Arrow was found in an intensive quail farm. She was caged with one other hen and one rooster. They had maybe other breeds of hens and roosters kept this way also. She was being kept so her fertile eggs could be hatched and her purebred Sussex chicks could be sold to the public. Backyard chickens […]
Category Archives: Backyard chickens
Vander
What a rooster. What a huge, beautiful, impressive rooster. Vander moved in to Lefty’s Place in early 2012. I wasn’t looking for a rooster at the time, nor was I expecting one. One day J came home with a box, a distressed look and some words that went something like, “I couldn’t leave him there […]
Blackie
Blackie came to us in early 2012 from a couple in town who no longer wanted their two hens. They were (of course) un-named, so J gave the black Australorp the most original name of, “Blackie” and her Rhode Island Red friend, “Rhonda”. You see, most people believe that chickens are dispensable. They believe that […]