It’s been a fairly busy & hectic couple of weeks here at the little farmstead. This is mostly because I’ve
Category: Chickens
Vent Gleet
I guess bad things decide that they like to come in waves. Just as Django was getting over his case of fowl pox, I noticed
Fowl Pox
Welp…my flock officially has a fairly large scale illness breakout.
They’ve come down with fowl pox, a disease
Kit & Chick Update
These weights were taken on 5/19/17, so one day late, kits were 5 weeks and 1 day old. They are making good progress,
Kit & Chick Update!! 5/11/17
Well, kits turned 4 weeks on 5/11, so I weaned 3 of the 5 (two from Sookie & one from Eowyn). The other two will be
Raising Chicks!
Since I have started keeping chickens a few years ago, I have noticed the HUGE increase in people who are interested in
Why you should be cooking for your chickens…
Do you cook for your chickens? Or do you just feed them scratch, kitchen scraps, and some seeds every now and again?
All About Our New Chicks!
On April 26, we added three new breeds of chickens to our homestead. We obtained four silkies, two silver laced wyandottes,
Free Range Chickens
If you keep chickens, or are considering keeping chickens, there are many things to consider before you dive right in.