by Susan | Nov 11, 2011 | On My Mind
I found this picture on Hannah’s phone. I love the pattern of the chickens trying to peck at her toes!
by Susan | Nov 6, 2011 | Chickens, On the Farm
Our roosters have been going through puberty. Dr. Pepper’s crow has been improving since we first introduced it. Suddenly, the other day, The Colonel is finally heard from – although it’s more a croak than crow. Dr. Pepper crows in the morning to...
by Susan | Oct 22, 2011 | Chickens, On the Farm
The sun is just rising. It’s not exactly Revile. It sounds a little rusty. Pepper, our little bantam rooster, is acquiring his cockadoodledoo. Rooster Wake Up Call What do you suppose those ducks are saying to him?
by Susan | Oct 9, 2011 | Chickens, On the Farm, Turkeys
Suddenly, autumn is showing her colors. We had our first scrape-your-windows hard frost last week. On October 5th – can you believe it? Entirely too early for comfort. That snap of cold has triggered some changes. Here are a few autumn pics from around the...
by Susan | Sep 25, 2011 | On the Farm
The Turkey Dudes moved out of the garage today! Hooray! Paul mucked out the meat chicken run and got it set up for the Turkey Dudes with a little shelter and a roost. They were cautious as they explored their new surroundings. We watched them for a while as they...
by Susan | Aug 30, 2011 | Chickens
I didn’t set out to be a chicken farmer. My husband sneakily lured me into the world of chickens with visions of farm fresh eggs and happy hens clucking about in the yard. When he attended the Chicken 101 class at Darthia Farm and learned how to harvest a meat...
by Susan | Aug 27, 2011 | Chickens
With the news of hurricane Irene racing up the coast and headed for New England, Paul and I did some storm preparation today. By the time hurricanes get to Downeast Maine they’ve typically lost a lot of strength with the cold waters up here. Still, we can expect...
by Susan | Aug 23, 2011 | Chickens
I had a little fun with The Girls today. I took a few cauliflower plants that were not flourishing and I strung them up in the chicken run. Just a little out of their direct reach. The chickens studied it for a while, giving it a peck here and a poke there before...
by Susan | Aug 21, 2011 | Chickens
It was a pretty low key weekend here. I spent the bulk of the weekend working on a deadline with little breaks puttering outside. Here are a few weekend highlights.
by Susan | Aug 19, 2011 | Chickens
Hannah discovered that the chickens LOVE the black raspberries that grow wild around the house. Today I visited with The Girls and fed them some myself. Here are the...
by Susan | Aug 14, 2011 | Chickens, Turkeys
by Susan | Aug 9, 2011 | Chickens
Last night we enjoyed our first roasted chicken from a Cornish Rock chicken we raised ourselves! Cornish Rock Chick Cornish Rock One Month Cornish Rock 7 Weeks Roasted Cornish Rock Roasted with thyme, rosemary and lemon it was very tasty, tender and moist. This was a...
by Susan | Aug 4, 2011 | Chickens
I gave the girls an outdoor roost to break the monotony of life in their chicken run. A couple of cinder blocks with a branch draped across did the trick. They like to hop up here when they see me heading down to the coop area. I think it gives them a better view so...
by Susan | Jul 25, 2011 | Chickens
I love these afternoons when I finish work early enough to putter in the garden before dinner. This afternoon I did some weeding and deadheading and just enjoyed being outdoors – ducks looking on from their garden plot. Weed and feed at my house has a different...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2011 | Chickens
We’ve spent the last three nights since we introduced The Girls and The Colonel to their run chasing them to put them away for the night (read about that debacle here). Tonight, at about 8:30 we went outside and prepared for round four. I figured that I was...
by Susan | Jul 10, 2011 | On My Mind
It’s been 5 days since The Girls and The Colonel moved to their chicken coop. We read that it’s good to let them spend some time in the coop before letting them out into the yard so they realize it’s their new home. The truth is we just finished the...
by Susan | Jul 9, 2011 | Chickens
The sun was setting tonight as Paul and I finished putting the roofing on the chicken coop. The frogs were croaking, the crickets chirping and the mosquitoes were on the war path. Halfway up the ladder I peered through the coop window and saw that The Girls had...
by Susan | Jul 7, 2011 | Chickens
My father is a U.S. Army Colonel (retired). Full-bird Colonel. Said Colonel thinks I’m off my rocker jumping into hobby farm life here in Maine. So in Dad’s honor, we’ve named our one and only rooster “The Colonel!” Love you, Dad!...
by Susan | Jul 5, 2011 | Chickens
The girls left home today. Left our mudroom and moved into their new hen house. The Girls and The Colonel looked very happy in their new digs, running around and pecking wildly at the clover and deadheaded viola flowers we tossed in. Paul finished off the inside today...
