Changes in the pecking order
There’s been changes to the pecking order of our flock, and it’s come with benefits!
Spring updates
Things keep ticking along here at The Outpost, so how are all those projects going?
An update post
A collection of updates about eggs, chickens, worms, weather, and garlic.
Eating water-glassed eggs
An attempt to avoid buying eggs as our chicken’s production drops off.
The pursuit of self-sufficiency
We’ve been here a while, so how close are we to being self-sufficient?
Max chicken
We’ve had a bit of a poultry shuffle. The ducks have found a better home, and we’ve gone max chicken!
Citrus meringue pie
A light and deceptively simple dessert that can be made in a range of flavour combinations depending on what’s available and what sounds yum!
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...
The zoo grows again
One person’s problem became our new friends with the arrival of 7 new chooks.
The egg thief
It turns out our dog, Roxy, and our free-range chickens are… not a good fit.
Turning worms into chickens
How I turned a wodge of worms into 3 egg-laying machines and made my poultry economically sustainable.
New chick in town
Lady Gaga (the chicken) has gone broody, so we’re giving her the gift of motherhood this Christmas!
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.