Benefits of Chicken Compost For My Garden

Garden season is in full swing and we are so excited! Gardening has always been a big part of our family and raising backyard chickens has propelled our plants into powerhouse producers There is something so exciting about growing your own food and feeding our family nutritious meals Composting our chicken poop has been an incredible asset to our gardens
 

5 Ways to Spice Up Your Egg Sandwich

Egg sandwiches are a staple around our house I make them on a very regular basis and while we gravitate towards the simple egg and cheese sandwich, there are times when we like to shake things up a bit! Depending on what we have on hand and how much time we have determines how creative I am in the kitchen How about you? Do you like to create new and exciting things in your menu or are you more like me and cook because we need food

Benefits of Marigolds for Chickens

It’s finally spring! We have been busy out in our yard and gardens Do you like to garden? We have our go-to petunias already in their pots, our flower beds planted with all sorts of beautiful blooms and our food garden prepped and ready to be planted

The girls have been scratching around and getting the

Memorial Day Hot Dog Bar

We are cruising through the last week of school around here and we’re getting the itch to do all the things outside! Historically, Memorial weekend is either cool and raining or scorching hot in Southwest Minnesota However, this weekend is shaping up to be one of the nicest ones we’ve had in a while We are going to take full advantage of this wonderful weather and probably do most of our cooking outside I know a lot of people getting ready to host some big parties for graduation

Why Is My Chicken Limping?

I think we can all agree that our chickens are very valuable to us Whether they are simply a way for you to get fresh eggs, or if they’ve become like family as in our case, chickens are an investment With that said, we do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of our flock

Chickens are actually fairly fragile and while they don’t take a lot of extra care,

All You Need to Know About Dogs and Chickens

We have an interesting situation at our house Our family raises backyard chickens and Labrador Retrievers If you know anything about either of these wonderful animals, you know that they really don’t go together! Our dogs are from excellent bloodlines and are bred for hunting as well as family pets With that said, they have a high drive when it comes to bird hunting

Insert my chickens into the story Yikes! They are unable to

Chicken Boo-Boos Be Gone!

As you know, keeping a first aid kit on hand for your coop is essential to raising backyard chickens While boo-boos don’t happen all that often in our coop, they do happen It’s important to me to be prepared when one of these situations occurs It could be anything from a cut or scrape from scratching around the ground, Bumblefoot or even a fight between two chickens A new addition to my first-aid kit is a wound spray by Strong

How to Use Eggshells For Your Garden

I had the pleasure of growing up in a family that understood the rich benefits of growing our own food We didn’t have any farm animals, but we did have an awesome garden every summer

There is absolutely nothing like those first green beans or that first BLT of the season! YUM! So, as I grew up and got married, I knew it was something I’d want to teach our kids as well

All About the Easter Egger Breed

When we started our most recent flock, I started with all brown egg layers I didn’t give much thought to the color of the eggs, I just wanted nice, hardy chickens! As the idea of having different egg colors started to grab my attention, I decided to add a couple different breeds into our flock The second batch of chicks I got were Easter Eggers!

Gifting Baby Chicks for Easter

Easter is hands down, one of my favorite holidays I love this time of year Everything is fresh and new and has a feeling of new life With new life, comes new excitement in the coop! I am taking this year off on adding to my flock However, I was just in our local Runnings and was admiring the cute baby chicks I may or may not spend a lot of time there just looking at all the wonderful breeds coming in from