I brought She-She and the peeps out of the pen for their first outdoor adventure. They are one week old. She-She was in heaven showing her babes how to scratch for bugs and forage for greens. I cannot believe how many bugs those little peepers can chow down. One of the Barnevelder chicks got ...

I went out this morning to check on She-She and heard a faint peeping – I lifted her wing and there was a little yellow fluffball as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as could be! Upon closer inspection I saw another one – a light brown one that must have recently hatched as it was still ...

Cold, dark and raining one minute, blazing sunshine the next, followed by thunder and then more sunshine, but now back to cold, dark and rainy. I think I spent more energy adding and subtracting layers of clothing than working in the garden today. I think this has been the worse June EVER! In ...

Two of the eggs have pieces of shell broken off, but the membrane is still intact. I would imagine that if it were pipping then the membrane would have a hole in it, so I have to assume either She-She did it accidently with her toenail getting back into the nest today, or she pecked at them. I...

We made a mad rush last week to complete the new coop as we were going to be gone for the weekend. I’m still exhausted from the effort plus all of the food prep, packing, etc… that needed to be done for our camping trip. Although it wasn’t completely finished, it was finished ...