The story I’m about to tell may make you think differently about me. I feel differently about myself. It started this past spring. To fill out my coop I ordered six female chicks from My Pet Ch...
http://bumblebeeblog.com/2015/01/12/story-little-man-dont-push-robin-far/
It was a sad week here at the homestead. It started when my most beloved three-year-old rooster, T. Boone Chickens, developed a serious abscess on his big chicken foot. I hauled him off to the ve...
http://bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/13/good-bye-t-boone-chickens/
Once again I am renaming the small garden area on the side of the house. Back when Winifred, our sweet Belgian Malinois, was still with us, we called it Winnie’s Poop Garden. It was not a place...
http://bumblebeeblog.com/2009/08/26/update-from-the-chicken-garden/
Due to my down time in the fall, I have been far behind on my spring gardening activities. That means that I don’t have loads of beautiful garden photos to show off right now, though rest assur...
http://bumblebeeblog.com/2009/04/22/feathers-and-fur-in-the-garden/
This is a sad blog post to write, because once again tragedy has struck here at Bumblebee. Almost since our chickens arrived, we have been in the habit of letting them out of their Palazzo and fe...
http://bumblebeeblog.com/2009/03/06/bumblebee-chickens-attackednews-of-an-injury-and-a-loss/
For at least a couple of hours each day our chickens get the run of the yard. For the most part, they wander around happily hunting and pecking for bugs. Occasionally, they’ll all nestle down b...
http://bumblebeeblog.com/2009/01/22/those-crazy-chickensknocking-at-the-door/
Minnie Ruth, the mis-named rooster, has a new name. It seems that most people think he is best re-named Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash at two weeks—when we thought he was a she—and now. Frankly, ol...
http://bumblebeeblog.com/2008/12/28/renaming-the-chicken-formerly-known-as-minnie-ruth/
There is dissension in our happy home and it has come to this. We must hold a vote to decide the new name for The Chicken Formerly Known as Minnie Ruth. In case you haven’t been following the c...
For some time we have been a house divided here at Bumblebee. We had the three laying hens living in one set of accommodations and the younger chickens living in another. They showed interest in ...
http://bumblebeeblog.com/2008/10/31/forced-chicken-integration-at-bumblebee-garden/