My favorite chicken, and a favorite among many who visit Dragonfly Farm, was Chili Pepper, my Rhode Island Red from my very first batch of chicks. She was the sweetest chicken. She would tug on shirt sleeves or pant legs to get me, and visitors, to pick her up and snuggle her. She would buryContinue reading “Goodbye Sweet Chili”
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Predators
The title sounds so ominous! Luckily, no living things were harmed for the posting of this blog. We have felt some of Mother Nature’s wrath this growing season. First, we had Japanese beetles. Now, mind you, they come every year. I know it’s the grubs in the ground, but I try (and try to getContinue reading “Predators”
More About Our Chickens!
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!”
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”
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