Articles by GwenDellAnno

My Chicken Tractor and Coop June / July 2009 I purchased a load of cedar slabwood (that's what's left over of the tree once they make all the "good" lumber out of it that they can get) for $15 (for a huge flatbed load). Included in it were some very rough (in various condition) 2 x 2's that I...

Items Used for IncubatorBuy/Have/FreeCycleAmount - Cnd$Old CoolerFC Plastic Hardware Cloth - scrapsH Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer with probeH 10' cPVC (1/2") 5T's and 5 elbows cPVC (1/2")

And here are my chicks..... I have 4 Barnevelder hens and 1 cock .... Mick, Rusty, Edelweiss, Blossom and Daisy And four Americauna (I think they are Easter Eggers, not true Americaunas) hens ... Esmerelda, Miranda, Dayglow, Vesper To see them as adults (or adolescents!!) go to the...

And here are my four Easter Egger hens..... Dayglow, Vesper, Esmerelda, Miranda Dayglow ~ she always runs around with her perky tail up in the air and is the first to come rushing when I come with food. I know she's not much too look at (a white chicken ~ shrug) but she's got...

August 16, 2009 The last few nights I've been letting the chickens out to completely free-range in the evenings a couple of hours before dark. So tonight I got out my lawn chair and my book and sat down to watch them. (We have a golden labrador who at first wanted desperately to chase them in...

To see them as chicks check out the "my chickens" page Mick ~ cockerel (my husband wanted me to name the other 4 hens Keith, Bill, Charlie and Brian ~ after the Rolling Stones ~ but I declined. However... Mick has retained his name!!) Rusty ~ She appears to be the dominant hen and is...

OK.... so based on some ideas I found here I made a new waterer. I tried to find the nipples but none of the lifestock feed stores around here stock them. So for now, this at least eliminates my refilling the one gallon waterer constantly. And it stays much cleaner. You will notice the...

On Nov 1 the chickens moved from their movable coop/tractor into an indoor space. I still have some work to do to completely winterize it, but they are dry and comfortable. Here's some pics.... I know there is not a lot of outside space, but I am saving lots of leaves (see the first...

On Monday, November 9, our tan/buff EE (named Vesper) gave us a lovely olive green egg!!! I noticed in the morning (before we left) that she was in the nest box so we checked when we got home and "sure enough", there it was. What we noticed (compared with our large white store-bought eggs ...