Double Wing Tuck
Waiting for new baby chicks to reveal their gender seems like endless detective work! Every day, I watch them carefully to see any hints that might reveal the truth beneath their feathers. But each...
View ArticleA Winter Wonderland
The snow-less, cold snap finally snapped this week and we joyfully received a refreshing dump of snow. About 15 cm of dusty, dry powder now covers everything around the Queendom. Following on the...
View ArticleTwo Many Roosters
Or This Queendom Ain’t Big Enough For the Both of Us The correct ratio of roosters to hens is 1:10 or so, but we have kept two roosters and four hens. As usual we are determined to learn from...
View ArticleDIY Vet – A Broken Toe
Just like any chicken-keeper with a backyard flock, medical issues come and go on a fairly regular basis. In the seven years that we have kept chickens, we have dealt with roundworm outbreaks,...
View ArticleOne Tough Chick
We lost Sprout this week. As I came out onto the front porch for my regular morning coffee and chick visit, I could hear a chorus of begawking coming from inside the coop. I found her dead on the coop...
View ArticleFlipper:1 Hawk:0
When you catch the ear-piercing screech of a mama hen and the panicked flaps of her chicks, you stop whatever it is you are doing and go into rescue mode. With our free-ranging flock, we have witnessed...
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