Yesterday, as I opened the garden gate, I could not believe what I saw. Buff the Wayward Chicken and her band of merry makers hooligans had escaped. Not only had they busted out of the more than adequately sized chicken run, they had dug, scratched, and pulled up nearly everything in sight in the lower Read More >>
Tacoma Urban Chicken Coop Tour 2011
In the paper the other day there was a picture that caught my eye. It was a story about an upcoming chicken coop tour in Tacoma. 2 things immediately caught my eye. Chickens & FREE Admission. 🙂 In order to get the map for the tour we first had to drive to the Garden Sphere Read More >>
Mavis Seeks Chicken Advice…
This round of baby chicks (now teenagers) are just a tad bit different from the last batch. For starters… there’s more of them. And although they seem to get along just fine with the big chickens… they do have their quirks. Like needing to be tucked into bed each night. For the last two weeks Read More >>
Peace and Quiet… At Last…
Buff the wayward chicken has gone broody (much to my delight). She likes to puff up like a turkey when anyone gets near her or the clutch of eggs she’s sitting on. I really ought to place some golf balls in there when I steal her eggs… Maybe that would fool her. Anyway… This means Read More >>
Chicken run…
The Girl Who Thinks She’s A Bird sure got a workout yesterday… The poor thing had to chase down the baby chicks (now 8 weeks old) and move them to their new location. We’ve decided (okay… I’ve decided) that it’s time to move the baby chicks in with the old chicks… We moved the mini Read More >>