Why Are Eggs Blue?
[ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] How Do Eggs Get Their Color? How is it that some eggs…
Why Are Eggs Blue?
[ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] How Do Eggs Get Their Color? How is it that some eggs are incredible shades of blue, some are a gorgeous chocolate brown or even speckled, and some are white? Although feather and ear color of a hen can play a small part in indicating egg color this is not consistent across all…
The Urban Chickens: How it all began
In the beginning, I believe it all got started because there was too much time spent inside during the month of January. Christmas and three December birthdays as well as New Year’s Eve were over. With one of the warmest winters on record and little to no snow in the mountains, skiing and snowboarding was…
Enter Our Baby Chick Photo Contest!
Guess Who? Baby Chick Photo Contest Win Beautiful Feather Earrings! [ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Our chickens have changed a lot since we first brought them home as day-old chicks! Win a pair of “The Urban Chickens” feather earrings by listing each of “The Urban Chickens” names in correct order from left-to-right as they are presented in the image above as baby…
Bringing Home The Urban Chickens: Part 1
Video: Day-old Baby Chicks First Time in Brooder The first day of our adventure as brand new chicken owners began in the early morning of our 11 year-old daughter’s birthday. (Actually, our adventure began over a month and a half before then, but that’s another story!) [ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] Early Morning Our 10 year-old son…
A Tail of a Cat and 10 Chickens
It’s a funny thing. Cats normally chase birds, right? Well, when the chickens are in their coop, Gryphon, our cat, lounges on the path around the coop and hangs out with the chickens. As the only cat, he really enjoys their company! Well, then, when the chickens are let out to free range in on our…
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