Double Up Farm

I am not a big fan of roosters, but Lieutenant Dan has been pretty nice. He is very good to the ladies, he ignores me, and he is...

If you care enough to buy cage free eggs, care enough to do the right thing. If you care, ASK the person selling you eggs. I appreciate...

You may recall that I am all about the hens, and the eggs. And if you hang around farmish egg people, you know that fresh eggs can be...

Well, we have solved the mystery of why the Welsummer hens were not laying. I particularly wanted this breed because they lay such...

(for those of you who care: Tobias, Skyler, Ada, and Will) I really love my sheep - in so many ways. I knew I would, but I never...

It occurred to me today that in the event of an emergency, I would save my chickens before most people. I really love and admire my hens...

The slacker hens have been on my list this summer. I am between flocks - the older hens are slowing down, the little hens were not old...

We've had chickens for quite a few years now. And there are two things that have never, ever gotten old: New Layers - when young hens...

A little over a year ago, Thorin Oakenshield was attacked by a hawk and badly injured. She lost the sight in one eye, half her wattle,...

I went outside this evening to weed the garden. I was totally side-tracked by the chickens and realized, finally, after 55 years, what...

So there is a thing some chickens do. They think it is time to hatch their eggs, so they sit on the nest for weeks and weeks and weeks -...

Our favorite hens have always been Buff Orpingtons, and we have always named all of them Ethel. My best hen ever (Ethel) used to stay...

I just adore chickens - fussing about with them, building little things for them, insisting they cuddle even though they hate it. The...

I love my chickens - don't tell the dogs, but they may be my favorite part of the farm. But, they do not have really long life spans,...