We had a nice Father’s Day at our house yesterday. We started off the festivities with a game of Wiffle Ball (me against the three oldest) and then capture the flag (we made up our own every-man-for-himself version). Then we sat on the front porch and enjoyed a glass of iced tea. Then we fired [...]

We finished building our movable chicken coop yesterday. It is made out of PVC pipe, a little re-bar, some wood reinforcement, chicken-wire, and a tarp. It houses up to around 25 chickens and is light weight so that it can be moved each day. So in addition to their feed, they get fresh grass and [...]

We have been asked from time to time how are chicks are doing (more specifically “Are they still alive?”). We are glad to report that all 24 chicks are still alive and rapidly moving into chickenhood. Here a picture of them about a week ago. A unrelated, random update: Over the winter Caleb started digging [...]

We had an exciting new addition to our home over the weekend: twenty-four new chicks. As I wrote before, we are going to raise chickens primarily for eggs. We ordered twenty-five Rhode Island Reds (one didn’t survive the trip) from Welp Hatchery. We received a call on Friday morning from the post office informing us [...]

We have decided to raise chickens. Here are the reasons why: 1. To have fresh, natural eggs. 2. To save money on buying eggs (which we eat a lot of and which are expensive if you buy higher quality eggs). 3. To save money on buying chicken. Once the chickens quit laying well, we will [...]