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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

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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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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

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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Chickens Eggs Health Issues Stories from Our Nest

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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Habits

May 3, 2012

Robins return each year habitually to hatch eggs. Habits can be classified as good and bad. I think that we all tend to have both. Good habits can benefit us directly and some are even chore-like. When I think of good habits, I think of brushing my teeth, setting a bed time, eating healthy (or…

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Chickens Coop Care Health Issues Seasonal Care

How To Clean the Chicken Coop

February 28, 2012

After keeping chickens for a while, you will soon find yourself developing habits that work for you and your flock. Over time, I have learned to implement a few things. We view our chickens as our family pets, so we do make extra efforts to spoil them more so than individuals keeping chickens as livestock.…

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Chickens Eggs Health Issues Stories from Our Nest

Broody

February 26, 2012

Fifi is broody for the very first time. She just celebrated her first birthday. She has been in the nesting box for 3 days now and has plucked out all of her chest feathers. She is so adorable. She has not quite realized that other girls are laying warm eggs in the boxes next to…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Art by Mr. Tilly’s Nest

December 15, 2011

My children love to draw. Sometimes, they like to sit back and watch my husband draw things for them. Many times these involve drawing aliens and animals. I can remember one day, my kids asked him to draw lots of animals. When he completed drawing everything that came to their minds, the kids asked him…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Musical Nesting Boxes

December 3, 2011

Fifi Fifi is over being broody! It seems as though this little fluff ball had been broody for over a month. During these past couple of days, I could see the veil lifting. She has been first with Feathers to jump out the coop door in the morning and I began to find her spending…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Saturday Serenity

November 26, 2011

This morning I awoke to one of those peaceful and quiet Saturday mornings. There was a serene calmness about everything outside. The wild birds were quietly bouncing amongst the branches in the trees. Neighbors were still sleeping and not even distant cars could be heard zooming past in the background. The woods surrounding our…

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NPR and Tilly

November 9, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting Joel from the Woods Hole NPR station. I had received an email that she had discovered the blog and was interested in doing a radio piece on the girls of Tilly’s Nest. She came across us while researching farming on Cape Cod. We reviewed our schedules, arranged a…

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