Our chicks are really ugly right now. They’re going through what some people call their “dinosaur stage” when they’re feathering-out and looking a lot like baby vultures or velociraptors. The truth is that they’ll be quite beautiful when they grow up to be hens. Below is a little pic I put together of the chicks … (Read More)
Camilla’s tape splints worked well on her to straighten out her toes, but they were too flimsy to stay on long enough to have lasting effects. If she was younger they would only need to stay on for a day or so, but we needed to make something stronger to make sure her toes stay … (Read More)
For me, fitness is an entire lifestyle change, not just a modification of my diet or change in my level of physical exercise. True fitness is achieved by addressing and nurturing physical, nutritional, emotional, and mental health. In addition to drastically changing my diet to exclude most processed foods and adopting a vigorous exercise routine, … (Read More)
After four days in quarantine inside the house, Daisy Chicken seems to be in recovery. I’ve been observing her closely, and it appears that she’s favoring one of her legs, leading me to believe she may have suffered a minor leg injury that kept her from eating and drinking, worsening her health and causing her … (Read More)
We know our wedding was simply fabulous, and now all the other awesome bride and grooms who’ve decided to have offbeat nuptials will know how fabulous it was, too! Our wedding was featured on my favorite “wedding porn” site, OffbeatBride.com as part of their ongoing “Real Offbeat Weddings” series… we’re so excited! screenshot of our … (Read More)
Chicken farming is getting more emotionally stressful by the day. Five out of six of our chickie babies are doing very well – running amok, eating and pooping, escaping into the garden every time we open the coop door. However, our shyest little chick, one of the Black Cochins, Daisy, seems to have come down … (Read More)
Oh my goodness, our chicks are so friggin’ cute! Our new babies have so much personality and are really starting to come out of their shells {ba dum dum}. During this first week, I’ve been obsessively researching the reason behind every little characteristic they display and every move that they make. We noticed on the … (Read More)
Peas & rice, the coop is finally done! The plastic corrugated roof was installed today, and we moved the coop into it’s permanent place in the vegetable garden. My neighbors, Aisha and Dawn, and my mailman, Tony, all pitched in to help us carry the coop to it’s new spot in the backyard. We attached … (Read More)
Add to our brood: 3 Speckled Sussex {9 days old, born 06.20.09}+ 3 Cochins {approx. 4 weeks old}. We’ll have to adopt out 2 or 3 of them, because our coop wasn’t built to house so many and the state minimum purchase for chicks is 6. Until then, here are some pics of our new … (Read More)
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