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Our Black Copper Marans hen, Mildred, is really a broody girl. In April Mildred went broody again, so this time my wife put a couple of our ducks eggs under her rump. We have 3 Blue Swedish duck hens and a Blue Swedish Drake (Lars, Mona, Tilly, & Edna). The hens lay an egg every day. Here are...

Greetings! I need some insight from the more experienced folks here..... Here are the details of our flock.... Type - (6) New Hampshire hens Age - 13 months Issues (?) It appears that the ladies are beggining to moult. This would be their first moult since they got their adult feathers...

Interesting article....... What's your take? Urban Chicken Retirement....

Saturday (St. Patty's Day) was 82 degrees. We got a start on the garden by tilling in winters compost in the new garden beds. Every one participated. Of course Mrs. had help doing the fine work...... Fresh tilled is the best place to find fresh worms..... Raking in and worked over by 6...

Here's a pic of our new Black Copper Marans chicks....... They are about 5 weeks old. This is their first trip outside..... Well, Mrs. had them in the greenhouse as it was really windy. We can't yet tell if what sex they are. Any clues on sexing BCM's at this age???? We'll name them when...

Our Border-Collie was insistent that we come outside and look at something.... He was woofing and scratching at the back door..... Long story short..... We had managed to get our Basil plants through winter, and then Dizzy discovered that the pot held some dirt....... Here's a fresh pot of...

I thought I'd share a few pictures taken New Years day of our outing in the back yard.... We had high 40s and sunshine....... So it was time to Free-Range the whole yard...... Mrs. grabbed the camera and shot a couple of pics...... Here's our 15 year old Border Collie mix, Winston...

In October, our NH_Reds decided that our pine trees were a very nice place to spend the afternoon......... Conveniently, this is also by the compost heap....... Somehow I don't think it was coincidence......

Greetings All! We are new to the site and to raising chickens since April-2011. We have 6 New-Hampshire Red hens, raised from chicks we acquired from Tractor-Supply. What a rewarding and entertaining experience! Some of the "ladies" have been laying since Labor-day weekend. We get 1 to 3...

Greetings All! We are new to the site and raising chickens. We have 6 New-Hampshire Red hens raised from chicks. What a rewarding and entertaining experience! They are 5 1/2 months old and have been laying since Labor-day weekend. We get 1 to 3 eggs a day now. They are being relatively...