(continued from the previous post,   FREEZING PHOEBE  ) So. The ice-pack trick had no effect on Phoebe's perpetual broodiness.   I p...

O.k. I just can't take it anymore.   Little Phoebe is wasting her entire summer hiding in the nest box all puffed up and insanely br...

I had read about hens accepting young chicks and caring for them, and I was eager to see if Lucy, having already r...

They say that one nest box is all you need for three or four hens. But when one of your hens is Lil'White, that's another story. ...

Heck, why not?   Terry Golson and I thought we'd give it a shot. She recently ordered a batch of fresh new chicks, and is hoping ...

...continued from previous post: EGG EMERGENCY Lucy got straight to work raising her little one. Hear Lucy?   Budup.....

...continued from the previous post, BROODY LUCY  Lucy continued to sit faithfully on her eggs and chant, 'budup".    Wh...