It is late November 2010 and these girls were born in late July 2009. This is their first mature molt. Fewer eggs have been laid and they are much more skittish.

My chickens eating soup! They are being quite civil in this… normally they frantically run around trying to steal food from each other. Perhaps it is because of the storm (hence the noisy wind in the video) that is making their little adaptive brains be more congenial.

These are our Cochin and Easter Egger mixed chicks. They are about 13 weeks old. Please leave a comment if you also have this mix, we have been looking for others like them. We got them off a lady on Craigslist that had the most beautiful barnyard mixes I have ever seen.

Where do your eggs come from…..mine come from the backyard.

Traci Torres of MyPetChicken.com shows Martha a few more things about raising chickens.

www.unctv.org A feature about people in NC raising backyard chickens. Learn about coop design, feeding, how to get chicks, and how to responsibly care for your chickens. http

Alan is feeding scratch to the hens to get them started in the morning. Thanksgiving Day 2010, -18 this morning. The greenhouse makes a great run! Six hens and 6 eggs yesterday. Backyard chickens are very entertaining. We have daily visits from the local children. Thanks to Greg Michaud from The Old Feed Store in Fort Collins, CO, for getting us started. Urban farm animals need to be allowed throughout the US. Lobby your local government to allow back yard chickens.

Agnes and Newt, my Black Australorp chickens, scratching around the yard looking for bugs to nibble on.