***** So let’s talk about what’s missing in this picture… Yeah, those would be tail feathers, which are currently all over the damn chicken run, making it look like someone got attacked. Also missing from this scenario? EGGS! I guess it’s official then. My chickens are molting. WTF. Don’t get me wrong, I love…
So today is my SITS day! I’m so excited for you all to stop by and say hi! Come on in and take a look around the ol’ homestead, it’s a pretty cool place to hang. We do a lot of cooking around these parts, as well as picture taking, farming fails, farming wins (!!)…
So I haven’t written about this yet because it’s just been too sad. Ok that’s not really true, I just haven’t really had the time or the desire to talk more about it… but suffice it to say, some days, urban farming isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. About a year ago, I got…
Once upon a time, there was Betty. She is the by-product of my desire to be a urban farming guru… Now while she may not be everyone’s cup of tea, I like to think of Betty as a pretty little hen. A lovely Plymouth Barred Rock, with a mellow temperament and quiet disposition, she is…
Hi! How was everyone’s weekend? Mine was awesome, despite a little jaunt over to urgent care (yay allergies, asthma and some nasty bronchitis thing that I have). The weather was sublime, the pollen wasn’t THAT bad, there were a few parties to go to… yup pretty good stuff all around. I also got to work…
Yeah… you guys aren’t going to believe this. We have missing chickens. Thelma and Louise are gone. Flew the coop. Driving their Cadillac off of a cliff somewhere. We’ve been having a ton of problems with them getting…
We did it!!! Brian finally finished the coop and we bought four living, breathing, pooping, running, flying (!!!) chickens. Holy crap. So once we decided that it was really time to put some poultry in the henhouse, my girlfriend and I headed up to the local feed store to check out the selection and decide…
