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Whether it’s yogurt or sauerkraut or sourdough or cod liver oil, fermented foods are good for human health. Apparently, fermentation is good for chickens, too. Here’s what I found about the benefits of fermented chicken feed. It increases the digestibility and nutrient absorption. The… Continue Reading “Next Experiment: Fermented Feed”
After I noticed the roosters getting better, I started looking for a more permanent shelter to build for them. A rabbit cage with a tarp to provide protection from the weather was fine when we were just waiting for them to die but certainly… Continue Reading “A New Home”
Today, I looked out the window and saw: Roosters in the yard! Apparently they are feeling better.
The coop continues to evolve but things are on the rails now. Just as I was ready to start purchasing supplies for the extended run, I noticed the two Cream Legbar Roosters (Blondie and Dotty) were sitting down at every opportunity and often just… Continue Reading “Disaster Strikes!”
The grass in the run was gone within a couple of weeks. The chicken bank was empty so we couldn’t build the extended run I wanted. What will we try next to keep the chickens in grass? Ta-da! With our leftover chicken wire, 1x2s,… Continue Reading “The Continuing Saga of the Never-Ending Coop”
The never-ending coop has been a constantly evolving project. We saw an A-frame coop on You Tube and adapted it with our own modifications. We wanted something we could stand upright in, and, we liked the idea of limited measuring and cutting. Each leg… Continue Reading “Coop Evolution”
Even though we started building the chicken coop before acquiring hatching eggs, it was not ready by the time the chicks hatched. It was not finished when they were one week old. It was not finished when they were two weeks old. I had… Continue Reading “Cheep-cheep, Where Will We Live?”
The first chick, one of the Laced Blue Bells, hatched about 3:00 a.m., June 28th, and announced her arrival vociferously. The cheeping was So Loud, it woke me up! I got Oscar (eldest grandson) and Emmett (youngest grandson) out of bed to ooh and… Continue Reading “The Hatching”
When my oldest grandson came to live with me this Spring, I realized I would now have a bit of brawn at my disposal to implement some of the loftier schemes I have been unable to do by myself. Thus, my long-standing intention of… Continue Reading “A Little Chicken”
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