Chickenless

A few days ago Dad took me to the farm of Marilyn and Roy to deliver some empty egg cartons.  Marilyn gave me a tour of her local poultry enterprise.  Marilyn and Roy also keep bees, a fish pond, raise rabbits, garden, ...

Michael and Taj were relieved when I came home empty handed... we are still a chickenless family! :(

Chickens in Diapers

This idea was brought up on the Yahoo Vandwellers Group (a great group for the mobile community).  Some travel with cats and dogs... now you can have a chicken in your vanstead without fear of a mess:

http://www.chickendiapers.com/Catalog.html. The chicken on the front page of this link is one of the cutest chickens ever!

I also found this site for all your pet chicken needs:
http://www.mypetchicken.com/

I know a van dweller that traveled with a pet chicken once (in a bus).  Charlene reported that her chicken would like to ride on her shoulder while she was driving.  She would stop to let it out and she didn't have a mess.


If you're saying to yourself  "I *have* to get a chicken in my vanstead",  I've found just the group for you: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/housechickens/. I've only been a member for a very short time, but it isn't hard to see that these folks are some of the nicest people you could ask for in a group.

Vansteading Topics

I took the above picture from Vantramps.  All this talk of vansteading is giving Taj (and I suspect also my husband) nightmares!

I'm going to postpone the blog I had planned for today (on perennial food plants). We're driving through Iowa and we've had spotty internet coverage.  Besides, I wanted to mention the comments section.  Kylie has added so many great links to the comments area; I want to take the time to view them all before posting further.  Thanks Kylie! 

I also wanted to mention that I'll soon be posting about other vansteader topics, such as:

• Van crafts (e.g. spinning, leather working, quilting, sewing, ...)
• Preserving food
• Wood stoves for your vanstead
• Vanstead designs
• Continued gardening topics
• Keeping chickens (shhhhh, don't tell Taj and Mike)
• Vanstead cooking and baking
• and much more

I'll be back tomorrow with a new topic.