Meet the Chickens: Goldie

Name: Goldie Breed: Gold-Laced Wyandotte Gender: Hen Egg Color: Light Brown Role in Flock: Nice Girl, Explorer Goldie was one of our original chicks and remains one of the beauties of the flock (at least to humans – not sure what makes a chicken sexy.) She looks like she’s been gilded. She’s sweet and she lays…

Goldie’s Close Encounter, or Our Hawk Problem

Goldie’s Close Encounter, or Our Hawk Problem We’ve been having an issue with hawks. It’s winter, and there must not be much for them to feed on. We came out several weeks ago and found Penny’s dead, headless body frozen on the driveway. Fairly gruesome. We weren’t sure what did it. When Dominique disappeared some…