Chicken Chores
Most days I spend 15 to 30 minutes doing chicken chores. The first thing I do after I get dressed and brush my teeth in the morning is...
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Dec 12, 2014
Ramon’s New Lady Friends
As I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, we had some Trouble with Roosters. Ramon was being aggressive towards Reuben, and I decided to...
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Nov 30, 2014
The Trouble with Roosters
Two of our roosters, Reuben and Ramon, have been living in their own bachelor pad for a year and a half, and they had been doing quite...
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Nov 15, 2014
The Sad Girls
It’s that time of year when the ladies go through the process of molting. Their feathers fall out by the handful, and they grow a new...
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Oct 9, 2014
Greener Pastures
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that an abundance of roosters goes hand in hand with raising chickens. We...
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Sep 21, 2014
Raquel, Reinvented
Raquel was our alpha hen in our first flock of chickens that we got in 2010. As we added new chickens to the flock over the years, she...
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Aug 24, 2014
Cuckoo for Coco Puff
You win some, you lose some is a saying that I’ve found to be especially true when it comes to chickens and the illnesses that befall...
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Jul 19, 2014
Here Comes the Sun
We’ve had a mini heat wave the last few days at the farm, so a little extra TLC is in order to make sure we all stay cool and healthy....
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Jun 20, 2014
Chick Love
After months of anticipation waiting for one of our hens to go broody so she could hatch some chicks for us, we finally have seven new...
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May 1, 2014
Virtuous Violet
I hope I don’t jinx it by saying this, but after months of waiting and two prior plans for hatching eggs failed, we finally have a broody...
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Mar 27, 2014
Chick Dreams, Plan B
I guess it’s true what they say about the best laid plans. In January I had carefully planned out the two month long process that I would...
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Mar 16, 2014
Happy Birthday, Rhoda & Raquel
Rhoda and Raquel turned four years old this month, which has gotten me to thinking about all we’ve learned and how far we’ve come in our...
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Jan 25, 2014
Lap Chicken
We had some sad news at 5R Farm recently which is that I lost two of my best lap chickens in December, the remaining two Sweet Peas. They...
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Jan 11, 2014
Chick Dreams
Usually around this time of year, when it’s cold and rainy out, I’m hard at work looking through the endless pile of gardening catalogues...
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Dec 21, 2013
Back Door Rooster Man
I never get tired of watching the antics of Brown Rooster from the back door. When it’s not raining I usually put him outside of the...
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Dec 1, 2013
Green Eggs & Ham
Now that it’s getting dark so early and the number of daylight hours is almost at its annual low, the ladies’ egg production has dropped...
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Nov 2, 2013
Coq au Vin
Last weekend we took a big step in our journey toward self-sufficiency at 5R Farm. You may recall from The Rooster Dilemma post that...
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Oct 24, 2013
Guess What…?
It’s that time of year when many chickens go through the annual process of molting and grow a new set of feathers. It’s easy to tell when...
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Oct 15, 2013
King of the Castle
It’s been several months since I removed the roosters from the chicken flock, and I’ve been juggling rooster housing ever since. Things...
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Sep 5, 2013
Good Girl, Grace!
There’s exciting news today at 5R Farm. Grace has joined the ranks of the laying hens, and even more exciting is that she’s a member of...
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