Red Bucket Farm

Marilyn laid her first egg today! She's been preparing for this big moment for a few weeks. Yesterday morning she snuggled in a nest ...

Our spring chicks are now eight weeks old and no longer little balls of fluff. They have grown adult feathers and spend their days outsid...

Cassie the Easter Egger has finally started laying eggs again! Her last egg was Dec. 21, nearly eight weeks ago. It's normal for molt...

Some hens begin their egg-laying career with little fanfare, while other hens require extra encouragement. Generally speaking, I do not fus...

Ruby has just begun laying her first eggs! She is a hybrid known sometimes as Red Star, Comet, or Golden Buff. The females are veritable ...

The spring chicks at Red Bucket Farm are growing quickly. They hatched April 8 and arrived here on the farm April 10. Their earliest week...

The hens at Red Bucket Farm are laying eggs once again! After a long winter rest, the girls are back to work. Supplemental lighting has b...

I'll admit that I'm pretty frustrated with my backyard flock of hens. We haven't gathered an egg from these girls since Novem...

Do you remember the classic children's book called The Little Engine That Could ? It was a story about a Little Blue Engine who was d...