Keeping your chickens happy and healthy during winter can be a challenge! There are some important care considerations that you will need to keep in mind during the colder winter months to help your flock thrive. In addition to providing high-quality feed and constant access to water, you can help keep the winter blues at […]

by Meredith Chilson  I’m a bird watcher.  Chicken watcher in particular, but I also watch wild birds at our feeders, in the yard, and on my walks with the dog.  On the very cold mornings we had last week, little birds on tree branches and big chickens on coop roosts had similar shapes.  They were […]

by Meredith Chilson November weather.  Cold with an icy drizzle. Howling winds high in the naked treetops.  Muddy boots, damp socks and gloves.  Creeping shadows early in the evening—dark by dinnertime….and the days that mud freezes and hard balls of snow slam against windowpanes and cheeks as feathered and furry friends are herded into their shelters.  […]

The leaves are at their colorful peak right now, and the bright, bright blue skies with the fluffy clouds make it pleasurable to be outside doing chores.  Our cellar way is filled with buckets of potatoes, baskets of apples and squashes; braids of onions and garlic dangle from the rafters next to bunches of drying […]