By Holly Giles | hen house , Mama's Musings
Henrietta is in broody chicken jail. However, I assure you it is for everyone’s benefit! Broodiness is what happens to hens when they decide they want to sit on their eggs and hatch young. If you would like more information on the subject check out My Pet Chicken . In our hen house, there is no rooster, so there won’t […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , hen house , homeschooling , Mama's Musings
The Volusia County Fair is in 2 months and we are gearing up for our entries! The fair association and 4H were offering a “Fowl Fun Day” to teach you about entering chickens. The flyer I received sounded too good to pass up! They would teach anatomy, breeds, disease and pest control, and show you […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , hen house
My niece is the oldest, and the only girl out of the five grandchildren, unless you count the chickens. So, most of the time, our activities revolve around boys. She is a good sport about it, and when she has had enough, she retreats to her dark lair with her computer. As teenagers go, she […]
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By Holly Giles | hen house , Recipes
The heat has finally gotten to the hens. Thursday they decided NO eggs were worthy of laying in their hot nest. So, our basket was empty at collecting time. I decided maybe we should try a new recipe I saw over at Fresh Eggs Daily Whenever I cut strawberries, I always put the tops in the […]
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By Holly Giles | hen house , Mama's Musings
Curtis and I have been married going on 19 years and we have gone back and forth about keeping a hen house. He wanted to, I didn’t, I did, He didn’t. When the boys got a little older I decided that raising chickens would definitely be a part of our home education, Curtis, not so […]
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