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 –...
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...
