A chicken with sour crop has an abnormally large crop.
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Sour Crop in Chickens
The Story of Sick Chicken
Our chickens generally don't get formal names - except for our one rooster, George, and our first three hens Crystal, Loretta and Patsy. Instead we give them nicknames based on their behavior or appearance. Like Blondie, Escape Chicken, Pamela Chicken (after Pamela Anderson because of her abnormally large crop that makes her look like she has huge breasts) and David Bowie Chicken (who is … Continue reading the story "The Story of Sick Chicken"
Sedona Meets the Ghetto Goats
Now that Sedona
is pretty much settled in I figured I should write a post about how we integrated her in with our Ghetto Goats, Bella and Daisy.
Several months ago I got an email from my friend Lynda, who with her husband owns Foggy River Farm in Healdsburg. She was needing to reduce … Continue reading the story "Sedona Meets the Ghetto Goats"
is pretty much settled in I figured I should write a post about how we integrated her in with our Ghetto Goats, Bella and Daisy.
Several months ago I got an email from my friend Lynda, who with her husband owns Foggy River Farm in Healdsburg. She was needing to reduce … Continue reading the story "Sedona Meets the Ghetto Goats"A Bit of a Treat
Our goat yard is in the shape of an L. This fall, while the chickens were still living with the goats, we had decided to fence off the leg and seed it with pasture seed. I wasn't sure if we should seed it for the chickens or for the goats. After doing some research we … Continue reading the story "A Bit of a Treat"Guest Post – Defending Your Flock from the HOA
With chickens becoming more and more popular some people are running into problems with their HOA bylaws. Most of the time the problems stem from lack of knowledge about chickens that is spread through misinformation. Chickens are not any noisier, stinkier, or more likely to spread disease than the family dog. I personally don't live in HOA so today's post is from Shannon who … Continue reading the story "Guest Post – Defending Your Flock from the HOA"
Making Light of Life
As urban farming becomes more popular more and more people are beginning to raise livestock. First is the chickens for eggs and then, for some, it continues on to include other types of livestock including meat animals. A lot of us raise meat animals so that we no longer have to depend on Big Ag's Industrialized Factory Feedlots for our meat. We want to know … Continue reading the story "Making Light of Life"
Feeding the Critters
On our Facebook page I asked people what burning questions they had for us. One of the questions was what we feed our animals and what we spent per month on their feed. It's a good question, especially for people looking to raise animals for food production. In addition they brought up the … Continue reading the story "Feeding the Critters"The $82 Chicken Coop (with yard)
There was an article not too long ago on Chow about what you should DIY and what you should buy. One, or I guess two, of the things she said you should buy are chickens and eggs. Why? Because it cost the author of Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What … Continue reading the story "The $82 Chicken Coop (with yard)"Bringin’ Back the Old
The Old Chicken Coop
Keeping Track of Your Harvest
For the past two years I've been tracking what we harvest and also what we spend here. I use an excel sheet to organize it all. Every year I revise this sheet to be even more organized. This year I finally feel comfortable enough with it's set up that I am going to share it with you. It's easily changed to meet your needs.
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