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I keep forgetting I have eggs in my pocket
One of the hazards of raising chickens is collecting eggs in your pocket and then forgetting about them. Usually this works out OK, especially if your hens are getting enough calcium in their diet. Sometimes, however, you inadvertently crush them. It is a good idea to go out with the sole purpose to collect the eggs, rather than collecting them while you happen to be out & about (insert Canadian accent to the perplexing delight of my American friends). Continue reading
Posted in chickens, eggs, nest boxes
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More Composting Fences
SustainableScientist has been getting a lot of traffic this past year for the composting fence we built in 2009. A lot of that traffic comes over from Willi Galloway’s DigginFood site, where she featured our fence during its construction. Currently, … Continue reading
Posted in compost bins, composting fence, DIY, update
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Sweet Summer Lunch
From the garden: lettuces, baby kale, baby spinach, first strawberries, cilantro flowers.
Chicken Forage Experiment
Confined in the side yard during the past year, our chickens had scratched their way to a barren wasteland. I decided to try a little chicken-exclusion experiment to re-grow some vegetation, both for them and for aesthetics. Improvising a pen, … Continue reading
Posted in chicken coop / run, chickens, Sustainability
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