Chickens love coprosma
An accidental observation leads me down a rabbithole.
The pros and cons of owning chickens
If you love eggs, you might be thinking about owning some chickens… but should you?
Max chicken
We’ve had a bit of a poultry shuffle. The ducks have found a better home, and we’ve gone max chicken!
Baby chickens!
There’s some new arrivals in our flock!
The eggless chickens
Every year about this time, our chickens stop laying eggs. Each year I swear I’ll be ready for it the next, but it always, always seems to catch me by surprise. One day we’ll look in the cupboard and there’s no eggs. Our supply is dry. It’s...
Garden time
A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.
The roosters
A couple of months ago, we welcomed some new chickens, and now the roosters are crowing.
A slew of updates
Generally, I blog about what’s new, and what’s going on right now. Today, I’m looking back and providing some updates on stuff from the past 2 years.
The zoo grows again
One person’s problem became our new friends with the arrival of 7 new chooks.
Digger dog
It turns out our dog, Roxy, just looooves to dig!
The giant compost pile
When life gives you organic matter, make compost.
The egg thief
It turns out our dog, Roxy, and our free-range chickens are… not a good fit.
Our chicken coop
After I decided I was ready for chickens, I had to find them a house. 3 years down the track, I evaluate how I did.
Turning worms into chickens
How I turned a wodge of worms into 3 egg-laying machines and made my poultry economically sustainable.
Trees that count
Last week I went on a planting spree and we got 70 native trees into the soil.
About Kat
Kat is a gardener and purrveyor of Kat's Nip. Most Sundays she writes about her life on her lifestyle block in Te Hiku (Far North), New Zealand.
