Category Archives: Chickens

Where’s Laura?

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Laura Rittenhouse

Recently someone asked me if I was just visiting as she’d seen my website link in an email and then gone from there to this “obsolete” blog where I broadcast to the world that I “live” in the Hawkesbury region … Continue reading →

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Penthouse Dweller

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Laura Rittenhouse

Molly has moved into the penthouse of the big coop. Kind of. The integration of the flock initiated on 14 August is going well. Penny is top dog, then Henny, followed by Holly. Molly is the bottom because she’s sickly … Continue reading →

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One Box, Two Hens

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Laura Rittenhouse

We have a variety of places for our chickens to lay but, being chickens, there is only one place they are willing to lay. Which creates a problem if you have 2 chickens who get the urge at the same … Continue reading →

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Coop Scoop

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Laura Rittenhouse

  There’s always something happening down at the chicken run. I am, depending on various factors, amused, saddened, worried, fascinated, pleased and a whole gamut of other emotions by my 6 chickens. You can thank me now for sparing you … Continue reading →

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Nightmare Scenario!

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Laura Rittenhouse

I have chickens and I have a dog. That combination was tried and failed miserably in the past. We put a lot of effort into finding a dog that would make the combination more successful. Rusty had zero interest in … Continue reading →

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Soup for Seven

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Laura Rittenhouse

A volunteer pumpkin vine sprung from the compost in autumn. It finally collapsed and the pumpkins needed harvesting before they rotted and/or were eaten by whatever eats pumpkins (rats and possums at least). I know exactly one thing to do with pumpkins, … Continue reading →

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Tropical Chicken

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Laura Rittenhouse

No, this isn’t a recipe involving mangoes, this is one of those “what the?” posts. Overnight the temp got down to 0.2 C (which is near enough 32 F). Nothing froze (unless you count my feet) but it was coooolllld. … Continue reading →

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All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Laura Rittenhouse

We had a feather problem in our coop – Henny didn’t have any on her back (or shoulders). I mean NONE. From above, she looked like the proverbial Christmas Goose, ready for the oven. The top photo was taken in … Continue reading →

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Chicken Shenanigans

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Laura Rittenhouse

It’s been a long time since I blogged. I gave it up because when the dog killed my sweet chickens I lost my muses, I kept away from it because I was enjoying life on the farm without thinking about … Continue reading →

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A New Beginning

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Laura Rittenhouse

I’m not beginning this blog again, not now anyway, but there is a new beginning with the animals on the farm. I hated that my blog ended on such a low note so I’m fixing that by introducing my new … Continue reading →

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