Articles by BirdsinBethel

My Gambrel-roofed Chicken Tractor So, we needed a tractor for 5 hens (hopefully all 5 chicks make it to pullet-hood, and none decide to start 'cock-a-doodle-doo-ing!). While we won't be moving the coop a lot, I wanted the option of being able to move it around a bit during nice weather, and...

We got our chicks 5-21st from Maple Valley Farms in Kent, CT. 4 of them had been hatched about 5-18th, the Easter Egger was hatched 5-11th They came home in a cardboard box, and were named before we even got home! We started with naming the Easter Egger-Cadbury seemed to be a good name. Then the...