Look what's hatching!
At Art on the Farm we make very fun feathered hats, held a chicken, fed Lenny, the Donkey, decorated our egg baskets and went on a REAL farm egg hunt!
We are please to introduce Carmelle Migliore, My Chicken Diaries' first Artist in Residence. Join us for Art on the Farm with Carm May 20 and June 16
 Spring is in the Air
Fresh from the hatchery 29 baby chicks and 3 ducklings are part of our spring tours. YY. Two dozens people braved the stormy Feb. Texas weather to come for Build-Your-Own Omlets and Farm Tour. Added bonus was talking Lenny for a walk.
Lenny and his friends enjoy Farm Family Adventure visitors. Yes, there were some farm chores to do, but the joys of feeding and playing with all the different animals made it all worth it. .
During story time at the Friendswood, TX library, Chickadoo Suz shares a little entertaining education in her own eggspecially fowl way. Next Story Time with Chickadoo Suz - June 28 Manvel Library. .
 Rula Dula Duck, a day old Crested Rouen Duckling, chats with her hatchery sister, Omara, a Layorca Pullet. |  Isolde, a Partridge Silkie hen, keeps her young chicks
tucked snugly warm under her wings.Celebrating Motherhood! WELCOME TO MY CHICKEN DIARIES!! We are so glad you stopped by for a visit. Scratch, peck and roost a while. There's lot of fun and adventure to share. May is designated Motherhood month at My Chicken Diaries. In April, we set a dozen hens to brood(incubate eggs). The days following Mother's Day will be very busy as the chicks peck their ways into the world. We wait with anticipation for the ever delightful sound of cheeping baby chicks. Kids and their parents/adults participating in May 20 and June 16 Art on the Farm gatherings will have the fun of meeting the babies. Along with Art on the Farm art fun, we'll also watch the new chicken moms teach them the same things to their kids that our human moms teach us - finding safe places, eating good food and enjoying warm snuggles. We invite you to join us!
 Elsa teaches her baby chicks
to find safety in the tall grass and
to find tasty bugs in the dirt
Spring is also a great time for Chicken Yard Tours. The hatched chicks, mixed breeds from three different farms, taught students and teachers about incubation and natural diversity. Our spring 2012 baby chicks will arrive from the hatchery in March, just in time to delight new storytelling sessions and farm tour group.
 Cassie, her brother Connor and her Mom, Debra, joined us for delightful Art on the Farm
morning making feather hats, eggs baskets, and hunting for real farm fresh eggs!
It warms our hearts that our educational outreach has grown. Scout troops, pre-school groups, Mom's Club outings, home school classes, family outings, school field trips and adult classes visit the farm. Chickadoo Suz has taken her feathered ambassadors to library story times and scout troop meetings sharing her eggspanding passion with curious young minds. Rooster Ron joined her at school science fairs, fundraising festivals and other community outreach activities. Sharing our chicken passion one opportunity at a time
This spring's hatchery chicks are becoming more independent every day. Soon they will be mixing with the adults all the time. For now, they are learning the ins and outs of chicken yard safety a couple hours at a time.
In the age of electronic communications, hand written notes are a heart warming gift. My Chicken Diaries offers a collection of note cards to make your note a memorable and unique eggspression. Keeping with the tradition of our cards, they are fun to send and heartwarming to receive. 
Touch someone's heart with a
Soulful Chicks Note Card
Thanks for stopping to roost. Tell your fowl friends and chicken lovers about this site and join us on Facebook where something new is always hatching. Most Chickfully Yours,
Rooster Ron and Chickadoo Suz | |
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What's the best breed for you?
Chickens for Fun and Eggs
Chick out our Leisure Learning class: Chickens for Fun and Eggs taught by Rooster Ron (Ron Doak). Learn just about everything you ever wanted to know about chickens.
Next class: Thursday, April, 28, 2011 with a "Meet and Greet the Chickens" tour following on Sunday, May 1, 2011
For more information or to register, contact Leisure Learning http://www.llu.com/.
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Every Day's an Egg Hunt
With our clever hens, some choose to lay eggs around the farm, rather than in the henhouse nesting boxes, truly turning every day into an egg hunt!
During a day on the farm, Rayven, Braden and Skylar
lent their skill at egg hunting, finding a nest of eggs under an old wheelbarrow and then cleaning and placing them in cartons. Always great to have egg-cited help!
Meet Fern, our most unconventional egg-laying hen and read other egg-citing stories
on our Eggbits page
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     Suzanne was invited to read her "This I Believe" essay
for the Houston National Public Radio series by the same name.
Now that will fluff your feathers!  |  |  |  | My Chicken Diaries
2012 Wall Calendar
will delight the fowlest
trivia lover in your life.
Celebrate Dance Like a Chicken Day, Egg Salad Week and Natl Chicken Month.
| Feather your brain or surprize and egg-centric friends with
Chicken Scratches,
an Activity Book of Games & Puzzles for Eggheads of All Ages. | My Chicken Diaries
handcrafted glass-bead
earrings will make the wearer
the cluck of the town | Well-fluffed
individual photo cards and
whimsical note card sets
make a fine homes for your
personal sentiments or
cheerful eggs-pressions |
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EGGCITING NEWS!
 With deep sorrow, we said goodbye to our dear sweet Annie Goat. Born with hereditary arthritis, after 9 years, her bones were just too injured for her to get around. Sweet dreams and having grazing in the the life beyond.
Happy 100th Anniversary to the Girls Scouts of America.
Thank you for changing so many lives and we wish you continued success in the century ahead. . 
Looking for a little hands-on
fun for your troop?
How can you have spring without the occasional shower to water the flowers? While she always loves eating all the big juicy bugs a good shower brings, Isolde, a Partridge Silkie Bantam hen, wears a bit of a scowl when a good shower also brings a bad hair day.
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People are a lot like eggs. On the outside, they come in a variety of sizes, shapes and colors. But, on the inside, they all have a heart of gold. Share your heart of gold and put an egg-stra cluck in someone's day.
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 Razor, an African Grey gander (or so we believe) and Lizzie, a Chinese white celebrated their 1st hatchdays May 7.
In February, Lizzie started laying big white goose eggs. How big is a goose egg?
Big enough to fill a pan all by itself.
How often does she lay? Three times a week.
 When is my favorite time in the chicken yard? Morning and evening, and times sharing our adventure with others. Guess that makes it just about anytime. I do love the evenings Ron and I spend out on the glider chatting with "the kids". No phones, TV's or computers. Truly a peace of Chicken Heaven.
What kind of stories do
times on the farm inspire?
A portion of our proceeds help support the following charities.
Old St. Patrick's Church(Chicago, IL), Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council (Houston, TX), Grace United Methodist Church (Manvel, TX), St Joseph's Clubhouse (Houston, TX), Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church (Houston, TX), Bay Area Turning Point (League City, TX), Matt Talbot Kitchen (Lincoln, NE), The Unitarian Church of Lincoln (Lincoln, NE), Houston Center for Independent Living (HCIL) & Greater Houston Area Special Olympics (Houston, TX).
We encourage you to share generously with these or other charities of your choosing.
May you be the change you seek. |
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