The Palazzo di Pollo is unveiled and the young chicks reveal a surprise
We are not natural carpenters here Chez Bumblebee. So when we set out to build the chicken run for the Palazzo di Pollo (Italian for Chicken Palace), we were making it up as we went along. I provided...
View ArticleForced Chicken Integration at Bumblebee Garden
For some time we have been a house divided here at Bumblebee. We had the three laying hens living in one set of accommodations and the younger chickens living in another. They showed interest in each...
View ArticleA Chicken Update…and Some Bad News About Maxine
Overall, the chickens are doing well. They have worked out their pecking order so there is a minimum of actual pecking. When they go out in the afternoons for their walkabout to hunt for bugs, they...
View ArticleT. Boone Chickens Makes Headlines
Well, perhaps not headlines. But he was recently featured prominently in the Washington Post. I am the mom of a famous rooster! Make sure that you take a look at the slide show to see his Palazzo di...
View ArticleChicken Chronicles: The Reader’s Digest Version
I love my life. But there does seem to be quite a lot of it. Between my job (not inherited that castle in Spain yet), keeping us well fed, tending the garden, the animals and ensuring the house doesn’t...
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