Backyard Chickens & Bees

Ah, last Saturday was the final CHIC gatherings for the year. This month was held at our house, and we had a near-perfect day for working outside (sunny skies, mid 60s temperature). The original CHIC date was set for last weekend, but several schedule conflicts had come up due to the long time in between [...]

We tried to integrate the young chicks with the chickens a few weeks ago, but George had other plans and constantly attacked the little chicks (they were only about a month old at the time). So, we separated them again and let the chicks get a bit larger so that they would be able to [...]

Two things have been going on recently, somewhat behind the scenes, that have been taking up a lot of my free time. They’re both things that incorporate many of the pastimes that I really enjoy doing: yard work, planning and building small contraptions,  and playing with computers (which is why/how you are reading this). Well, [...]

Well, we introduced the older chickens and the 11 new chicks this past weekend. For now they are being supervised, as George likes to chase them around (she is, surprisingly, the dominant one; Emily is just very vocal about it all: see the video below for a demonstration) and pecked at a few, resulting in [...]

Not quite penned yet, but soon! My friend William was over this weekend helping Veronica and I build a massive chicken pen that will keep the chickens in a safe, enclosed area where dogs and raccoons will not be able to get them easily. At least, not until they have opposable thumbs. (Granted, opossums have [...]