Two Easter Egger chickens and their beautiful blue eggs have recently been putting smiles on our faces! We have come along way since we first embarked on our chicken raising venture, when we chose our first flock of chickens ‘blindly’, so to speak. Because it was recommended to us, our first flock was all golden […]

Brrr!  It’s cold outside.  Not just cold, but freezing cold temperatures and brutal wind chills! I like to think that I am deliberate in tending to our flock of chickens this time of year, but it still happened!  Yep, one of our chickens got frostbite on her comb. See those black spots on the comb?  […]

Before we get to the recipe for homemade electrolytes for chickens, lets talk about what it is and when it should be given. What is an electrolyte drink For humans, it is a drink that re-hydrates and replaces sodium, potassium, and other minerals that the body loses.  These minerals are lost when we have sweated […]

My Dad and I are the only ones in our family that like eggnog, so I guess that’s why I have only been exposed to the stuff you buy in a carton.  Now, don’t get me wrong, the stuff in the carton is good, but I was curious to know what homemade eggnog tasted like.  […]

The first snowfall of the season happened the other day.  Although beautiful to me, it was a bit of a shock to the new girls in the chicken coop.  When I opened the door to let the chickens out in the morning, none of them eagerly came out as they normally would.  In this picture, […]

The time has come for the baby chicks to move from the brooder to outside.  Because of the unseasonably warm weather that we have been experiencing, the chicks, which we mail ordered back in August have been living outside now for about a week.  The time schedule is ahead of what I anticipated and they are […]

by Lori Leigh   We are so excited!  Some baby chicks have arrived at LL Farm!  Because we don’t have a rooster (or a broody hen to put fertile eggs under), we are raising baby chicks in a brooder again.  Isn’t it amazing how things have changed over the last century or so?  There are […]

By Lori Leigh   If you read my article about egg eating chickens, you might think I am crazy because now I’m writing about feeding crushed egg shells to chickens.  If you are hesitant, I completely understand.  I was too…until recently. While trying to solve the egg eating problem that was happening in our chicken […]

Story and photos by Lori Leigh The name breakfast casserole is misleading, don’t you think? I think it’s safe to say that as chicken keepers, we have all tried different kinds of breakfast casserole recipes.  After all, it’s a great way to showcase those beautiful farm fresh eggs.  Many breakfast casserole recipes use a few […]

Lori Leigh Story and photos Reasons For Blowing-Out Eggs -Crafts and Easter egg coloring are great reasons to blow out an egg. -Filled with mustard (to hopefully stop an egg eater) is popular among many chicken keepers. -Farm fresh eggs make beautiful arrangements.  Blowing out the eggs will ensure that the eggs last. Tools and […]