Chickens for Cold Climates
My new home is a winter wonderland. From October through April, the snow covers the ground and drifts to depths of up to 5 feet. The average low in December is 22 degrees Fahrenheit and the average...
View ArticleChanges in Spring on Community Chickens
As you probably know, we are in the midst of a move! When I’m not working, my days are spent cleaning, packing, painting, and renovating both my new home and old, which we are preparing to sell. (If...
View ArticleAt the New Place
I spent my weekend scrubbing and sorting in my new home in West Virginia. The snow has finally receded and given way to a rich, wet, green spring. The pond is unfrozen. Fed by overflow from our...
View ArticleOne Family’s Flock on Community Chickens
In the green heart of central Virginia, Laura, her husband Marvin, and their son Ethan work together to care and provide for their flock, and Ethan brings their extra eggs to the local food bank. In...
View ArticleStill Moving, Planning, Planting
I can’t imagine a busier month. Preparing my home of 9+ years for the market, ferrying our hopes and belongings to our “farm” a little over two hours away, and wrapping up my work at a job I have held...
View ArticleFour Poultry Pitfalls to Avoid on Community Chickens
I’m taking the weekend off from my usual moving-madness to catch up – catch up on sleep, catch up on chores, and catch up on my online commitments. I even took a nap this afternoon – can you believe...
View ArticlePeek at the Hoop Coop
My husband and his friend made our hoop coop this past weekend. It was made with two 4’x16′ cattle panels bent over an 8’x8′ base. My husband says it’s really solid. They built it sturdily so that...
View ArticleThe New Hoop Coop
Our friend Rob constructed our hoop coop. We gave him pictures of Out of Order Acres‘ coop and Gypsy Farmgirl’s coop posts part 1 and part 2, and he sort of improvised from there. With materials...
View ArticleMoving with Chickens
A few weeks ago, we brought the chickens out to the new property in West Virginia, a two-and-a-half hour drive from our home in Virginia. It’s a challenge to move chickens without causing significant...
View ArticleUpdate on the Big Move
After what has been literally months of solid work and upheaval, the dust is beginning to settle on our move to West Virginia. With boxes half unpacked, updates half finished, and prospects for...
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