by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 3, 2012 | Animals, Chickens, Livestock
That first little ‘peep peep’ from under the wing of your favorite hen, a chick the hen hatched, is something you’ll never forget. That sweet little face is the culmination of the hours and days and weeks that you’ve put into raising your...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 23, 2012 | Animals, Chickens
Adding a cockerel (rooster) to your existing flock of hens is one of those things where you’ll find almost as many different opinions as there are chicken breeds! It’s a passionate subject, and one that I had the opportunity to delve into recently. In the...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 30, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, Livestock
Thanks to everyone who participated both entering names and voting in our chicken coop naming contest. After all was said and done, it came down to five entries we really liked. But ultimately, we couldn’t choose just one name – so we picked two… 🙂...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 17, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, From City to Country, Home Business from the Homestead, Lessons, Livestock, Mice, Mindset, Pests, Rural Home Office, Rural Technology
Time for me to come clean. I love the rural life, really I do, but there are some days when the comfort of a city condo would be a welcome distraction. And honestly? A relief. Like the days when it’s sub-zero and I forgot to pick up winter work gloves to do...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 10, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, Contests, Livestock
HUGE thanks to everyone who took the time to submit ideas for our naming our new chicken coop. We had lots of really fun entries on our contest page (click here and scroll down to the comments section) – you guys are so creative! I just spent some time going...
by Victoria Gazeley | Oct 30, 2011 | Animals, Buildings, Chickens, Construction, From City to Country, Lessons, Livestock, Materials, Repair
It’s something out of a horror movie. You come home from a fun, barn dance/Halloween party with your young family to find your livestock slaughtered in their pen, blood spattered everywhere, corpses ripped to shreds. A gory end to a family’s pets –...
