Chickens Move In
Our move to Eugene was a bit more frantic than moves from the past. It was challenging to juggle moving […]
My New Home
I truly despise renting, which is part of the reason I have been so stressed about housing the last few
Chicken Attack
First off, everyone is now safe and alive. But we have our first brush with death here on the urban
Spring Eggs
Today is the first day of Spring, and there are signs of it all over our urban homestead. We are
Building Fort Knox
One giant compromise of letting the chickens free-range in our backyard is allowing them to ravage our vegetable beds from
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backyard livestock, chickens, row covers
Winter Chickens
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about my flock of urban chickens, who have been quietly keeping toasty during this
Snowed in Chickens
Different people have different ways of dealing with cold weather and chickens. Some build coops better insulated than our old
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backyard livestock, chickens
Strange Chickens
Florence has been laying eggs since August and I was beginning to wonder what the hold-up was with Maude. I
Crowing Hen
It’s about time for an update on my crowing hen, Pearl, after all that hoopla last week. Pearl’s crowing seemed
Pearl’s Video
I woke up again this morning to crowing. This time a little more of it than the last two mornings.