Author Archives: Phenix JiRa
Following the Hens to the Jungle
This was a lazy day following the chickens while talking to myself. Miss Cloud finally laid an egg with a hard shell… all the soft shell eggs are mine to eat!
Do Chickens Like Fireworks?
If you need to ask this question… let’s just say I asked and got an answer that I found to be a bit unbelievable. I was told by my neighbors that their chickens don’t mind it at all. Well, watch … Continue reading
Chicken Laying an Egg – Chicken TV
It’s beginning to get hot but still nowhere near the potential temp… that comes later. In this video you get to see Miss Cloud lay an egg and enjoy a little chicken tv. At the end of the video I … Continue reading
Watering Trees at the Nursery
In this video I am watering trees suffering from the hot weather in my area. They’ve been neglected for a time so I have been tasked with watering them thoroughly. Some of this will be featured in the chicken video … Continue reading
Chickens and Bananas
The chickens spend time in the yard and waddle on back. I tried giving them a banana and they turned their beaks up at it! They also get hot again and hold their wings out and then I trick them!
New Dirt Bath for the Chickens
This is really the first day the chickens experience some heat and it’s only the beginning. It’s really not that hot but they aren’t used to it yet. Made a new dirt bath location and tried to get rid of … Continue reading
Day in the Life of Chickens
Just a sweet day with the chickens. We dug a few holes to plant a few trees and the ladies decided to help us… so very helpful!
Chickens Love Dandelions
Check out this video of the ladies and their love of eating dandelion leaves. Also, it snowed in April and the ladies do not love that so much!
Cutting Down Trees With Friends
We decided to take down a couple of trees in our back yard believing it would be fairly easy based on what we know and the size of the trees. Well, we were partially correct. For some reason the chainsaws … Continue reading
Flock Update & Chicken Bititch Police
I decided it was about time to do a video update on the lives of the chickens to this point. We go over they why’s and how’s and take a look at the chickens today. I also threatened to call … Continue reading
Pecking Order Finally Established!
In this video, I observe the pecking order being established over a few weeks. Miss Cloud thought she would be number one but someone else had other plans! In the second video below, one of the chickens gets injured during … Continue reading
Lethargic Chicken and Hawks Circling
The hawks have found the chickens! Well, maybe they are getting their first glimpse of them. One afternoon I was working in the yard and looked to the sky to find two hawks circling and circling; looking for whatever food … Continue reading
Chicken Curtains & Training Chickens to Use Them
In this first video, I created curtains out of jeans for the small coop door. It’s getting hotter and I don’t want to close the door if at all possible. The first set of jean curtains were a bit too … Continue reading
Multitasking in Today’s World
The video for this post is at the bottom of the page… please watch, like, and subscribe. I am extremely impressed by anyone who can multitask. My resume for the last several years states that I can multitask, which is … Continue reading
Turtles by the Bay by Mary Lou Healy
A very cute poem about turtles!!
