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Category Archives: Our Flock

What do backyard chicken eggs look like?

Posted on January 24, 2013 by andi
Backyard chicken eggs

I get asked this question all the time, right alongside, “Do they taste different?” Since our chickens spontaneously started laying again yesterday, after an almost 3-month hiatus (seriously – we almost had chicken soup for dinner more than a few … Continue reading →

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So you think you want chickens, eh?

Posted on September 21, 2012 by andi
2012-09-20 18.42.12

Don’t get me wrong: I don’t mind having the chickens at all.  I love the eggs they provide, love watching them pecking around the yard, love that the kids get to source food from the backyard.  Love. But seriously. What … Continue reading →

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Letting the Girls Out to Play

Posted on May 27, 2012 by andi
Sexlink backyard chickens

Our chickens started laying eggs last week – about a month earlier than we were expecting.  Perhaps I miscounted, but we were told they’d start laying between 18-22 weeks and that they were 4 or 5 weeks old when we … Continue reading →

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Spring Veggies (and Some Not So Much)

Posted on February 26, 2012 by andi
Tomatoes in pots

Ah the garden is a’growing. The hardest part of gardening for me is keeping interest.  I’m eager to plant things; to prepare the soil and organize my rows and get it all set up.  Then, my interest starts to wane. … Continue reading →

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Why do we have chickens?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by andi
Cage free hens

When Adam first started suggesting we get chickens for our backyard, I thought he was crazy. We are terrible pet owners. I mean: we just aren’t animal people.  I always tell people that we generally coexist with our pets. They’re … Continue reading →

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Like chickens, except tinier.

Posted on February 2, 2012 by andi
4 week old chick

The chicks are roughly 4.5 weeks old now.  We got a little antsy to let our little babies out of their coop this past weekend.  We wanted them to enjoy the outdoors and do what chickens do best: pick at … Continue reading →

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