Showing posts with label chickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chickens. Show all posts

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Urban Chickens: The Apple Clash

Once upon a time, there were two chickens named Joann and Ursula. These two chickens live in a quaint little cage with an attached hen house where they frolic and peck all day to their hearts content. They often receive gifts of cantaloupe, corn, and apples from the tree across the yard. 

Although their lives are simple and quiet, Joann and Ursula become restless and decide to attempt internet dating, a simple way to spice up their vanilla lives. On a site called "Cluck and $%#@", these bright young ladies fall madly in love with the same rooster, Colonel Corn. The following video is the result of...

THE APPLE CLASH 

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Urban Chickens

Hi there! How's your Thursday going? Mine has been really fun but cold... (frowny face!). But, these photos of our chickens will surely bring a small smile to your face...

Meet Urusula and Joann
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Now, these two silly little girls were already in residence when I moved in but I have loved getting to know them. They almost look like little dinosaurs the way they walk and move around. For the most part, because we live in a suburb, the chickens are penned but we move the pen every few days in order to give them fresh grass to munch on. Those two metal drums in the back are their other source of food, and that dark hole that seems to lead to nowhere is their coop, which keeps them warm at night.
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If you have never considered keeping chickens, you definitely should because producing your own food is one of the best ways to be sustainable! These little ladies are too young yet to produce eggs but in about a year or so they will have some glorious, fresh eggs for us to enjoy. Although I didn't help set up this little habitat, there's a nice website here that should help you get started. Chickens are awesome because they are fairly inexpensive to keep, they provide great entertainment if you have kids (or are a kid at heart like me!), they provide eggs that are fresh and organic, and if you move their pen around, they keep the weeds out of your lawn! I think ours are Penedesenca chickens but I am not 100% certain. Don't  you wanna take Joann home with you?