Posted in Chickens, tagged Chickens, chicks, Ameraucana, Delaware on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Meet the newest members of our little family.
The yellow chicks are a breed called Delawares, and the patterned ones are Ameraucanas. Delawares are on the American Livestock Breed Conservancy’s critical list. They are supposed to be very good winter layers. Ameraucanas are also referred to as “Easter Eggers;” the eggs they lay have shells that [...]
Posted in Chickens, Gardening, Urban Life on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s been quite a week for us!
The extra long holiday weekend allowed us to keep up with the usual chores and fit in some extra fun. So, we took a road trip out to visit with Andrew and Misty of Geek.Farm.Life podcast fame. We went out for an enormous brunch, made cream, butter, and bread [...]
Posted in Chickens, Food, Gardening, tagged arugula, Gardening, lettuce, peas on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It may not be apparent, but it was my interest in gardening that first led me to keeping chickens. I love to garden, and I really love to grow food. It makes me feel empowered and more in touch with my body, and it also makes me feel somewhat…virtuous.
From looking at history through books and [...]
Posted in Chickens, Urban Life, tagged Chicago, Chickens, snow, weather on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yay!!! It’s snowing!
Just when I think I can’t stand anymore winter, something like this happens to make it magical again. I love the snow. It quiets the city beast and forces everyone to slow down and respect nature for a bit.
This snow started yesterday and has just steadily continued for the past 12 hours. I [...]
Posted in Chickens, tagged Chickens on January 11, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m now officially known as “The Chicken Lady.” The Chicago Sun-Times has an article about how I and others have been approaching the proposed chicken ban in Chicago.
The videographer got some great footage of my girls on a REALLY cold day just after the New Year, too. (Launch the video clip under Related Stories.)
I guess [...]
Posted in Chickens, tagged Chickens on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been reading ThomasK’s blog, Urban Chickens, for many months now. I got my chickens only a couple months after him, and since mine were pullets (”teen girl chickens” 
when I got them, our hens are about the same age. Now that ThomasK’s California hens are fully mature, he’s been helping to keep me up [...]
Posted in Chickens on August 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Time for another update!
I’ve just posted one with some photos over on my Vox blog. Check out the newest members of our family…
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