Today is a day to celebrate chickens! For the first time ever, our hens laid enough eggs to buy their own organic chicken feed! This is a long standing goal realized. Thank you Briar Rose, Concha, Goldberry, Vulture, Greedy....... and thank you Nikki (my awesome egg customer)! These hens will be partying down and feasting on a gourmet dinner of dandelion greens tonight! In honor ...
Chickens
The Red Wheelbarrow
so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rain water beside the whitechickens. -Wiliam Carlos Williams ...
A Chicken Love Story
Nearly every day now, Tom Brombadil the rooster, and the Little Red Hen boldly scale the high wall of the chicken yard and escape out into the yard together to roam free. They wander around the yard together making happy little clucking sounds and scratching at little bugs and seeds they discover together in the green grass. They seem to just want to be alone together. Perhaps they share a spirit ...
Chicken Coop for the Soul
I once read an article in Mary Jane's Farm magazine called "Zen and the Chi of Chickens." The author observed that chickens have the Zen of meditation, and remind us to slow down and stay in the present. She suggested using chicken watching as a form of therapy. Whenever I think of chickens, this article immediately comes to mind and resonates with truth. If you have ever sat outside on a sunny ...