Digital Art - How to Draw Chickens Like a Boss... Or like a SAHM trying to pay bills...

So this is the beginning of our rags to rich... ermmm... not-so-raggedy... story. Back in late August my husband lost his job. Losing a job ...

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This Week In Chicken Art

I have plenty of great blog posts in my head, but until I get all my illustrations done, they'll have to stay in my head. So instead, th...

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NCK Online Show Awards Ceremony

Well - this post would have come out much sooner, but due to a glitch with Blogger, the entire post was erased when I was trying to post it ...

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Photo Shoot and How to Draw a Chicken... Or Two

What a fun and crazy weekend I have had! Ever since my husband lost his job and my youngest became home-bound for fear she might catch the d...

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Pictures of Chicks and Chicken Artwork - The Sequel

I have been seriously, ridiculously, over-the-top busy working on chicken breed artwork for GRIT Magazine 's 2015 Guide to Backyard Chic...

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Fall - The Best Time to Plant Garlic (Your Chickens Will Thank You!)

Fall is the best time to plant garlic - specifically just after the first frost. If you live in Australia, please flip this post upside down...

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Chicken Artwork - Roosters and Hens

In today's episode of You Show Me Yours and I'll Show You Mine... Of course as you may know, we are hosting our first ever  Online P...

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Working for Chicken Feed

While my husband diligently searches for a job and my flock muddles its way through a molt, we have found ourselves in a position where we c...

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The Truth about Guinea Fowl

Are you considering getting a flock of guineas? (Do you have masochistic tendencies?) Guinea fowl are commonly used to control tick and mosq...

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To YOU - who Helped My Family

Thank You! Clearly you understood that we are a proud family and very much want to work for everything we get. That is why you sent a $200 g...

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Molting Season – Fewer Eggs and Fewer Feathers

Molting season is upon us, and with it comes a reduction in egg production and possibly some raggedy-looking chickens. In the late summer ...

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So Thankful for YOUR Support!

Yes - YOU. My readers and supporters. I have received so many emails and messages of support, work ideas and even a few photography and port...

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Hard Choices for Hard Times - Please Read

Today my husband lost his job. There - I said it. It will take a while for the sting to dissipate from those words. Of course this means I...

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Preparing and Showing Your Chicken at a Poultry Show

Yesterday I tried something I have never done before. I took one of my Swedish Flower Hen pullets to a poultry show at a county fair. One o...

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My Gingerbread House Chicken Coop - Another Upcycling Project

My family had been renting the century-old farmhouse on a beautiful horse farm (partially pictured in the header) since June of 2012. We wer...

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Life Hacks - 40+ Boredom Busters for Chickens and Chicks

We speak highly of free ranging on this blog. There are so many benefits for the chickens and for your feed bills, but the truth of the matt...

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Bird Shots - Portraits of Chickens

One thing that many non-chicken people don't know is that every chicken has its own personality. Right from the start that personality i...

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Processing My Meat Birds (Heads are Going to Roll!)

Let me start by saying that if you are an animal rights activist or don't believe that animals should be killed for meat, this post is ...

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The Broody Bunch

Here's the story, Of a lovely lady, Who was sitting on 2 very lovely eggs. both of them were Swedish Flower, Like their mother, Though t...

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Raising Ducklings and Chicks Together & Aspergillosis in Chickens

*** Warning - this blog post contains graphic materials. *** Yesterday as my husband and I were working on a new run for our young flock of ...

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Wry Neck - Using Turmeric to Treat Wry Neck in a Chicken

~ By: Christine Myers Just last week, I was standing in my yard, looking at my favorite pullet, feeling sure I’d have to euthanize her. Hop...

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Bird Shots - Photos from this Week

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Just Chillin' (with) My Meat Birds

Just chillin' (with) my meat birds.  So there's something you don't hear every day. In this day and age of factory farming we a...

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The Dry Incubation Method for Hatching Difficult-to-Hatch Breeds

~ By Karen I hatch a LOT of eggs – generally more than a thousand annually. Over the years I have had a great deal of luck with the Dry Inc...

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