It’s been a crazy weekend here, so sorry for no post Friday. The kids are off for spring break for one more day and we’ve been busy cleaning out the house to make it ready for the baby. This has required sweet husband’s time as well since I can pack a box of things, but […]
New Chicks!
It’s been two years since the last chicks, so knowing they’ll be slowing down on egg production (although right now they’re laying plenty), we’re introducing some new chicks to the flock this year. A baker’s dozen of “hatchery choice pullets”. That means we’ve got 13 random breed chicks that are more likely hens than roosters. […]
Saturday Progress and the Ham/Bean Soup I Grew
Saturday came with some really nice weather, so we headed out to accomplish some things in the yard. The kids and I shoveled a bunch of manure from the edge of the neighbor’s horse corrals and wheelbarrowed it over to the garden beds. If you’re going this route, try to get the old stuff that’s […]
Catch Up
Here’s a quick catch up post. It’s cold. It hasn’t snowed in the last week and there’s still lots of snow on the ground, but it is useless snow because it is so dry you can’t pack it into a snowman or anything. It’s the kind that “crunches” because it’s dry and cold. Don’t figure […]
Chicken House Progress
After many weekends and evenings of construction, the chicken house finally hit livable stage this past Saturday. Happy day for my poor homeless chickens. Of course I had to take pictures, even though it’s not quite “finished”. Here’s the back and door side of the coop. It’s built on a 4×8 platform of 2×6’s and […]
Hot Peppers Part 2: The Saga Continues . . .
Our poor chickens need a house. They had a house that we borrowed from a neighbor, but it was really too small and had no nest boxes and no good access to the interior except through the chicken door which is a bit small and nasty for adults, and although not too small, it’s just […]
Amazing
Couple of quick chicken updates. The kids and I went out last evening to toss the chickens in their house (the kids actually really enjoy this) and were shocked to find them all already IN the house (with the door still open). Strange. The kids were sure dad had snuck out before us and put […]
Free Chickens!
No, I’m not giving chickens away–sorry. They’ve just been freed from their tool box and are now happily peeping about their big new yard. Sweet husband took most of last week off to use up some excess vacation time before he lost it and we were busy in the yard and garden most every day […]
The Chicks Plot Their Escape . . . And So Do We
I feel like I’ve been slacking a bit on posting lately, but to be honest with you, I don’t know how any of you have time to read my posts anyway! Spring is in full force here with the garden, yard work, Tball, school programs, field trips, someone needs a lunch packed, someone else needs […]
Chickies!
Our local farm/ranch store was supposed to get a boatload of little chicks yesterday, so I was going to pick me up a few, but when I called them in the morning, they said the shipment wasn’t coming until next week–bummer! But it just so happened I had to go “over the mountain” yesterday to […]
