FOR SALE: Iowa Blue rooster, fall 2011 farm hatch, parents are IB spring 2011 stock from Privett Hatchery (NM), no vaccines, no hormones, no antibiotics, organically raised since hatched on our farm. No shipping available. Buyer must pick up from site in Eatonville, WA (USA). Cash or Check...
I just bought the Little Giant 7 gallon plastic waterer for my coop. They're not exactly cheap, but I needed something a bit bigger for my ever-growing flock to tide us over the winter until we could get our rain barrels set up and an automatic waterer built for them.
With winter coming...
So, I was inside working on making lunch for everyone. Hubby was outside with little man doing some chores. Hubby comes in to tell me he thinks crows have been attacking our flock - they're swooping and cawing like crazy and one hen has blood on her wing. I asked him if he was sure it was the...
Went to close up the coop this evening and do a basic head count of the flock. Found our 1yr old kitty, Tawnta, in one of the nests snoozing. When he finally got up, I discovered he'd been keeping 3 eggs warm. While this isn't the first time I've caught him trying to hatch eggs (there were...
So I was out at the new coop last night, checking on the 38 girls and 1 roo. This is the first time all have been housed in the same coop and they've only been out there for a couple of weeks. Anyway, when I peeked inside, this is what I found: [sorry for the blurry pics, they were all taken...