Heidi is the alpha of our little herd, and has a wonderful personality, if you ask me. She’s very friendly, affectionate, and playful, yet capable of taking charge of the others when she deems it necessary. She’s always the first to greet me, and when we go for walks outside, she keeps a close eye […]
I thought I’d take the opportunity to introduce you to all of our roosters. You’ve already met our oldest roo, the Welsummer. He’s a gorgeous boy, and he’s fulfilling his duties very well – alerting and guarding the flock, providing fertile eggs (and he’s quite gentle with the hens while doing that, thankfully!) as well […]
Last night, we were unloading some chicken feed down at the coop, and I noticed that one of our little “Picard” birds was out and about – worth noting, as they typically remain indoors most of the time. We call them Picards, due to their resemblance (in our opinion) to a certain Starfleet captain, but […]