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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Chicken farming can be a messy business. The chickens are constantly scratching about in the grass and dirt as they search for bugs and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

One of the things I really like about chickens is observing the relationships they form with each other and how they interact with each...

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...

I never paid too much attention to the winter solstice until I became a chicken enthusiast. The passing of the winter solstice marks an...

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...