We are up to 2 hens laying eggs now. Sugar never stopped laying over the winter, but the other three have had a long break. Then, for an early Valentine's Day present on Saturday, I received a nice little green egg from Cinnamon. Now she is up to laying every other day! Hopefully Pepper will lay an egg soon. She stopped before all the others, and lately has been extra needy so I think the chances are good.
It's really nice to have the fluffs want attention again. When there was snow on the ground they were crabby and didn't want anything to do with us. Now it seems like all they want to do is get picked up and held. Hopefully I can get a picture sometime because it's pretty funny looking when I have 4 chickens all trying to take a nap on my lap.
I took half of the plastic down from their cage because it was falling off in the wind anyway. It's nice to be able to see the other side of the yard now!
Oh, and this is big news for me: I have a short article about our first year and a half of chicken-keeping published in the March issue of Grid magazine! It is under Dispatch, on page 30. I'm really excited about it! The article is titled "Living With the Birds," and they created a cute piece of clip art to go with it.
We even got to go to the release party the magazine had last week. (Which reminds me that I could write about the food at the restaurant we were at because it was awesome.) It was crowded there, so we didn't really meet a lot of people. But we did get to talk to one lovely young lady from a restaurant which I have yet to try. (Which also reminds me to get in touch with her about applying to PennDesign's landscape program) And we also talked to Iris Bloom, from the cover story about protecting our water from fracking. I have yet to read the whole magazine, but it's good to be this busy I guess.
Anyway, check out Grid Philly! It's a great read when it comes to living sustainably in the city. The March issue is available in print now, and will be on their website soon I think.
So many things to do! And little brown birdies are singing in the trees too. Yes, I think spring is creeping in. It's great! Gotta run. I think I hear the "I laid an egg" song. (sometime I'll try to get a video to post too!)
It's really nice to have the fluffs want attention again. When there was snow on the ground they were crabby and didn't want anything to do with us. Now it seems like all they want to do is get picked up and held. Hopefully I can get a picture sometime because it's pretty funny looking when I have 4 chickens all trying to take a nap on my lap.
I took half of the plastic down from their cage because it was falling off in the wind anyway. It's nice to be able to see the other side of the yard now!
Oh, and this is big news for me: I have a short article about our first year and a half of chicken-keeping published in the March issue of Grid magazine! It is under Dispatch, on page 30. I'm really excited about it! The article is titled "Living With the Birds," and they created a cute piece of clip art to go with it.
We even got to go to the release party the magazine had last week. (Which reminds me that I could write about the food at the restaurant we were at because it was awesome.) It was crowded there, so we didn't really meet a lot of people. But we did get to talk to one lovely young lady from a restaurant which I have yet to try. (Which also reminds me to get in touch with her about applying to PennDesign's landscape program) And we also talked to Iris Bloom, from the cover story about protecting our water from fracking. I have yet to read the whole magazine, but it's good to be this busy I guess.
Anyway, check out Grid Philly! It's a great read when it comes to living sustainably in the city. The March issue is available in print now, and will be on their website soon I think.
So many things to do! And little brown birdies are singing in the trees too. Yes, I think spring is creeping in. It's great! Gotta run. I think I hear the "I laid an egg" song. (sometime I'll try to get a video to post too!)
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