Chicken Names & Divebombing Birds

We got the chickens! My dog is scared of them. They are fun to watch, they also eat from your hand. We have 6 I’ve named them all; Runningwind, Waterfoot, Scratchclaw, Stripedbeak, (who are all reddish brown) and, Whiteclaw and Goldenfoot (who are white with a little brown). They are stories behind their names. They [...]



Beavers & Bluebirds & Bees, Oh My!

The queen has brooded! That means the queen has laid eggs and they’ve hatched. After they hatch the nurse bees feed them, (I don’t know for how long) then they seal the larva inside a section of honey comb, inside they make a pupa (I think) and hatch out later. At first they can’t use [...]



Bluebirds & Bees

Today, when I got home from school, I looked out of our kitchen window at the bird feeder and I saw an Eastern Bluebird! They are our state’s bird. It had a blue back; its upper chest was red; its lower chest and underside of its tail were white-if you [...]



Introducing Guest Blogger, “StarWolf”

StarWolf is our first guest blogger. She is in 5th grade and lives on a small farm in upstate New York. StarWolf kept telling me about all the interesting things they do and see on the farm so I suggested she give us a weekly update here at the Gaia Girls blog.
StarWolf also takes excellent [...]