Ooooohhhh, doves! We got 2 Mille Fleur D’uccles this fall on an impulse(met some random dude off the intranets in a pet store parking lot) and they lay the cutest little cream colored eggs. Bantams are the cutest and very friendly. We have friends hatching Polish chicks now (they have the funny feathers on the top of…

The color of the eggshell is based on the breed of chicken. A leghorn (white chicken- think Foghorn leghorn) lays white eggs. A Rhode Island Red hen lays brown eggs. The Ameracauna hen lays blue eggs. A light Brahma will lay pinkish eggs. Buff Orpingtons lay golden eggs...sorry to be such a chicken nerd.

You don’t want them to eat their own eggs. Typically you offer them organic feed and next to their feed, provide a tin of grit that they can take as they need it for both digestion and for extra calcium.

No, could you be eggagerating a bit?

My youngest daughter begged us to get chicks/chickens for pets and eggs. She could always detect a slight metalic taste to store bought eggs. We are in the ‘burbs on an acre fenced in and have 11 hens. The kids are teens now and we get 4-5 dozen a week whivh all get eaten or we bring as hostess gifts instead of wine.…

Crazy chicken lady here: We feed our chickens grit (which is ground-up oyster shells) for calcium as we don’t want them to eat the eggs we raise them to lay. They also love love scrambled eggs and can pick a roasted chicken carcass clean! They love table scraps like veggies and meat. We also give them crushed red…

He had MONEY and was a sociopath. I am amazed at what friends and family overlook and enable when power and influence are in play. Sadly, I have seen it play out firsthand and continue to see it with our sociopath president. 

My childhood friend was murdered by her ex-husband after years of abuse. He abused her and her kids, brutally raped her (she was hospitalized), beat the sh!t out of the kids(hospitalized), and used the legal system to drag out their divorce for 5 long years leaving her penniless. She was murdered and dismembered with…

We are a family of 5. I have constantly hungry teenagers. We raise chickens for eggs only and my husband and son hunt in the fall for deer. This is our meat for most of the year. They also go fishing in Alaska in the spring for halibut and sockeye salmon. So for protein, we primarily eat eggs 3x a week. I can’t wait…

I used to be vain and obsessed with premature aging and skincare. Then I had kids. I’m lucky to get sunscreen on.

You also cannot on the surface understand thr complexities of domestic violence. For someone to leave or stay may be a matter of life and death. Children stuck in these situations are used as pawns and manipiulated. It can be either or both parents doing it. It is heartbreaking to watch a child go through this. You…

I am close friends with a single dad that got full custody of his daughter when she was 3 months old. His daughter is my almost 16 year-old daughter’s best friend. This young lady is an incredible human being! He has done an amazing job.

The #1 reason for a cop to pull you over is expired registration or inspection stickers. My husband is in the auto industry and obsessively checks our friends and families cars to remind them when they are overdue. These stickers don’t make us safer, it is about revenue.

Awkward teenage chickens get their feathers in over their downy fuzz and look pretty fucking awesome, too.

Write down questions. I always ask, “Can you describe your ideal candidate for this role?” and write down their answer. Then I match my skills and experience to their answer to sell them on why I would be a great fit.

This is awful! One of our dogs last week(we have 3 rescues) was puking for 2 days straight and went completely lame and we had to rush him to the vet. I honestly thought he was going to die. He has Lymes Disease. His girl never left his side. Happy to report he made a full recovery and is back to destroying toys and hu…

Amen!

I feel your pain. I am not a single mother, but have 3 kids and the time window when schools will receive children (8-8:15)are ridiculous! What is worse, our elementary school didn’t provide bus transportation for kids within 1.5 miles, so mine walked or biked to school every day. Otherwise, I’d be sitting in a car…

We love our Goosey Girl...was tempted to have her do the FB 10-year challenge with her as an egg and now but she is only a year... She is a very smart and funny hen and the favorite of all of my kids-she doesn’t cluck, but honks and wants to follow you all around the yard with her very distinct and adorable walk…