All Blog Posts Tagged 'backyard' (4)

A few months ago I wrote about my family's foray into the world of raising backyard chickens.  Our little balls of fluff have now grown into a flock of New Hampshire red hens, affectionately called "The Ladies".  Raised (mostly) in our home and now living outside, The Ladies still take to the porch each morning when we are leaving for the day, and wait for us to return in the afternoon, clucking merrily behind us as they…

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That's right, four little ducklings. And you are correct, that is a White Orpington chicken that's raising them!



A month or so ago, one of our White Orpington chickens got a little broody, which means she didn't want to get off her eggs. So we decided we might as well make use of it and get some fertilized duck eggs.

 

Four hatched successfully yesterday! In the morning when we fed the chickens one of the eggs had hatched, and by the time I…

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Big project last weekend, we got rid of our dead sod and added 150-200 sq/ft of new garden,… Continue

Here is a link to a video of our latest addition to our urban garden flock. Her name is Charlotte and she is a Polish chicken having a "bad hair" day.