Tag: chickens
“SURE, WE CAN GET A FEW CHICKENS.”
From a few chickens to a full 501(c)(3) animal rescue, see how Legendary Acres grew into a sanctuary for animals needing a safe place to land.
Fear of Chickens: Alektorophobia
The fear of chickens is called alektorophobia. Alektorophobia or the fear of chickens is derived from the Greek word ‘Alektor’ which means ‘rooster’ and ‘phobos’ meaning ‘fear’.
Who needs nesting boxes?
Not Lucy (Lucille Ball) who finds this bin of bedding pellets just fine and out of the way. What a cozy comfy space to leave us an egg a day!
Black Sex Link Chickens
New theory that Melvin and Marvin are Black Sex Links? The Black Sex-Link is an excellent brown egg layer. It was created from a Barred Rock hen and a Rhode Island Red cockerel. This creates a very versatile bird that is a great egg layer, has the temperament of a…
Brown, Light Brown, Green Eggs
Which chicken laid which egg? Play along with us as we figure it out!
We’ve gotten eggs!
We posted our first egg on instagram on Thursday, May 20th! Since then we’ve gotten almost 2 dozen keepers – and found a bunch of soft shelled/first eggs around the coop and under their roosts. We imagine the first egg is like, whoa, what’s this? Not being sure they just…
Who Broke the Chickens? Sunbathing chickens look really silly.
The first time some people see sunbathing chickens you begin to wonder if they are broken. The expressions! The Feathers! The positions! There is just no way to explain the beautifulness that is a sunbathing chicken! Way to go #bigbird for demonstrating the point! #luckycluckers #whobrokethechickens #bigbird #sunbathingbeauties
