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So I stumbled onto this NPR article last week about the new FDA guidelines on organic and free range egg farms. In a nutshell {or eggshell, rather}, the FDA wants free range and organic farmers to limit their chicken’s outdoor time in order to avoid salmonella. Because free-ranging chickens encounter more wild animal feces than the Read More >>
Last month One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Anastasia shared pictures of her parents amazing garden in Glazov, Russia. Well since then her dad has been reading my blog and wanted Anastasia to some pictures of his baby quail with you. Here is what Anastasia had to say: Hi Mavis! Since you posted my parents’ Read More >>
Yesterday the Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I headed out early to check out the Seattle Chicken Coop and Urban Farm Tour. There were so many coops and gardens to see it was crazy fun! To be honest, I don’t think I have ever seen so many pampered chickens before in my life. Read More >>
If you live in the Seattle or Tacoma area and LOVE chickens and gardens, then you’ll want to stop by either the Seattle Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour or the Tacoma Urban Chicken Coop Tour this coming Saturday, July 13th between 10 am – 4 pm. The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I Read More >>
Wow! Check out this gorgeous chicken coop and story reader Valerie from Laramie, Wyoming sent in: “I started following your blog after my hairstylist recommended it to me when I told her that I was the new owner of ten chickens. My husband and I have been throwing the idea around of getting some chickens Read More >>
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