Flapping and buzzing
So although I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from the “urban farming” activities , obviously the birds and the bees have not been impartial to the coming of spring – even [...]
eggs
E if for more Eggs
Supposedly as winter settles in, we should be getting less and less eggs, especially from a very young laying flock. When I wrote this initially we were getting between 5 and [...]
E is for Eggs
In our post about our first honey harvest I mentioned how great the first harvest of anything new is. But I think that is because most harvests come in some quantity. I mean [...]
All duck or no dinner
And you’re rushing headlong you’ve got a new goal And you’re rushing headlong out of control And you think you’re so strong But there ain’t no [...]
Don’t count your chickens before…
For those of you that have been wondering – the chook saga hasn’t died a quiet death. It just went on a short hiatus… But it is now back in its full slow but [...]
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
I thought the most difficult part of getting chooks is providing a home for them. Somewhere safe from predators, ventilated enough but not cold, ample non-soggy scratching [...]