Articles by vanalpaca

Today I picked up 4 hens about 1/2 hour away. They are 1-2 years old and all laying and 1 is really clucky broody. Picked them up "at the end of the drive' as she does biosecurity. Now that is just plain disappointing you can't go visit! But its ok. There are 2 Light Sussex hens from good lines...

Hi all! Still looking for a farm home to rent in Ohio along I-75 halfway between Napoleon and Cincinnati would put me around Lima/Findlay area or WEST Central Ohio. My house is available for sale in Clyde, OH 43410 (anyone want a plain victorian, 3750 sq, on 1 acre in town w/NO CHICKENS?) I'm in...

Totally got hit with CHICKEN MATH! I just don't know how this happened. The 18 TSC chicks are half grown now at 6-7 weeks old and time to move outside. The 4 hens are in the pit greenhouse and REALLY want to be foraging outdoors, but they are doing well in their 8x8 room and laying up more eggs...

I received two shipments of Welsummer Eggs today, one from Tennessee and one from Alabama. There are 5 REALLY DARK eggs in the Alabama shipment and all of the rest of the eggs in both shipments are a medium brown. Most of the eggs were very large, a few were more like a medium sized egg and a...