The Chicken Diaries

One of my young barred rock hens laid a monster of an egg the other day. I was sure it was a double-yolker! Imagine my surprise when I cra...

Yey! Silkie babies on the way...  In the top condo Blossom is sitting on 8 developing eggs, due in 2 weeks.  In the bottom condo Angie is s...

OK... maybe not! LOL!

Ack! Time flies like a chicken running towards the treat bucket! Yep, that's fast - LOL! Almost everyone's in deep molt right now...

It's warm, it's sunny, it's the weekend - w00t! The flocks are all sunbathing outside (bar two hens that have leg sprains and ...

Crossing fingers and knock on wood, it looks like all of my sick banties have recovered from the terrible illnesses that suddenly plagued th...

My flock of banties, never sick a day in their lives before, got struck down with a terrible virus a few days ago. I can't seem to get...

Our big boy Moose is already 3.5 months old now! He's a Jersey Giant but I don't think he will attain "giant" size as he...

I didn't know the video would turn out so narrow, LOL! Next time I'll film in landscape mode and not in portrait mode. But still,...

I love receiving my weekly Healthy Chickens Bulletin - go check it out, it's free and super easy to sign up for! Each e-issue delivere...

Well, we survived last week's red mite nightmare, coop relocations, flock integrations, chook rehomings and a massive heat wave + a mini...

That's my girl! She makes me smile every day :-)

Name 15 awful things that can happen to a chicken owner, with red mites in the coop being the Worst Thing Possible, and I've been hit wi...

Isn't he just the most handsome roo? :-) Oliver will turn 6 months old on July 20th and he's still growing - hims gonna be a big ...

Yep, the dog days of summer are here - HOT! What do you do to help keep your flocks cool in this weather? Mine free-range so have plenty o...

I should totally get a ball for my chooks :-D

I wonder what that hen is thinking... LOL!

RIP Dizzy, our awesome white leghorn girl... just a year and a half old, found her cold and stiff on the coop floor Sunday morning - no idea...

Fourteen chicks, in fact :-D I love these little stinkers! Can you spot the breeds?