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
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
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
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
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
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