We have had a frigid last few weeks in Central Virginia. Temperatures have been in the single digits with wind chills below freezing some nights. Although chickens are really hardy animals, we do worry about keeping them warm. Our chickens […]
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Country Life: Ugly Duckling
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Our little chick is now 1 month old! And yes technically it is an ugly chick- not a duckling! However, we have affectionately named it Ugly Duckling because it is so funny looking! This chick is a cross between our […]
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Since I have been writing about my chickens a lot lately, I was asked about how to build a chicken coop. I dug through our pictures from a few years ago and found that hubby had documented the process! Most […]
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I mentioned a few weeks ago that our chickens are molting. When they go through the molting process, the egg product stops. So we thought nothing of it when we were only collecting one or two eggs a day. That […]
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I have heard of people referring to an overprotective mother being like a “mother hen”. Now that we actually have a real life mother hen, I know exactly where that reference comes from! It has been an amazing experience watching […]
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One of our hens that we have named Brown Town, has become broody. What is a broody hen? It is a female chicken whose mothering instincts have kicked into high gear. Brown Town is sitting on eggs hoping to hatch […]
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Our new chickens that we purchased last April are now laying eggs! The first eggs from these hen’s are called pullet eggs. They are much smaller than a regular chicken egg. In the picture above, the pullet egg is on […]
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This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.August 18, 2013
Back in April, we purchased six chicks to add to our chicken flock. Our intentions was to raise additional hens for egg production. Some of our older hens are three years old and slowing down a bit with egg production. […]
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