It’s happened to all of us…you’re out walking your pup and even though you yourself are a very environmentally conscious person, you invariably step in some other dog’s waste. There isn’t much more that will ruin a leisurely stroll with your dog. It’s pretty maddening, especially since you always make a concerted effort to keep …
June 25 is National Take Your Dog to Work Day and what better way to celebrate than Morgan taking over Roger’s office! I don’t think that’s quite what Roger had in mind when he decided Morgan could join him in his office, but if there’s a chair, it’s hers. She wasn’t much on the boring …
The Compost Problem As with most things on a farm, evolution sometimes leads to some creative ideas. Necessity is the Mother of Invention, right? Roger built the coop and run first, then an extended run; aka play yard, for the girls. All of the chicken areas are built like Fort Knox since we have a …
Pulling the spent vegetable plants from our summer garden is always a bit heart wrenching. Tossing the majority of them into the compost bin for the girls to forage through is always enjoyable especially when I see how happy it makes them. I toss in old tomatoes, but not tomato vines, as the plants are …
I know you read that as abundant eggs, right? Our hens were selected due to the number of eggs they lay on average and how well they get along with other breeds. Our girls are happy and are some of the best producers. In an earlier blog, Roger explained about the cone of vision, so …
In the Winter of 2017, Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily reviewed The Chicken Spinner in her group newsletter. Read what Lisa had to say: Winters in Maine are long, cold and snowy and I worry about my chickens getting cabin fever being “cooped up” inside all day long. I always open the coop door …
In Winter 2017 The Chicken Spinner was featured in the member newsletter distributed by peCK – The Peninsula Chicken Keepers. peCK is a local educational, resource, and social group for people in the Virginia Peninsula area who have backyard chickens or who are interested in learning about humanely keeping small flocks. Read what peCK has …
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This post was originally published in February 2018 but was updated in January 2020. We had been collecting eggs for well over a year and have started noticing a few issues. Not bad issues, but just… funky. One thing is for sure, when you start seeing different eggs than normal; it’s time to do some …
The Great Pumpkin and Our Pet Chickens On a recent shopping trip to Williamsburg, we stopped at the Williamsburg Pottery, which has a little bit of everything. We found out at checkout that we would receive a poinsettia or a pumpkin based on how much we had spent. Of course, Roger thought of the hens …
