Diapers are just the beginning

Yea! We got four eggs in one day from our five chickens.
I think that the only one that is not laying (currently 24 weeks old) is our Silver Laced Wyandotte.
She’s pretty, but she’s still a freeloader.
Today, the pullets are eating some leftover melon that we got from a farmer. Two days ago they were snacking [...]

Our first egg - the proverbial ‘golden’ egg.

Complements of our five month old Barred Rock Ziggy. She is also our most friendly chicken. It was a little more cute when she could only jump on my shoulder when I bent over. In the last couple of weeks she surprised me by jumping up on me [...]

Our largest reusable project is our chicken coop.

Believe it or not this used to be our kids swing set and club house.

The wire is new, as is the largest piece of plywood along the back in the top picture.

Paint is new (I got a lot of odd looks in the paint department of Home Depot [...]