Category Archives: chickens

Chicken Lock-Down

Posted on July 14, 2010 by jkmcintyre

Chickens are fun to watch. Since we got ours in September 2008, we let them free range in the yard, amusing us when we chose to watch ‘chicken TV’. But we got tired of the chicken poop land mines that … Continue reading →

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Cucumber Ollas

Posted on May 7, 2010 by jkmcintyre

If you saw my straggly starts, you would know it is past time to plant these babies outdoors. But it has been chilly, so I’ve been holding off. Yesterday I decided ‘basta’ and gave it a go. I had one … Continue reading →

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Chickens Like Chips

Posted on April 2, 2010 by jkmcintyre


People often ask of our chickens, “What do they eat?”

The answer is “everything”. Well, almost everything. A better question than “What do they eat?” is “What don’t they eat?” Continue reading →

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Hen-pecked

Posted on August 11, 2009 by jkmcintyre


Last year when we got chickens I tried to find out if chickens really would peck your eye out. Various search terms turned up nothing useful. I decided perhaps I was being overly nervous Continue reading →

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