Who knew I was going to have to serve in the capacity of private investigator, and genetics inspector when my son brought our first six hens home that were given to him? I had no idea what I was getting into when he asked if he could bring the six banty hens home that a neighbor he was working for wanted to use as...

Drama in the chicken coop.... who would have thought having chickens involved drama? With such sweet girls as this little one, born in March, and already almost as big as a grown hen... drama? What drama? On second thought... anything involving a bunch of girls usually means .... drama, lol! Girls are never...

Hello dear friends!  It has been a busy few days around here lately... I'm on my second round of baby chicks this year, and there is a third round coming soon... am I crazy or what?!  Some of my hens are refusing to lay eggs, and just want to be broody, so I figured I might as well have them do something...