
The Crow Brothers: Why My Best Security System Has Feathers
Three outlaws moved in over the coop this spring. I’ve stopped calling them pests and started calling them staff.

When Pearl Turns Out to Be Pete: How to Tell If Your Hen Is a Rooster
She was supposed to be a hen. That was the arrangement. And for three and a half months nothing about her suggested otherwise.

How to Deal with an Aggressive Rooster
Most advice about aggressive roosters skips the first question, which is whether you actually have one.

5 Things I Learned From Babysitting Pigs
Puddles is the brown one. Cookie is black with a white stripe on his back. Both born this spring, which makes them big enough to be a project and young enough to still be figuring the world out — same as me!
