By John, on September 14th, 2010 |
 Am I allowed a moment of smug satisfaction? Truth be told, I don’t feel superior but merely fortunate that my wife decided to start raising chickens a few years ago. It kept us out of the line-of-fire…this time.
The most recent salmonella scare started me thinking, wondering about food safety and how it intersects with the local food movement versus industrial farms. While I am a certainly staunch supporter of the local food movement, growing my own produce in addition to being a member of a local CSA, I am old enough and wise enough to realize that local food presents challenges in addition its perceived benefits, especially in the arena of food safety. …continue reading
By John, on June 25th, 2010 |
  We all need a little levity heading into the weekend, so what better than a chicken roast? So, without further ado, here are the chickens! …continue reading
By John, on April 18th, 2010 |
 So much to do and so little time. One of the bright spots for last year was the addition of seven chickens to our original flock of three. Our first year with chickens was a learning experience. We allowed the original three to free range our property and soon found out that a full grown chicken can cause a lot of damage to tender young crops not to mention that chicken shit was EVERYWHERE. The other …continue reading
By John, on June 16th, 2009 |
 The seven chicks are rapidly outgrowing their grapefruit box and soon it will be time to move them to the great outdoors. Our current playhouse coop design is 2 feet x 4 feet, enough for 3-4 adult hens. My expansion adds another 16 square feet for a total of 24 square feet of indoor floor space and over 72 cubic feet of space, enough to comfortably house our flock of nine. …continue reading
By John, on June 9th, 2009 |
 The baby chicks that arrived May 12th are now just about 4 weeks old and they are growing like weeds. They have a full complement of feathers and are flying all around the brood box. We have to keep a screen door on top of the box to keep them in. There is also a lot of “chest bumping” happening as they begin establishing their pecking order. My wife has been taking them out to the coop on nice days to …continue reading
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Am I allowed a moment of smug satisfaction? Truth be told, I don’t feel superior but merely fortunate that my wife decided to start raising chickens a few years ago. It kept us out of the line-of-fire…this time.
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