Monthly Archives: March 2010

Growth and Life and Death

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

The five baby girls are all doing very well – their wings are about two-thirds fledged, and they’re probably twice as tall as they were less than a [..]

Chickens, First Weeks ,

Gardens and Seed Flats & Chickens (Oh my)

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

The babies have become much more coordinated over the last couple of days, and are beginning to express instinctive behaviors such as scratching and flapping – although they [..]

Chickens, First Weeks, Gardening, Planning, Planting , , ,

Chicken Cam(s)!

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

Chicken cams, now with 100% more auto-refreshing and convenience.

Chickens, First Weeks, Housing

Things I Have Learned in the First Hour of Being a Chicken Mom

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

Being shipped in a box is really stressful Learning how to drink water is hard If one has it, the others want it If it is time to [..]

Chickens, First Weeks

More Sprouts, More Disjointed Thoughts

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

The first little onions made their presence known this morning, the cucumbers and melons have all gone to town unfurling little leaflets, the lettuce and kale look strong, [..]

Commercialism, Gardening, Planning , , ,

Sprouts!

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

These were not here when I left this morning. If I sit and watch them, I swear I can see them growing taller by the minute. To me, [..]

Gardening, Planting

One Innocuous Little Box

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 3

It was sitting on our front porch when we got home last night – tiny, almost too small to be noticed. It looks so innocent, doesn’t it? But [..]

Gardening, Pest Control, Planning, Planting , ,

Bad Blogger

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

I haven’t responded to anyone’s comments in a good month, at least. I’m sorry, that’s just terrible form. Haven’t been reading my Google Reader in a week, either, [..]

Food , ,

Spring is coming!!

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

And so are the chickens!! Homestead Geek chicken post Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait!

Chickens , ,

The Chickens Are Coming!

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

We’ve had three days in the 50′s now – the sun has been out, and the vast swaths of snow are melting away. As much as I have [..]

Chickens, Composting, Planning, Planning ,