Articles by adgcountrygirl

We started with a dog kennel that had a dirt floor and posts that were firmly planted in the ground. It is 8x12 feet and 5.5 feet tall when we started. These pictures were taken right before we started putting on the current roof. (The chickens calmly roamed the yard the whole time we...

October 4, 2011 On Saturday, I got my first green egg. On Sunday, I was pretty sure it was Jasper. She and another hen jumped out out of the boxes and announced they had laid an egg. Then ofcourse all the other hens and even the roosters started congratulating them. Yesterday, my niece...

My Current Flock My first flock began in April 2011. It consisted of Try-N-Fly, Beakman, Optimus Prime, Thor, Pepper, Pokey Hontas, Fryer Tuck, Jasper, Esme, Little Ann, Checkers and Baby. (Baby actually died the first night and never had a "real" name.) After finding new homes for the...

My All-Time Favorite Pictures L to R: Bullwinkle, Esme, Checkers, Jasper, Daisy, Merriweather, Beakman and Fryer Tuck. Beakman watching over his girls, Fryer Tuck, Checkers and Esme. This is Brutus in the biggest Mesquite Tree in the yard. She is my friendliest...