Fall 2012 Classes
In partnership with the Columbia Career Center I’ll be teaching three classes this fall. This is a great opportunity for you to ask all those pesky questions you haven’t been able to find answers to. I...
View ArticleGinny’s Coop
On a sleepy street in central Columbia stands the second of two coops designed by Ginny M. and built by her partner Scout with the helping hands of many of their community. The first coop was almost...
View ArticleCombating Boredom
Do you feel like you are spending too much to feed your hens? You probably are. Why? Your hens are bored. To combat their boredom they play in their feed, scatter it around their yard, and only eat the...
View ArticleSpring 2013 Classes
In partnership with the Columbia Career Center I’ll be teaching three classes this spring. This is a great opportunity for you to ask all those pesky questions you haven’t been able to find answers to....
View ArticleWhere to Get Chicks in 2013
Our only local feed store is now taking special orders for chicks, call 573-474-4113! Bourn Feed is located just east of Patricia’s Food on the access road. Alternatively you can take 70 and get off...
View ArticleMay 4th 2013 a day in the life
Today I completed spring cleaning for the hens. Emptied out 90% of the deep litter and replaced it with pine shavings and dry leaves. My large hens decided to take over the bantam roost last fall so I...
View ArticleThe broody problem
I always recommend urban chicken owners to get a bantam or two with their first set of chicks. My main reason for doing this is that having a hen that will go broody makes adding subsequent generations...
View ArticleHatching egg packaging
I brought in some hatching eggs to incubate. I know, I know, I’m all about broody hens, but I’m in a pickle here. My old hens aren’t laying and all my attempts to bring in new chicks this spring for …...
View ArticleWhere to Get Chicks in 2014
Bourn Feed is located just east of Patricia’s Food on the access road. Alternately you can take 70 and get off at the Lake of the Woods exit and then head west on the access road. Bourn orders from...
View Article3-17-2015 H5N2 Bird flu in Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, and now Arkansas too
I get contacted about sick chickens all the time. I almost always recommend you cull the bird, because it almost always dies while you are pussyfooting around on the internet trying to figure out what...
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