]
Posted in urban chickens, personal, dogs, cat on Dec 24th, 2007
Merry Christmas all!
Years ago I used to write a Christmas letter and send copies out to everyone. I’m not sure when I stopped, but I haven’t done it for a few years now. This year we had photo cards made with the picture of our tree and we’re sending them out (hopefully) later this week. […]
