A Silkie New Year!
Now that winter has set in, it’s time to start making plans for next year on the farm. One of the things I’ve been wanting to do for a...
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Nov 20, 2016
Chicken Nurse
The answer to the question “Why is there a chicken in the greenhouse?” makes perfect sense to me. One of Ramon’s ladies, Henny, was...
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Jul 30, 2016
Chicken Math
At last count we have 26 hens, 3 roosters, and 11 turkeys here at the farm, and I think I recall saying a couple of months ago that we...
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Jun 11, 2016
Ode to Our Fair Rhoda
Our dearest Rhoda, one of the original founding members of 5R Farm, has gone up to the chicken farm in the sky. I want to take a few...
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Apr 8, 2016
Boys Will Be Boys
We’ve had a good run of everyone getting along fairly well here at the farm, but as the old saying goes, nothing good lasts forever. Now...
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Feb 21, 2016
The Grass is Always Greener
Chicken farming can be a messy business. The chickens are constantly scratching about in the grass and dirt as they search for bugs and...
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Feb 7, 2016
Letting Go
Reuben has been my special needs rooster for quite some time now. I’ve long had a soft spot for Reuben (aka Rooster Cogburn). He was the...
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Jan 16, 2016
Waiting for the Sun
We’ve been through all of the phases of winter here at the farm – cold frosty mornings, wind storms, snow storms, and lots and lots of...
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Dec 5, 2015
Peace
It can be hard to predict chicken behavior and even harder to understand the pecking order. It’s not uncommon for there to be pecking and...
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Oct 10, 2015
Who’s the Man?
Our two tom turkeys have been getting along well with Ramon the rooster and his ladies for several months now, but I think Ramon is a...
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Aug 24, 2015
Little Ones
It’s been almost two and a half months since we brought home the newest little members of our flock, Salt-n-Pepa, and they have settled...
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Jul 2, 2015
Outsmarted by a Chicken
I have had chickens for five years, and I thought I had them figured out, until today that is. The chicken yard is mostly an open grassy...
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Jun 5, 2015
Wishin’ and Hopin’
It’s that time of year when a few of the ladies go broody and start sitting in the nest box all day and all night in their overwhelming...
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May 24, 2015
Farewell Funny Lady
It is with a heavy heart that I write this week’s blog. Yesterday we said goodbye to our silly and sweet girl, beloved lap chicken, Coco...
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Apr 22, 2015
Reuben’s Recovery
Reuben (aka Rooster Cogburn) is my favorite of our four roosters. As a chick, he was a few weeks older than our other roosters, and he...
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Mar 28, 2015
RIP Squeeky
We lost another one of the good ones this week, one of my favorite ladies, Squeeky. Although all of the hens come running over to me when...
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Feb 22, 2015
Best Friends Forever
One of the things I really like about chickens is observing the relationships they form with each other and how they interact with each...
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Feb 9, 2015
Mud Hens
It’s getting a bit messy here at the farm due to the more than five inches of rain we’ve had in the last week. The ladies don’t mind the...
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Jan 31, 2015
Little Ladies
I never paid too much attention to the winter solstice until I became a chicken enthusiast. The passing of the winter solstice marks an...
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Jan 17, 2015
Chicken Spa Day
Last time I wrote about the chicken chores here at the farm, and today I’m going to tell you about a few other somewhat embarrassing...
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