Look what's hatching!
Woo your favorite sweetheart with
a totally chickified Valentine Love Poultry Style
Youngster Floyd is quite smitten about his Valentine, Hope, a 6 yr. old, 7 lb hen. Meet Floyd, Hope and other My Chicken Diaries
Valentines...
YY. While we'll never know for sure what Ezra and Angel (hen) said to one another, but they clearly had a meeting of hearts.  Resting on the glider in the chicken yard, Chase gives Anonna Marcella, a Silver Gray Dorking hen, a much appreciated neck massage and hugs. Aaahh, Chase, you're doing a great job! 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. (No, Lenny's not eating the goose!) .
During story time at the Friendswood, TX library, Chickadoo Suz shares a little entertaining education in her own eggspecially fowl way. .
| Romance is Always in Style! 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. While Valentine's Day is the widely recognized holiday for romance, romance is an every day occurance in the My Chicken Diaries chicken yard. During our 10 years of caring for our flock, we've watched a variety of romances come and go. On our Valentine webpage, we share the stories and pictures of some of our favorite sweethearts.
 Kiva, an Ameraucana rooster, rises to protect
his Valentine, Dinah, a Delaware hen from
and an approaching interloper.
We are so pleased that our educational outreach has grown. We've had scout troops, pre-school groups, Mom's Club outings, 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.
Spring 2011, we donated several dozen eggs to Northe Pointe Elementary School for their chick hatching science project. 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. Fall is here and the North Pointe chicks are becoming adults. The pullets are starting to lay eggs, the cockerels starting to crow and, just like the year, another life cycle is nearing completion. Yes, it's been a fun and educational year.
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. 
Please with offer charming handcrafted
More the Merrier Note Cards by Katie and
Along with our egg-centric life, this website keeps hatching and growing, too. Our new page My Chicken Diaries Site Map features photo links to our, now, 44 pages If you're looking for something special or just pecking around, we hope you enjoy your time in our coop. 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,
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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
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.  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.
When corn accidentally lands on Billy, a Pymgy goat's back, his feathery sister, Amajee, a Light Brahma hen, quite willingly lends her helping claws. She eagerly hops onto Billy's back and starts scratching and pecking. Billy, happy for the help also gets a wonderfully relaxing back scratch as Amajee claws around for the tasty, hidden morsels. Aaaahhh. August 7 is International Friendship Day. What will you do to show a friend you care?Rula Dula Duck, a day old Crested Rouen Duckling, chats with her hatchery sister, Omara, a Layorca Pullet.
In six short months, Rula has grown into a lovely full sized duck hen and joins our quacky flock. Soon she will be laying an occasional duck. Yum, yum and thank you, Miss Rula Dula!
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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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