Articles by spartacus_63

KaGee Chickens BIO-BATORS: Letting Nature Do The Work Shortly after we received our first batch of fuzzy butts, I knew that we would need a regular flow of fuzzy butts to satisfy this addiction. In my mind there is nothing more educational and entertaining than watching a clutch of eggs...

Here is our Chicken Palace. This is prior to the paint. This is an ongoing project and is no weekender. We acquired 27 RIR (26 pullets and 1 cockerel) and a White Crested Black Polish in June. We picked up 3 RIR hens, 3 BO hens and 1 BR hen in August. We then got 1 BO hen with 4...

KaGee Chickens The Wife & I have the Bug...we are addicted and love our chickens. We started with the intent of chickens for eggs for our family. We hoped to be able to sell the surplus eggs to support our investment. This was not a spur of the moment decision. We researched and shopped...

mLarry (used to be Mari) (OEG) Suzie (White Crested Black Polish) (DW calls him Sampson) (Killed by neighbor dog summer 2009)...

This is Goldie. (Buff Orpington) Snowball (White Crested Black Polish) (Disapeared w/o a trace Nov 2010)...

Since we had no intention of raising yard decorations, we didn't have a place for them to live. We didn't want to put them in with the big girls because they are kinda grouchy with strangers. We kept the new birds separate to ensure they were healthy. Meanwhile, I started construction of the...