Posts by stargazingmommy

oh yeah...I need to get about 10 more bags of rocks to throw in there, that should really keep them busy. Oh, that tiny tree on the left...its the only tree in our yard. The day I put it in, the brown duck attacked it for about 10...

The chickens were their partners in crime...but they ran off when they saw me

I've been working into turning our yard into an oasis instead of a desert. of course the BIRDS decided I was doing it just for them     Doc even helped with digging.  

I only have two laying hens. The salmon faverolle is very loud, the buff orphington is quiet I've never even heard the BOs egg song

When I'm gone it's never more than 2-3 days and not to far, normally. If its more than that I hire one of the neighbor kids to collect eggs(that I let them keep), and check the food and water. I put out a 5 gallon dog water dish and...

Quote: Originally Posted by campclaus  anyone else notice the toes growing out of its chest on the last picture?  never saw that before! Wait...I think in pic 3 theres a TOE growing out it's back...this...

Quote: Originally Posted by canesisters  Too bad you're not near VA.  I'd gladly take Little Miss Broody But off your hands.  I'd be on the 'hatching eggs for sale' thread so fast it would make my monitor...

I have a broody. She was sitting on screws and power tools and just about took my hand off when I had to remove my drill from her tender loving care.   This is her 2nd broody. It's so much worse than the first time. I've...

ANDDDDD miss broody Bella has moved to a new location, still not in the coop/pen. Now she is in the dirt. I tilled up a corner of the yard to lay down some river rock and plant some trees. She dug a hole and planted her butt in it....

totally depends on the dog. We have two dogs and two chickens. We started with 4 chicks, but one drowned in the duck pool the other fell victim to a dog. Now that the chicks are full grown hens, the dogs mostly ignore them. Sometimes...