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Spring Has Sprung

May 29, 2013

We have had so much rain over the past week that I was beginning to believe that we would never see the sun again. Yet, yesterday it was beautiful, sunny and not a cloud was in the sky. Despite the rain, spring is my absolute favorite season. The spring blooms are just making the yard…

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Beautiful Eggs

March 27, 2013

To me, I find eggs some of the most beautiful things in the world. I love them most in their natural form, where their beauty sometimes takes my breath away. Not only are they beautiful for their size, shape and coloring, but their inner beauty is just magical. To see more of my egg…

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Forcing Bulbs in Eggshells

March 13, 2013

It is hard to believe that Easter is right around the corner. The chickens have begun to resume their regular laying patterns. Yesterday, I discovered that all the hens had laid an egg. The egg cartons are filling fast and my fridge is abundant with eggs. Earlier this week, I found myself making a couple…

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Welcoming Back the Eggs

October 26, 2012

Tilly and the girls are finally through their molt. For a few months, we sat on the sidelines, waiting for the feathers to return and the eggs to become abundant. This past weekend, it happened. Seven eggs were laid in one day. We had not seen that in months. The chickens love fall. They love…

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Chickens Eggs Health Issues

10 Reasons for Decline in Backyard Chicken Egg Production

September 22, 2012

The girls are now in the full swing on molting. Tilly molted first. Finally I am proud to say that both her tail feathers and her eggs have returned. She looked so funny while she waited for those tail feathers to grow back. Oyster Cracker, on the other hand, never seems to escape with a…

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Privacy Please

July 27, 2012

Sunshine Is there such a thing as egg laying etiquette? I’ve often wonder about this. I have heard stories of hens lining up just to lay their eggs in a favorite box, each patiently waiting until the hen in front of them has had her turn. Often in our nesting boxes, I will discover two chickens…

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Pearly Whites

June 19, 2012

Silkies are funny little chickens. Last week, all four Silkies, Dolly, Autumn, Feathers and Fifi were broody. It doesn’t take much to convince a Silkie that they should be broody. Clearly this was the trendy thing to do this week. There they were piled on top of one another inside the nesting boxes. Toward the…

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Broody Tilly

June 9, 2012

Before I left for the West Coast, I had noticed that Tilly had been spending an awful lot of time in the nesting boxes. A few days prior, she did have that egg that kept her in the nesting box for a spell. The thought had crossed my mind that she might be broody. However,…

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Chickens Eggs Health Issues

Tilly’s Feat

May 25, 2012

This morning around 9am I found Tilly sitting in the right nesting box. Sitting in the neighboring nesting boxes were Dolly and Feathers. Dolly and Feathers are both broody. I quickly checked beneath all of them for eggs. There were none, so I went on my errands for the morning.Read more

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A Broody Adventure & Tips on Broody Hens

March 13, 2012

Silkie Bantams frequently go broody. Broody hens are quite interesting. Dolly, one of our Silkie Bantams, seems to be broody about every 8 weeks. Thus, we have developed a broody routine. A couple times a day, I remove her from her nesting box and set her out into the run with the rest of her…

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Spring Has Sprung

Beautiful Eggs

Forcing Bulbs in Eggshells

Welcoming Back the Eggs

10 Reasons for Decline in Backyard Chicken Egg Production

Privacy Please

Pearly Whites

Broody Tilly

Tilly’s Feat

A Broody Adventure & Tips on Broody Hens

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