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One of the nice things about using the Deep Litter method in the chicken coop is that over the course of the year, we can just add more bedding on top of the old, with an occasional layer of Diatomaceous Earth. The bad thing… Continue Reading “IT’S THAT TIME”
The weather was the most exciting aspect of January. Other than the Polar Blast we got though, January was just another slow month on the homestead. With eleven bodies heating the coop, the girls were fine in the frigid weather. The challenge was keeping… Continue Reading “WINTER SLOW DOWN”
I know I have been absent from the blog for several weeks. I’ve not been completely idle, I just haven’t been doing anything of interest on the homestead. The homestead has been in “maintenance mode” for winter. You know, watching the cats dig up… Continue Reading “BACK IN THE SADDLE?”
TREAT: With Halloween done, the cost of pumpkins has gone down so I got one for the chickens. I got a nice sized pumpkin for just $2.99. Chickens love pumpkins and pumpkins are good for chickens (click the link to find out how) so… Continue Reading “TRICK AND TREAT”
The girls have an admirer! I don’t know whether the next-door neighbor’s rooster escaped, and they can’t catch him, or if they don’t know he has a secret bolt hole or if they have booted him from the coop for behavior unbecoming a gentleman,… Continue Reading “EL GALLO PEQUENO”
Two Chickens Homestead 