FROM THE Coop
Raising Chickens
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MY JOURNEY WITH CHICKENS
APRIL 2017
I started raising chickens with my first flock (pictured above) back in 2017. I lovingly called the original five ladies my “Chunky Cluckers.”
They were named after female chefs:
- Paula Dean (Cinnamon Queen)
- Alice Waters (who became Alessandro, our androgynous diva who passed suddenly)
- Ina Garten (Speckled Dominique)
- Julia Child (Barred Rock)
- Rachel Ray (Rhode Island Red)
Unfortunately, even though I lived in a small city at the time, a predator found its way in and took out each of my feathered friends, one by one. I was using a used pre-fabricated house that was wearing out. No matter what I implemented the predator found its way to my girls. It was heartbreaking to come out day after day to find another one missing or unalived, which is why I made sure to get a super secure, metal fenced structure for my current coop run area.
Chunky Cluckers
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MARCH 2021
After I lost my first flock to a predator and moved to my new location in 2021, I started my second flock with the six lovely “Lil Bits”:
- Sandra (Americana)
- Ruth (Rhode Island Red)
- Sonya (Olive Egger/Welsummer Mix)
- Hillary (Golden Comet), A.K.A. “Miss Chickie”
- Kamala (Cinnamon Queen)
- Michelle (Gold-Laced Wyandotte)
FEBRUARY 2023
These two troublesome turkeys are the chickens I adopted because their owner passed away and no one knew what to do with them. So I ran around with the neighbors trying to catch them, and eventually succeeded in bringing them home to the “Lil Urban Farm.” I named them Thelma and Louise because they were “on the run” and hard to catch.