by Victoria Gazeley | Oct 10, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, From City to Country, Lessons, Livestock
JANUARY 2012 UPDATE: We’ve just hit our ‘8 month’ anniversary of getting our first chickens, and I have to add that we lost one of our girls to a coyote while they were free-ranging one day last fall. She was a free spirit and used to wander WAY...
by Victoria Gazeley | Oct 7, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, From City to Country, Livestock, Small Livestock, Videos
I have a confession to make. I am a dealer of avian contraband. Or a chicken’s version of an Apple Store. Or some sort of poultry pop star. At least that’s what it looks like. I walk outside, and within seconds I have 15 fluffy, preening little pre-teens following...
by Victoria Gazeley | Aug 18, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, Livestock
Our backyard chickens are now 12 weeks old and are well on their way to being full fledged layers. We’re still a ways from collecting fresh eggs every morning, but they look happy and healthy and, well, just ‘right’ wandering around the yard. Now...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 11, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, From City to Country, Livestock, Wildlife
I’d say I’m pretty bear aware. Black bears were a pretty everyday sight growing up on the West Coast of British Columbia. In fact, as kids, we used to go watch them at the dump as an after dinner adventure (back when we had open garbage dumps). Not too...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jun 8, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, Livestock
Our 15 little girls just had their first week birthday. Little did we know when they arrived on May 31 how much our lives would change over the next seven days – nor did we realize how much our books didn’t tell us about raising baby chickens. I’ve...
by Victoria Gazeley | Mar 31, 2011 | Chickens, From City to Country, Livestock
Chickens – they’re one of the main reasons I wanted to move to a rural property – so I could raise chickens and for my son to be able to collect fresh eggs. Seems odd that so many of us relate to this seemingly simple act, but ask most people about...
