Okay, so we know Mario, our Cuckoo Maran chicken is totally a roo. He’s a chunky little monkey, has big feet and a bright red wattle and comb. And he’s feisty! 😉 But now I am beginning to doubt my suspicions about one of our Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. At first I thought the grey one was Read More >>
Raising Backyard Chickens – Blue Cochin Chicks
Our trio of blue cochin chicks are now one month old and thriving. There was a bit of a mean girls club going on the first week we had the chicks but our sweet little blueberry toughed it out and is quickly catching up in size with the other two chicks. Normally around four weeks Read More >>
Raising Backyard Chickens – Baby Chicks 3 Week Check Up
Poor Pablo and Picasso. They are counting down their days together until Pablo’s first crow. Once the first crow happens, he’ll be shipped off never to see his woman Picasso again. It’s tragic, but this is suburbia, and no roosters are allowed. {Silver Laced Wyandotte} I think Pablo knows too. He likes it when The Read More >>
Raising Backyard Chickens – Baby Chicks 2 Week Check Up
For the past 2 weeks the baby chicks have been living out of a box. First it was 1 banana box, and now they are currently residing in 2 giant spinach boxes The Girl connected and taped together from Costco. Lately they’ve been chillin’ on the top flap, and every time we pull into the Read More >>
Raising Chickens – Meet Hilda and Matilda our Newest Araucana Chicks
I’ll admit it, I am a total sucker for baby chicks. So yesterday when I stopped by the Garden Sphere in Tacoma for a few packets of Crosby’s Egyptian Beet seeds for my late fall garden, the words “do you have any baby chicks?” flew out of my mouth before I could close it. I Read More >>