In the yard that used to be for the cats, I provide shelter for one tiny chicken. It scampers between my feet like it would with its real mother, and I must watch my every step. It’s growing feathers at a rapid rate and knows how to clean them and how to take dust baths … Continue reading Chick ‘n’ Chirrup
If you're thinking of getting chooks, you ought to know that chicken shit attracts tiny gold flies and in the afternoon when I call the chooks to bed the flies are zipping like points of light above the dark soil - like there's a disco and the music is the quiet chainsaw of the flies' … Continue reading My Suburban Horror Movie
When we decided to get chickens, my husband watched videos and read articles about the different breeds. He is very thorough in that way. I am quite impetuous and depend a lot on past experience and instinct. I have never been able to change that about myself. I might tell myself to do some research … Continue reading Genius or Jellybean?
Out of the Cave 