Comments on: The Chicken Whisperer

By: the Witchen Kitchen Beginner Herbal » Blog Archive » Tales From the Chicken Coop

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:05:58 +0000

[...] free range chickens, so yesterday, we took a big gulp and opened the door of the chicken pen so our new flock could roam a bit, standing close by in case they decided to take off to parts [...]

By: plantain

plantain — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:12 +0000

So cute! Chickens are so much fun.

By: cathy

cathy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:38:34 +0000

please keep posting more as it goes! We’re thinking about getting chickens someday, and I love hearing how people make it work.

By: tammy

tammy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:59:39 +0000

What great tips and stories. Thanks Hillary and Sarah! I’m really loving this new venture, and learning so much!

By: Sarah Head

Sarah Head — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:23:07 +0000

My parents have always had chickens and looking after them is keeping them young now they are nearly 80! As Hilary said, they will eat everything. Ours especially like mice - usually those which have been caught in a trap, but occasionally we’ve seen the cockerel chase a live one across the farmyard!

When my first son was born (26 years ago), my mother brought my great aunt up to see him. She was about 92 then and lived until she was 98. Accompanying them was a newly hatched chick in a teacosy on his own hot water bottle, who couldn’t be left on his own. I have a lovely picture of my middle one with baby chicks eating from his hand and he was a child who could never sit still for an instant normally! He would stay with the chickens, sitting quietly for a long time until they tursted him enough to feed. Now, at 23, he still has fond memories of that and they all used to enjoy collecting eggs - hunting for the nests in the hay ricks in the barn.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:11:50 +0000

I love my chickens! And the great thing is that you will not have scraps again; chickens will eat anything! Mine range free; now my garden is contained. I also have geese and ducks. I can sit and watch my poultry interact for hours; a great form of meditation. And the eggs! I actually like eggs now. Just remember not to boil fresh ones; let them sit for at least a week before you boil them; otherwise, they will imposstible to peel. I keep a few boiled all the time for a quick snack. If they get too old, just throw them to the chickens. And be sure to give them the used shells for calcuim.