by Dijon | Jan 2, 2021 | Chicken Bios
Woodpeck Peck (named by my then-two-year-old son) is a silver laced Wyandotte hen hatched in June of 2020. She was a last-minute add on to the order of week-old chicks we bought at the local feedmill, so that Moriah would have friends and so that each member of our...
by Dijon | Jan 1, 2021 | Chicken Bios
Brownie hatched in 2014, and we believe she’s a black sex link hen. Just like people, chickens all have their own unique personalities, and not all of them are friendly. Brownie is a dominant hen, at the top of the pecking order. She can be a bit of a jerk...
by Dijon | Dec 31, 2020 | Chicken Bios
Buckbeak is an Easter Egger who hatched in June of 2020. I know that much for sure. Easter Eggers are sort of the mutts of the chicken world, but they’re known for laying unusal colored eggs. Buckbeak was two weeks old when we bought her as a pullet from the...
by Dijon | Dec 31, 2020 | Chicken Bios
Julia is a Rhode Island Red hen, hatched in June of 2020. We bought her (at about a week old) at the local feed mill on the day Moriah hatched. She was a yellow chick, and my daughter named her Lemon, but she revised the name later as Julia started to turn red. ...
by Dijon | Dec 31, 2020 | Chicken Bios
Oreo is a barred Plymouth Rock, hatched in June of 2020. We bought her at the local feed mill when she was about a week old, so that Moriah wouldn’t grow up alone. Oreo has been a ton of fun from the very start. She’s a bold and friendly chicken who enjoys...
