Stoney Acres

2011 saw the addition of a small flock of chickens to Stoney Acres.  They arrived at our place on May 30th.  So we have been taking care of chickens for 7 months now.  We are very pleased with the chicken experience so far.  Chickens are really quite easy to care for.  We spend no more [...]

Northern Utah winters can be pretty cold.  I know that other parts of the world have it a lot worse than we do, but we still see some chilly weather, especially in December and January.  This brings some added challenges for chicken owners.  As new chicken owners we have done a lot of research on [...]

Our little flock of chickens is now 34 weeks old and we have had them at our place for 25 weeks.  I thought now would be a good time to give an update as to how things are going and our feelings about chickens after having them around for 6 months. I’ll break this down [...]

After 32 weeks of waiting we finally had our first 6 egg day today!!  That means that we now know for sure that all our hens are laying!!  It came a little later that we expected.  We got our first on September 18th when the hens were 25 weeks old.  Finally 7 weeks later we [...]

“HAM AND EGGS – A day’s work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig.”     Our first big breakfast with fresh laid eggs, these beauties were added to a little bacon and cheese in some delicious toaster sandwiches!!   THANKS CHICKS!!! #call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}