Our first summer, after our first flock had become adults, we learned from a friend that a friend of hers had posted “free chickens for friends or food”. So, we went and picked up four black Austrolorps-big black hens. They were “maybe 3-5 years old” when we got them and they were done laying eggs.Continue reading “More About Our Chickens!”
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The First Residents at the Dragonfly Barn: The Chickens
We first decided to have chickens on the farm in 2020. We ordered our first group of chicks from a local hatchery and picked them up on the day they hatched. We got nine chicks in our first flock. We named them all after herbs and spices (onion powder, chili pepper, and mustard, for example).Continue reading “The First Residents at the Dragonfly Barn: The Chickens”
Dragonfly Farm 