Day 160 – Pullets on Fence

I found them here twice tonight. I think they have discovered that the other two have their wings clipped. Getting pecked? Jump on the fence and they can’t get you. They aren’t stupid chickens.

Day 149 – BIRDS!

We have had several hummingbirds visiting us lately. One came to visit and I was able to grab my camera with the right lens on it to capture these shots. I love the way his wings look. These are our two new chicks. They hung out in the front yard with us most of the…

Saturday Ramblings

I don’t have a complete thought in my head today, so you’re getting my ramblings. I know ….. you are asking, “and that’s different from which day?” We get our new bed frame today. We got a cheap one when we upgraded our bed to a California king. And it broke. I seem to be…

Pecking Order

Watching the chickens re-establish the pecking order makes me think about how it occurs in life – outside of the animal kingdom too. The strive for dominance over people – establishing who is really in charge – seems to be this constant dance that goes on each time a new person is added to the…

Day 143 – New Ladies

Meet our new ladies….This is Giada. She is going to be like her namesake – oddly attractive yet way too sleak for her breed. She is a cross between two breeds. An experiment from the breeder. And this is Julia Childs. She is a Jersey Giant. It’ll take her 2 years to get to her…

Day 140 – The Great Escape

My cat who is an indoor-outdoor cat is sitting on the top step with the look at the other cat – an indoor only one who decided to explore – like he’s crazy. Which, for the record, he is.

Day 119 – Cantelope Chicken

She decided to keep her egg, thank you very much.  DJ chased her around the yard for quite awhile until I told her to let her keep it. It’s not like we could do anything with it.

Day 111-112: Farming in the City

My garden is growing. The broccoli seeds were planted a week ago. And all are coming up. So are the beets, the lettuce, and another veggie too – it escapes me at the moment. More will get planted soon. I have to get more compost for one of the new raised beds. The chickens got…

Day 107 – Chicken Run Part 2

This is Ms P, as the girls call her. I found her on top of the fence about to make her escape. We were about to leave when I discovered her, so I  snapped a picture then handed Garbanzo the camera. My goal was to get her off the fence so I did not have…

Day 105 – Chicken Run

The girls let the chickens run around the backyard today. They were going crazy running around. At least they are in our yard versus me chasing them in the neighbor’s yard.