Articles by twigg
The Chicken Coop
When I lived in the UK we kept chickens. Just very recently Jodie asked if we might keep a few here. Seemed like a reasonable idea, and the City Ordinances allowed it, so I built an incubator and in it we hatched 10 Buff Orpington chicks.
Before moving to West Pond, I...
Steve’s Homemade Incubator
We decided to keep chickens recently. City Ordinances duly consulted we were on our way. The initial choices lay between buying day-old chicks, point of lay pullets or hatching eggs.
We wanted the kids to have the full experience, so hatching eggs were the first...