Category Archives: Chickens
Chicken Lays Her First Egg – Watch it Roll
It took a while to figure out which hen was the third hen to lay eggs in the flock. On this morning I woke to 3 eggs instead of 2 with no idea who laid it! It took two days … Continue reading
Feeding Chickens & Cleaning the Coop
This two-part video series covers a wonderful morning with the chickens while I learned a lesson or seventeen. I left the water out all night and it froze up solid and they don’t eat cabbage very quickly and leaving it … Continue reading
Weekend Chickens – March 6th
First Egg, New Perches, Pecking Order There were a few videos posted this weekend primarily because Spit Fire had her very own “first egg video” just like Trinity (spoiler alert… Miss Cloud’s video is coming out next weekend). In this … Continue reading
Weekend Chickens – February 24th
Cooing Chickens & an Upside Down Day In the first video for this weekend, I did the morning ‘chicken chores’ backwards and the ladies took full advantage! I spent my usual relaxing morning trying to get them back into the … Continue reading
Making Great Tasting Beef Tallow
Michael shows us an easy method for rendering beef fat in order to make great tasting beef tallow. In another video he created bone broth which contributed to the creation of the tallow! In a future video, we create beef … Continue reading
Crazy Chicks Meet Mr. Squirrel
… The Musical … Today we had a visitor who shook things up a bit. This video is all chickens, music and a little bit of a little squirrel that nearly had a chicken land on him.
Pecking Order Has Begun
Spit Fire is trying to get everyone in trouble today! It’s wet and slushy and gross but I find a lap chicken, record a video with my chin, watch Trinity fly at a squirrel, & get the flock block! This … Continue reading
Beef Bones for Chickens
Today I TRIED to introduced beef bones to the chickens and they weren’t all that happy about it. We also see some of the first ‘witnessed’ pecking order moments for the ladies. Miss Cloud is stepping up and giving Trinity … Continue reading
Trying to Prep Chickens for Winter
Preparing for the REALLY cold weather that’s on it’s way soon. It’s set to be zero degrees (give or take… like that matters). This is my attempt to keep out the snow and prevent the water from freezing while also … Continue reading
Trinity Lays Her First Egg
Trinity is the first chicken in my flock to lay an egg! Her first egg was on January 31st and she hasn’t looked back. This video shows her along with some music and nature. If you wish to see the … Continue reading
That’s a Bad Chicken!
The winds were so strong they knocked over the portable run! On day 100, I took the ladies out and they all proceeded to be naughty. Parkour Chick on the coop & my shoulder, pecking at my skull… Spit Fire … Continue reading
Chicken Snow Day Poem
This poem was put together as a tribute to my 5 chickens who experienced their very first snow day ever. They really wanted out and eventually got their wish. Because I’m so far behind in creating and uploading their videos, … Continue reading
Building a Frame for a Chicken Tunnel
We’re building a frame to attach a future chicken tunnel to the existing coop/run and the new dog kennel (aka chicken kennel). The project began by building the dog kennel which is being used to house 5 chickens. This will … Continue reading
Phenix JiRa Living Presents Crazy Chicks!
In September 2021, I decided to make the ultimate plunge. Okay, maybe not the ‘ultimate’ plunge, but still a plunge, none the less. I prepared for and purchased 5 baby chickens (aka chicks) and brought them home to my garage. … Continue reading
