Posts by TinaG

$175 for a glass company to replace a window - that's what happens when a 2 x 4 falls into it.   Uggh.  If anyone asks what it costs to build a chicken coop I'm going to tell them it's not about saving money it's about...

I looked Mepkin Abbey up and it's gorgeous - the landscape is perfect for contemplation.  Moncks Corner has a fascinating history in itself; settled as early as 1700 by French Huggenots (Wikipedia and the internet know...

Being Orthodox myself I've been around a few monasteries as a visitor and one thing that always strikes me are the large number of farm animals and pets that the monks and nuns always have. I think animals and pets are a basic...

Sorry but I got it wrong - the chicken photos are more in the Farm 2012 gallery.

I didn't know exactly where to post this but thought I'd share the website for the Hermitage of the Holy Cross in Wayne, West Virginia.   http://www.holycross-hermitage.com/   Holy Cross is an Orthodox mens monastery...

Guess you're right.  No worries from here on out. Chickens and babies are resilient.  And now the wait begins.

Wishing4WIngs - I do think the chicken math got me.  I downsized the coop but not my expectations of what I wanted to put in it.  9 is definitely too many, though even anticipating 1 roo and 1 doa, 7 I think is still going to...

And I forgot 1 Silver laced Wyandotte. That makes 9.  I'm expecting at least 1 to turn out to be a roo and maybe 1 doa, so I'm going to be left with 7.    I'm thinking I have a general problem with long term...

I have revised my plans for the Chicken Patio and decided not to go with enclosing the whole area.  Several reasons - (1) the 5+ yards of sand it would take and the difficulty getting it back there (2) 5+ yards of sand right...

I've done it - I just placed my on-line order with Meyers for 9 chicks.  The earliest delivery I could get was first week in May.  I have spent literally 2 years looking at chicken websites and making lists of breeds,...