The girls have been laying for two weeks now (some more consistently than others,) but we noticed a dip in egg amounts the past few days and were thinking that the heat might have just been messing with the girls. And then we found this: And then this: All in all, we hauled in 27 eggs: And boy are these eggs beautiful: And because I don’t want to deprive you of this, here are ducks being cute:
Chicken Chronicles: Egg Mania!
The eggs are here! It happened before we even realized it! How are the chickens five months old already? Here’s the proof! We discovered the bird’s hiding place inside a brush pile (we’ve meant to clear it out a few weeks now, but it’s a jungle gym/nesting box deluxe!) I caught Icarus coming out of the nest after doing her “business”… Our little bantams were also laying (without us realizing) so I dug around in their own mini-brush pile and found their stash. 🙂 Poor little Bossy has been struggling with a respiratory infection or worms of some kind — she’s sneezing, gasping and wheezing and the other chickens...
Miller Homestead Update 2 – New Chicks on the Block
Yes, we expanded the flock even more! Meet Bug: and Pepper: and Lola, the Showgirl: They are a year and a half old and were re-homed due to their previous owner moving into an apartment. We are more than happy to welcome the bunch of Bantams (small-breed chickens.) For now, they’re separated from the rest of the flock but eventually will all be one big happy family. Ideally. On the rest of the homestead…. EGGS! Foghorn Leghorn was the first to surprise us with eggs – and they’re beautiful! Icarus has also started laying. 🙂 Garden: Peppers. Lots of peppers. And then, of course, the...
The Miller Homestead Update
Time for an overall report of the homestead! Chickens: In chicken news, we for sure have two roosters now: Hawkeye and Penguin. We love them both dearly but may be re-homing Penguin as he’s the less friendly of the two and rather large for our medium to small hens. We know of a nice, small farm where he will be well loved. 🙂 The layers are all growing well and remaining as plucky and adventurous as ever. So adventurous, we had to string up some bird netting over the 4-foot fence that they like to hop over. Thankfully, we don’t have neighbors on either side of our property, otherwise they...
Oh Deer. (And the birds were not happy)
Having grown up on a private, gravel-driveway hill in the middle of a small town, I’m no stranger to seeing deer walking around the house. In fact, it was a regular occurrence to see a doe and her babies hanging out in my horse’s pasture. But in the six years I’ve lived in the city limits, I’ve never once seen a deer within the vicinity. Until today. A buck and doe startled me, and the birds, in the back yard. I only happened upon them because four rogue chickens had snuck into the front yard (which is not a part of their domain) and I was shooing them back into...