Well it’s official, we have our first broody hen. For those uninitiated in the ways of all things chicken, a broody hen is one that has...

The chicken flock is 6 months old, and that means one thing: eggs! Most of the young ladies have started laying, and we are getting over...

We’ve got another chicken recuperating in the kitchen – this time it’s little Sweet Pea, one of my favorites of the new girls. Actually...

You may recall that in addition to the 25 chicks we bought for the farm, we also bought five fancy breed chickens. These fancy chickens...

Today was a very sad day at 5R Farm. After a month of trying to nurse Ruby back to health, it was finally time to say goodbye and have...

Henny Penny, one of the cute red cochin banty chickens we intended to keep in our backyard in Portland, started crowing at 5:30 in the...

It’s been five weeks since we moved the chicks out to the farm, and I’m happy to report that all is well. The girls have settled in to...

With most of the chicks now between 8 and 10 weeks old, last Saturday was the day to move them from their overcrowded kitchen brooder to...

With our oldest chicks for the farm about 7 weeks old, we are fairly certain that we have at least two roosters. The first to develop a...

We’ve decided to move the big girls – Rhoda, Raquel, Rosie, Ruby, and Ramona out to the farm with the 25 farm chicks. This will be in 5...

Building of the new chicken coop is underway at 5R Farm. The rainy weather has been slowing down the progress a bit, but we are on a...

The chicks will be arriving the first week of March. I’ve ordered a total of 25 chicks, and this time when a few turn out to be roosters...

Well you would be too if your winter coat was a bit threadbare! For those of you not familiar with the ways of all things chicken, once a...