At my most recent cooking birthday party, we had to scrape the leftover noodles from the plates before they were washed. But have no fear – those noodles would not go to the landfill. I brought out my trusty zip-top bags, collected the remaining food…and brought it home. For our chickens. Yes, I said “chickens.”
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Recently a mom brought me this cartoon when she stopped by to pick up her son from a play date. She said it made her think of me. I’ll assume that she meant it in a good way.
We were shocked to find a pile of 7 teensy eggs inside the nexting area of our chicken coop last week. We hadn’t even realized that our girls had started laying yet! Our kids could hardly wait to get into the kitchen and eat them.
These eggs are hardly the type that come to mind when [...]
One reason I was so eager to jump on board when my daughter asked to do the 4H poultry project is that they are such great recyclers. Huh? Chickens recycle? But they can’t sort the cans and paper and drag the bins to the curb. True, but they can eat nearly all of the scraps [...]
We would love to introduce our new family of chickens – Curry, Soup, Kung Pao and Butterfly (yes, as in “butterflied”) and Oreo, for dessert. My daughter is quite creative with our culinary angle on naming the flock…
Recently, I shared some photos of our new backyard chicken coop. We designed it after talking with lots of 4H families who raise poultry – taking into consideration many of their horror stories about predators and pests. Here are a few tips that you might want to incorporate into your own coop design.
Consider using Hardware [...]
