Musings

Florida Coop Winterization

Florida Coop Winterization

The tropics are usually hot, muggy, and often, rainy. My Coop needs EXTRA ventilation, for cooling! This poses a slight issue for a couple weeks out of the year, when it actually might get cold enough for the chickens to wish there wasn’t an icy 

Beauty Berry

Beauty Berry

Callicarpa Americana (American beautyberry) Makes a great butterfly plant and wild bird forage. My chickens love the berries if I knock them down or they can reach. Plant is good for bug repellent, and a lovely jelly if you want to get sugary with an 

Candlestick Cassia

Candlestick Cassia

This beauty is great for butterflies, and a healthful addition to a tea 🙂

Good Eats for Everyone

Good Eats for Everyone

Urban Chicken Farm Chickens are on a strict diet, for their health, and ours! I believe that we are what we eat, and thus we are, in part, what the chickens eat(because they feed us). Since we are what we eat, we should nurture and 

Colored and Speckled Eggs!

Colored and Speckled Eggs!

These eggs shells are beautiful, and made that way from nature! This is something people may be unfamiliar with. The reason for the rainbow of egg colors is that certain breeds of chickens lay different colored eggs, its just that simple. Some people gasp and 

Blackbeard, the Original Rooster

Blackbeard, the Original Rooster

Blackbeard totally rules the yard, keeps the peace, and leads by example to teach the young roosters how to act. He is here to stay…

Hello world!  Urban Chicken Farm is on the Internet :)

Hello world! Urban Chicken Farm is on the Internet :)

It has taken me a long time, to make the time, and I’m happy to be starting my website 🙂 Although, I much preferred the name Urban Hen Farm… Nevertheless, I think this will be a great site that creates a great community of backyard