SkellyAnne
In the Brooder
We got our first batch of chicks in March of 2020. We've had two more waves of chicks, including our babies from this year, who are getting ready to join the flock soon.
We've got 8 hens currently.
I love all animals, but fowl especially. There's something about a giant bird that just defies logic. You can't watch a chicken and not smile. I mean, they don't even have arms. It's hilarious.
By day I'm a software engineer, and my husband is a pastor. But we're big into our hobbies. I'm a fibre artist. I process my own fleeces, grow a dye garden, dye the fleece with the flowers, spin the yarn, and knit or weave it into garments. My husband has a large vegetable garden, cans and cooks, ferments anything he can, and is a woodworker. We have a deaf, middle-aged cat named Ethyl, and a 4 year old dog named Otis. In the future, we look forward to adding ducks, bees, goats (cheese & fibre), and sheep (fibre). Maybe even a horse or two some day.
Despite my career, I don't really use social media or the internet at all, so this is kind of strange for me. But I've really enjoyed learning from this community, and hope I can contribute something too. Chickens are fragile, but it's soo cool when you can find ways to help them thrive.
We've got 8 hens currently.
- Petunia - 4 years - Light Brahma
- Eleanor - 4 years - Midnight Majesty Marans
- Winnifred - 3 years - Easter Egger (in my profile photo)
- Henrietta - 3 years - Barred Rock
- Ruby - unknown - Gold Laced Wyndotta
- Adelaide - 2 months - French Black Copper Marans
- Dorothy - 2 months - Sapphire Olive Egger
- Roxanne - 2 months - Rhode Island Red
- Martha - Olive Egger - died around 7 months, we think some kind of congenital illness
- Penny - Buff Orpington - sudden death around 2 years
- Sadie - Olive Egger - fly strike around 1.5 years, no idea that could even happen, it's a truly horrifying way to go
I love all animals, but fowl especially. There's something about a giant bird that just defies logic. You can't watch a chicken and not smile. I mean, they don't even have arms. It's hilarious.
By day I'm a software engineer, and my husband is a pastor. But we're big into our hobbies. I'm a fibre artist. I process my own fleeces, grow a dye garden, dye the fleece with the flowers, spin the yarn, and knit or weave it into garments. My husband has a large vegetable garden, cans and cooks, ferments anything he can, and is a woodworker. We have a deaf, middle-aged cat named Ethyl, and a 4 year old dog named Otis. In the future, we look forward to adding ducks, bees, goats (cheese & fibre), and sheep (fibre). Maybe even a horse or two some day.
Despite my career, I don't really use social media or the internet at all, so this is kind of strange for me. But I've really enjoyed learning from this community, and hope I can contribute something too. Chickens are fragile, but it's soo cool when you can find ways to help them thrive.
never easy on the heart.
