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Book Review: Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens

October 21, 2010

Rating: ***** Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Demerow, a 438 page book, should be considered, in my opinion, the chicken keeper’s bible. It is packed with so much information in this newest fourth edition. It is terrific for beginners as well as advanced chicken keepers. Various areas covered include breed selection, shelter selection, chicken…

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Chickens Health Issues

Dealing with a Sick Chicken

October 20, 2010

Every morning when I let the girls out, I always watch them for a few minutes. Mostly to make sure everyone is feeling good, happy and acting themselves. I pick each of them up almost on a daily basis. Just to check-in. About 2 months ago, Tilly was not acting her normal self. Tilly seemed…

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Breakfast Recipes

Bake it: Easy and Delicious Banana Bread

October 19, 2010

Sometimes getting kids to eat lunch at school is tough. Both of my kiddo’s schools are peanut free and one is totally nut free. My dilemma this year is that my kids are peanut butter fanatics. Both of my kids bring their lunches to school, so creating unique nut free lunches offers me up a…

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Chickens Health Issues

Yogurt Mondays!

October 18, 2010

Did you know that chickens love yogurt?? It is such a fabulous food for them. I feed them plain organic yogurt with live and active cultures. ( It is important that they don’t get any extra sugar.) When they see me coming you should see the commotion. It is crazy! There is so much yogurt flinging…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Beautiful Fall Sunday

October 18, 2010

Our 2 black silkies We went out to the Wellfleet Oyster Festival today. We took some pictures along the way by the Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary in Wellfleet. Before I left today, I put a pumpkin in the girls run. Here are some pictures of the girls exploring the pumpkin. So far they have only…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Do they understand me?

October 17, 2010

I really do believe so. Before I had chickens, I wasn’t really sure how smart they were. I thought that they were cute and all and had come to the conclusion that would be enough for me to start raising them. All the girls seem smart. Tilly knows her name. When they are free ranging…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Home Sweet Home

October 15, 2010

So, as I am sure many of you have searched and searched for the perfect coop for your girls. I did too! I spent months searching and deciding whether I should order plans, concoct one from various designs to build or just order something. Initially, I ordered a small coop from http://www.mypetchicken.com/. However, it was…

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Eggs Main Dishes Recipes

Ham and Egg Quiche

October 14, 2010

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Ingredients: 1 premade pie crust 6 eggs 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 cup cooked diced ham 1/2 cup milk salt and pepper to taste Preparation: 1. In a glass pie plate, mold the pie crust to the bottom of the plate and mold the edges of the crust to…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

The day we said Goodbye to Peanut

October 13, 2010

Here he is at 15 weeks. Read about him here.

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

And then there were 5

October 13, 2010

In the early days, our favorite little chicken was Peanut. Peanut was always so curious; the first to come to us, discover the newest addition placed into his tiny 2’x2′ world. Peanut always needed more care than the others in the beginning too. Peanut was the one that I wasn’t sure would survive. Peanut seemed…

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Book Review: Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens

Dealing with a Sick Chicken

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Yogurt Mondays!

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Do they understand me?

Home Sweet Home

Ham and Egg Quiche

The day we said Goodbye to Peanut

And then there were 5

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