When I took down the run fence between the littles and the ladies, I did it at night, after lock up. Then I moved a few things around in the run. That way, when everyone came out in the morning, it was different. It caught the older chickens off guard, and they spent less time worrying about the...
I don't think Aart ever posted on this thread, but she did hang around a couple of social threads.
She was a fount of practical knowledge on building coop/runs and practical care for chickens. Her opinion on anything was worth paying attention to, for me. She wrote some very informative...
We're down a car, and hubby suggested we do the grocery shopping last night after dinner. Grocery shopping is waaaaay down on his favorite things to do, so I jumped at the chance to have him go with. (Then he can pick out some things he likes, and maybe find a new thing.)
He told me to get the...
Autumn olive is the "perfect invasive." If you don't get ALL of the root, it'll come back. Chop it down, it laughs and grows back. Birds eat the fruit, poop out the seeds, and a new one grows.
We have the space to let it go, let it grow. And now we have a reason to do so: honeybees love it...
Last I knew, Mt Healthy in Ohio would ship 3 chicks. They did have a "small order fee" that was added on. I don't know how large the order had to be not to have the fee.
I ordered chicks from them in 2023 and was VERY pleased with the service and the chicks. I was happy to pay the fee as I...
Hearts have rooms. My heart has a room for each of our dogs, my chickens, and the people in my life. I can share any of those rooms with others, but each room has a name on it, and it's for the special being who lives there.
I dreamed I bought 4 little chicks. One was a Black Australorp (little tiny puffy penguin flufferbutt). I had them tucked in my shirt to keep them warm.
Then the alarm went off. Sigh.
My sweet little Pippy passed last night. She'd been dealing with salpingitis for 15 months. I'll bury her next to Sunny in the garden.
She gave me a fluffy butt Valentine at some point last year.
This is my favorite picture of her. I know I've posted it many times.
Fly high and free, dear...