Category: The Birds & the Bees

Posts about the chickens, the bees, the garden, and things around the house. This is how we do it.

Ancona Chicks

On By Daphne Cybele Van SchaickIn The Birds & the Bees12 Comments
Mottled Java chick 10 days old
Ancona chick at ten days old. Note the beginnings of tail and some wing feathers.  I ordered Mottled Java, and received mainly Ancona.  More specifically, I received 20 Ancona hens, 2 Ancona roosters that were supposed to be hens, and five Mottled Java roosters. 

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Spring Comes in… on Little Bird Feet

On By Daphne Cybele Van SchaickIn The Birds & the Bees12 Comments
April snowdrops in Vermont
April snowdrops in Vermont

Spring is coming on a bit faster now, more visible and seemingly at a less glacial pace.  We have snow drops blooming under a plum tree and bits of moss greening up between stretches of dry leaves in the woods. Continue reading “Spring Comes in… on Little Bird Feet” →