RavenzBough Ranch

03/01/2024

There’s a new member of our team. Meet Isbjorn.
Or Bjorn.
Whichever.

01/24/2024

We let only the boys out this afternoon. Funny how different the energy is.

12/21/2023

I just finished reading a book that my cousin recommended and had to share here. If you love chickens or have had chickens, whether a handful of backyard beauties or larger flocks, this book will touch your heart!

The author shares her own experience of falling in love while also exploring how the industry treats these amazing little feathered friends. She explores the use of chickens as therapy animals and even how they can be clicker trained like a dog. She explores the history and passion of show chickens. She delves into the history of how roosters, once revered, now end up gassed and destroyed by the thousands. A topic particularly painful as we come to appreciate our 19 oops-roos more and more everyday. Heartwarming and informative, this book will make you appreciate each moment spent with your little dinosaurs. Better yet, it’ll help you understand how so many of us go mad for them.

Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them

Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them

12/18/2023

Picture of the day

12/18/2023

Sundays at RavenzBough Ranch

Featuring the Mother Clucker roosters and the Feral F¥(kers. Guest starring the Disco Ducks and Omen.

12/03/2023

Grama and her roosters

11/30/2023

James brought one of the Fast Ferals in tonight for me to see up close. He is now our second confirmed rooster from that brood. We call them feral because we were hands off with them and they run the place like a little gang and don’t interact with us much. They were the last bunch of silkie eggs we let the silkie sisters brood this summer, so they’re this band of eight tiny black mohawked fuzzy footed birds that are rarely contained and run super fast. Our punks.

11/29/2023

Morning treats with the crew

11/24/2023

Our story

When my dad passed away in 2021, we were at a bit of a crossroads. After many years of caring for him (f #€k cancer), mom was left not knowing what to do with the house and property. My son, James, and I had been living with them in a basement apartment since 2012, so after he passed away, we moved up into the main house and focused on purging the house and property while building a new life. In 2022, we started an adventure we never thought we’d get to do and got our first chickens. By the beginning of autumn, we had nine, and had fallen in love!

This past year, we’ve renovated the house, built a small farm, hatched a bunch more chicks, got ducks, and are getting ourselves ready to start selling eggs…..and maybe chicks? We do make darling chickens. The goal is to expand to emus and quail.

We welcome you on this adventure as we grow and expand and share the personalities that fill our days with joy.

11/24/2023

This is Lucifer. He is our head rooster and one of our first chicks from our start in 2022. He was supposed to be a pullet named Saphira, but is now daddy to most of our 2023 chickens. He is a Sapphire Gem and magnificent!

11/24/2023

Three of our roosters waiting for Grama to come sit back down.