I’ve been trying an experiment the past few weeks… I’m growing fodder for my chickens as a supplement this winter. My chickens free range all year round… of course, their pickings are not near as good this time of year. I bought some plastic containers from the dollar store, and a 50# sack of barley….
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I Suppose…
I hate to say it, but I suppose it’s time to put away my rain barrel for the season. If there’s one thing that makes having chickens easier… it’s not having to haul them water every day! With the smidgen of rain that we get in Wyoming… my rain barrel off the coop roof was…
Moving
Change of scenery for my not so baby chicks… It’s a handy place to start baby chicks… out my front door a few steps… but they’re almost a month old, and they’re ready for more space. Into the dog crate they go for their short journey. They’re a mix of Red Sex Links, Buff Rocks,…
Thief Caught On Video
Here it is… though it doesn’t show her eating the egg… https://youtu.be/tIzaY01-N0w
Mystery in the Chicken Coop Conclusion… or is it?
Gee. It sounds like NO ONE LIKES CLIFFHANGERS! I will tell you the conclusion to the mystery, but, first, this commercial interruption… Although I usually write my blogs at night to post the next morning, sometimes that plays havoc with dates… like when you get Wordless Wednesdays on Thursday… this post will come out on…
Saga of the Video of the Mystery in the Chicken Coop!
Did you ever play Clue? The game where you had to choose Miss Scarlett or Colonel Mustard in the Library or the Conservatory (as a kid I never knew what a conservatory was… but it’s a greenhouse attached to a building along one wall… just in case you never knew either! But I did like…
Mystery
I know who did it. I have it on film. For four hours now, I have been fighting with my GoPro to be able to share it with you. This could be the first time I actually cuss on this blog. I’m frustrated to no end, and if I had more of a temper and…
Mystery In The Coop
I do believe I have a dilemma. I’ve been having a mystery in the chicken coop. There’s been an unidentified perpetrator destroying eggs. The first suspects were the young roosters. Over time, the circle of life dismissed the roosters from the suspect list. That left the one young hen, as I didn’t think my tried…
Fermenting Chicken Feed
I’ve read about it for a while… and just started trying it with my chickens. Fermenting their chicken feed. Translate that to just soaking their chicken feed, and you’ll take the scariness out of it. They tell you that fermenting your feed will increase the protein, or rather, let them get the full protein out…
Winter’s Two
She started with nine. Two cracked. Two hatched. She bustled after those lucky two, and the rest had cooled down by the time I found them.
Clutch Record
I’d say my record stinks. Back a few months ago… this happened. Eleven chicks! It was totally a surprise as the hen did not set on them in the coop, but in some undisclosed location. Well, across the summer, eleven fell to six. Ah, the great life (and death) of free-range chickens that live with…
Not Babies Anymore
Look who is growing up! They seem to have doubled in size since I left on vacation. Perhaps that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but still… One is definitely a rooster. I only have seven of the original eleven left. Let’s hope these stay smart and alert!