Category Archives: chickens

Is 12 too many?

Posted on March 30, 2013 by jkmcintyre

I told Farmer Bradley ‘a mixed dozen’, for no good reason. Maybe I was being greedy – so many breeds! When I sat Calamity Jane down upon her fertile eggs Tuesday, it finally occurred to me that 12 might be … Continue reading →

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Here we go again…

Posted on March 27, 2013 by jkmcintyre
[caption id="attachment_2024" align="aligncenter" width="512"]Calamity Jane is broody again Calamity Jane is broody again[/caption]

It’s Spring and Calamity Jane is broody again. Apparently this is her thing. None of the other 6 hens has shown an interest in sitting 24/7 in the nest box, waiting for chicks to magically appear beneath her. Continue reading →

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Chicken Grazing Frames!

Posted on February 21, 2013 by jkmcintyre

Since locking our chickens up in 2010, I have been struggling to find a solution to the lack of greens in the chicken yard. A few weeks ago I found a post on grazing frames for sustainable chicken greens. OMG: … Continue reading →

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Urban chickens a boon to small business development

Posted on January 27, 2013 by jkmcintyre

There are many good reasons for cities to allow chicken husbandry, including autonomous food production, fostering better connections to our food supply, and because they are relatively very tolerable pets. Chickens have been legal pets in Seattle for more than … Continue reading →

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