A novice's attempt to get 15 percent of his food from his suburban fifth acre
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2010
For weeks — even before our shipment of chicks arrived — I have been reading about the perils of being a chicken. And there are many. However, our brood will not face most of the horrors about which I have lately learned simply because of its size. As with any animal, high population density encourages [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2010
Yesterday the farm-ish-ness of our suburban fifth acre took a big leap forward: Our shipment of baby chicks arrived. Our first farm staple. We ordered them in February from an online vendor, My Pet Chicken, that had an informative site and wide variety of breeds — despite the superficial name. The main criteria for selecting [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2010
I have had this … pile in my yard for nearly six months. It grows and shrinks, but mostly just sits there doing nothing spectacular — at least nothing I have been able to notice. Six months is the amount of time I have most often read that it takes for a pile like mine [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2010
Over the past few days I, and my friends Paul and Charles, built a green-roof chicken coop in preparation for the chicken raising that will be going on in my yard this spring. I’ll be ordering three or four day-old chicks when they become available in February. We can hardly wait.
I researched and designed the [...]
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