Category: Animals - Page 8

Chickens just wanna eat…

8 Jun 20097 May 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The chickens are blowing up! At least, the White Rock Cornish X super-converting chickens are, turning feed into meat at a startling rate. The 10 or so Frey’s Special Dual Purpose are sleek and speedy, and all their feathers are … Read the rest

Chicken check-in

26 Apr 200823 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)

A week after their arrival, the chickens at three weeks old are doing fine. They settled in no problem, eat like maniacs, drink a lot, and I guess they’re too young to fight, ’cause they’re all getting along. I’ve been … Read the rest

Chickens arrive!

7 Mar 201116 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)

That was fun! Picked up the CHICKENS, wood shavings, and starter feed mix at the feed store. On this beautiful, sunny day, the airy, skylighted boxes looked like a deluxe place to be for a traveling chicken. Back on the … Read the rest

Submerged garlic and root-diving voles

26 Apr 20167 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)

For all of the melt-off’s magical moments—garlic tips emerging and big puddles that look like tiny seas—there are mild melt-off concerns as well. About one third of the garlic beds have been fully submerged for nearly two days now, and … Read the rest

Liming the Chickenhouse

17 Dec 20216 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Whitewashed the meat bird half of the Chickenhouse today, using the traditional purist blend of nothing but hydrated lime and water. This is an old school farming standard from Bob, completely new to me.

The lime is a very fine … Read the rest

Chickenhouse progress

26 Apr 20232 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Work on the Chickenhouse has been moving along. It’s not a huge job, but all of the little bits and pieces take time, including foraging through the barn and drive shed for material to recycle. Here, you can see the … Read the rest

Catalog shopping: chickens on order!

1 Oct 201126 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Chickens are on the way! On the left, a reportedly prolific brown egg producer, the Shaver Red Sex-Link. On the right, the reputedly hardy, healthy Frey’s Special Dual Purpose as our meat bird.

I almost broke a pretty basic rule … Read the rest