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Dust off the incubator: Clean up the old stock tank that was used as the Kids wading pool years ago: And add chicks that hatched yesterday: These are from the blue/green eggs from my Easter Eggers, a few were "Olive Eggs" that I selected from my usual production: I only hatched a few...

I love my Guineas for their Bug patrol duties, they have really cleaned my property up of ticks and just about anything else they can hunt down and eat. I raise them with my Chickens and they fly out of the Chicken Run to do their bug patrol thing all day long , then fly back in the evening to...

A trail cam to catch varmints on cam and myself doing chores A trellis of squash for food and shade A re-purposed wildlife feeder to give treats twice a day Most people buy chicks, then hurry up to build a Coop to house them in. I built my Coop a year in advance of purchasing chicks...

The fate of surplus Roosters usually involve an Axe and a Freezer. This is the youngest of my three mature Roos. Is this my last meal? A fate worse then death. (My Missus had a friend with hens and no Rooster---problem solved.)

I'd been without a beehive for a while, when manna from heaven flew into my backyard. Once they're settled in and building comb, I'll move the hive to a stand in a better location.

Well, that was interesting: I was in the Chicken Run refilling the waterer's from the rain barrel, the guineas were outside the run roaming for grass/bugs. The Guineas burst out of the woods screaming guinea cuss words and alarm running and flying back toward and alongside the chicken run fence...

I haven't had to incubate eggs for several years now, the broodies have provided replacements plus: You do have to watch when handling the chicks however:

Yeah right: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-quantum-vacuum-dark.html They forgot to account for the Curmudgeon particle buildup over time vs the decline of the lawn due to trampling.

Finally got a hard frost finishing off the Garden. So collected mulch and let the chickens into the garden for the winter.

When I built my Coop 20+ years ago, I incorporated a rain-gutter system to a stock tank. It has worked fine, but I obtained some 55gal plastic barrels and decided to try an upgrade to a raised enclosed system. My idea of an enclosed system was to prevent debris and insects and raised to be able...

Two new roving dogs that have shown up in the last few weeks. Another stupid neighbor I suppose moved out from the city letting their dogs roam the countryside. This never ends well.

Nobody beats the odds. Just got the word today that a co-worker and friend of over twenty years passed away this morning. I’ve known him since 1988 when we just happened to sit next to each other at orientation class for the migrant nuclear workers coming in for the outage. We were both...

What's up with all the Coop designs and pictures of people's Coops with them raised on stilts? My Coop was built 20+ years ago on a brick foundation with the deep litter composting pit/dirt floor inherent in the design. I read up and planned my coop in B.C. (before computers) and most of my...

I plant tomatoes and squash in cages which grow up into a trellis providing food and shade for the chickens.

Ok, I've been reading others posts and looking at photos people have captured with their trailcams. So, I went and got me one of them to monitor what has been visiting the Chicken Coop. Here's my first photo capture: Not a varmint, just the elusive longtailed egg eating Curmudgeon.

Worst Practical Joke Ever Pulled: Hmmm…….. this one will take a little background explanation to understand. At a National Laboratory at an undisclosed location, there were Ironworkers, Boilermakers and other crafts hired to perform the usual construction tasks needing done. Now, at this job...

Been too hot to work in the Garden last few days, plus busy with a family illness. Result was that today I picked two bags of too tough Okra to eat. Waste not, want not, I cut it open to expose the seeds and fed it to the chickens. They loved it. I always toss my spoiled and excess garden stuff...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/36435_chickenfood.jpg Here's a picture showing the three tires/cage/trellis structure that drops tomatoes and squash into the run for chicken food. You can also see the garden which shares a fence that I grow some of my vine crops on. Surplus and...

I still got 11 eggs today in spite of the 100+ degree heat, the mulberry trees I planted years ago are providing cool shade and food. Here is a picture showing the trees which have broke branches arching over all the way to the ground that the chickens like hanging out under. Also you can see...