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Tag Archives: ducks
Return of the mad city chickens
Yesterday I let the occupants of Coop Junior High out into the backyard for the first time. They were getting crowded, and some of them are as big as some of the bantam hens, so it was time. It went … Continue reading
HAPPY, clappy, lardy a**ed chickens, ducks, and goats
For the first four months of 2010, the HCLA staff produced 2208 chicken eggs and 603 duck eggs 15 baby chicks and 2 baby ducks and 2 baby billies
beDANGLE
My friend Sue makes lovely artwork from eggs (her chickens and mine), which she calls bedangles. Emma and I are quite fond of them, and Sue presented this one to me today. It’s the first duck egg from one of … Continue reading
Peak Egg
I write a lot about the chickens and not so much about the eggs. So, how many eggs do I get? Here’s the rundown since the girls started laying July=190; August=333; September=371; October=384; November=351. The reason the number has gone … Continue reading
Thanksgiving
We had a quiet holiday… just Morgan, Emma, and Mom, which was quite nice. We had ham, which I love and don’t have very often. I also tried some new recipes: a yellow squash casserole that I first made this … Continue reading
Yard chickens
I took the plunge at long last and allowed the chickens and ducks to leave their coop and take care of my bugs and weeds. At first there was a little hesitation in coming out of the coop, but then … Continue reading
Elvis has entered the building
Mimi Bernhard, who has the best chicken coop ever (think New York townhouse) gifted me with a pair of Miniature Silver Appleyard Ducks, named Elvis and Priscilla. I brought them home near sundown yesterday — the best time supposedly to … Continue reading
Obligatory post
Is this satisfactory, Emma and Helen? First, let me note that I took a vacation day to muck out the coop after the torrential rainstorms of last week. I think the ground was so hard that the water had a … Continue reading
HOLIDAY wEEKEND
I always have BIG plans when I have time off. This weekend was no exception. I did accomplish a lot, I think. What I planted On Friday, I planted peppers, garlic chives, and onions. Today, I planted kale and cabbage … Continue reading
One third of a thousand
The official egg tally for August is in. We collected 333 eggs this month. The big contributors were the ducks with a total of 133 eggs followed by white eggs (105) green eggs(62) but no ham brown eggs(33 Go, duckies! … Continue reading
