Kelly's Country Squawk

Roosters are tricky. All chickens have different personalities, but roosters come with strong personalities mixed with beauty and...

Two years ago, my husband and I decided to "build" a barn to store our farming equipment. My husband does not enjoy carpentry work,...

The Chick Inn, established 2020 Five years ago, I received a chicken coop for Christmas. My first chicken coop was called "The Chick...

The Rooster Memorial Heart made from my first rooster, Hulk. See full story in " He Was Mean, So We Ate Him ." Hello New...

I'm sad to announce, that after a year of blogging, that this is the 39th and final post of Kelly's Country Squawk. After writing to a...

Last month while collecting eggs inside my nesting boxes, I opened the "favorite" nesting box to collect my daily dozen. While looking...

When I started this blog around nine months ago, I intended to write about my experiences out in the country, write about chickens, and...

Spring is here and a lot of people have been asking me for advice starting their very own chicken adventure in their backyard. It can be...

The Joy of Being a Mommy Like most women who have given birth, the whole entire process for me was long, painful, and hard to anticipate...

Our house was on the market for about a year before we were the lucky ones to get it. It's a normal looking house, a nice house, and one...

Three days ago, I was between activities with my kids and was in a hurry to get my chickens inside the coop for the night. The chickens free range and roam around our house during the day, but when the sun sets, I lock them inside the coop for protection and safety. I normally take attendance of all fourteen chickens to make sure none of them get left behind. I start with the ones that are the most precious to me and have names: Speedy-check Shark Bite-check Sweet Pea

Today was a gorgeous day in southeastern Michigan. It was sunny and 5o degrees without hardly any breeze. My daughter, Rosie, and I...

People always ask me about how the chickens survive during the cold winter months. My answer is always the same....chickens are amazing...

Something entirely special and unexpected has come right out of this blog....the Squawk has started our very own recycling center in the...

Warning, this blog post is not for the faint of heart or faint of nose.... (In the Twilight Zone Voice) By night she is a writer/blogger...

It's that time of year to go to the craft store to pick out more yarn!!! Every year I crochet a huge blanket, normally starting it around Thanksgiving and finishing it around February. I'm not talented at crocheting and only know one pattern in which there is zero counting and the stitch remains the same during the entire project. The purpose behind my blanket is not to stay warm or provide my family with a handcrafted item. The blanket's only job is to keep my hands busy a

Holidays....death....family drama....winter chicken problems....Elf on a Shelf, yada, yada, yada. My last post was before Thanksgiving,...

Sweet Pea During Molting Season Every fall, my birdies stop laying eggs and start losing their feathers. It's molting season! The very ...

I wrote this post a couple of years ago, but I wanted to bring it back to share with my new readers...and also to show off my cute kids in their Halloween costumes. They look so much younger in these pictures! I hope you enjoy! Sometimes when I collect eggs from my coop, one of the chickens has mischievously pecked a hole in one of her sisters' eggs leaking yellow yolk all over my daily stash. I do not keep any eggs with yolk smeared all over them. Dried yolk is next to i

My Gramma and I have always been two peas in a pod. We were the best of pals. She would take me shopping every birthday, always take me...