by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm Our Black Spanish turkey hens have started laying. Every couple days I’m greeted with a few random eggs scattered in different parts of the floor of the turkey house. Only recently have they decided on a community spot and started laying in one corner of the coop. I’m […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm Our Black Spanish turkey hens have started laying. Every couple days I’m greeted with a few random eggs scattered in different parts of the floor of the turkey house. Only recently have they decided on a community spot and started laying in one corner of the coop. I’m […]

by Jennifer Burcke I feel like we have been waiting for spring’s arrival for months.  Perhaps that’s because we have.  Winter was long and harsh this year.  We saw more than our fair share of snow and endured a lot of cold weather all with an eager eye on the first day of spring’s arrival. […]

by Jennifer Burcke I feel like we have been waiting for spring’s arrival for months.  Perhaps that’s because we have.  Winter was long and harsh this year.  We saw more than our fair share of snow and endured a lot of cold weather all with an eager eye on the first day of spring’s arrival. […]

by Jennifer Sartell So I know that tomatoes aren’t in season right now, but we are getting ready to plant 3 trays of heirloom tomato seedlings and my freezer still looks like this… and this… and this… And my egg baskets look like this… and this… Our tomato plants went NUTS last year. We planted […]

by Jennifer Sartell So I know that tomatoes aren’t in season right now, but we are getting ready to plant 3 trays of heirloom tomato seedlings and my freezer still looks like this… and this… and this… And my egg baskets look like this… and this… Our tomato plants went NUTS last year. We planted […]

by Jennifer Sartell So, here at Community Chickens…we’re pretty keen on eggs. Being chickens keepers and all…, well for us, eggs are pretty eggciting! So each year when Easter rolls around, it’s a wonderful excuse to have tons of fun with all that our chickens provide! Here is your one stop guide for lots of […]

by Jennifer Sartell Some days I love to feel sorry for myself. I whine and complain because things aren’t going my way. Because I need new tires for my car, or the tractor ran out of gas, or the dishwasher is leaving the dishes spotted and I have to re-scrub them all by hand. And […]

by Jennifer Sartell When we first got chickens I was a teenager and my mom wasn’t really on board with the whole idea. My dad and I sort of bamboozled her over one weekend at a trip to a feed store. Keeping chickens as a teen had little to do with delicious, organic, free ranging, […]

By Jennifer Sartell A friend of mine recently asked me why her beautiful white Cochin bantam was turning yellow. She admitted that the spring freezing and thawing has done a muddy number on her coop and run, but that it seemed like the problem was something other than a “dirty” issue. Evidently, she read my […]