Rooster

(Photograph copyright 2016 by Dan Routh)

Looking back in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Chickens Feeding

(Photograph copyright 2014 by Dan Routh)

Chickens in the back yard. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Plymouth Rock

(Photograph copyright 2013 by Dan Routh)

Columbian Plymouth Rock hen. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

White Chicken

(Photograph copyright 2012 by Dan Routh0

Neighbor's chicken. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

The King is in the (Chicken) House

(Photograph copyright 2012 by Dan Routh)

Elvis, our Sexlink rooster, at our home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Eggs in the Stable

(Photograph copyright 2012 by Dan Routh)

We have a chicken coop in our back yard in Grays Chapel, North Carolina, and we have nesting boxes for our chickens to lay in. But, we let them free range most of the time and they occasionally decide to use other spots. When we were short of eggs for a couple of days, I looked around and found a dozen in the corner of a stable in the barn.

Marco Polo, RIP

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

The crow is gone, but not forgotten.

Portraits Most Fowl

From an ongoing series of chicken portraits. Barbara, Elvis and Rita.

(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

View from the Feed Bowl

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

Chickens feed in their lot in our backyard in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Afternoon Take

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

Part of the afternoon egg take, two Bard Rocks and a Bantam.

New Chicken

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

Closeup of one of our new roosters, a Black Australorp.

Marco Polo

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

Our bantam rooster Marco Polo held court in the chicken coop yesterday morning at our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Rising Meadow Rooster

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh}

A neighborhood rooster on a recent afternoon.

Dominecker Rooster

(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

Dominecker rooster, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Laying Eggs, a Group Effort

(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

We have about a dozen laying hens in our backyard chicken run, and we have eight laying boxes. So, you would expect eggs to be pretty evenly distributed among the boxes. Go figure.

Feeding Time

Hens queue up to the feed bowl in the afternoon in our backyard in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

Red Hen

(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

Red hen, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Rooster

(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

Portrait of a neighborhood "Dominecker" rooster, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Feeding the Chickens

(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)

A bird's eye view at feeding time in our barnyard in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Gathered Eggs

(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)

The daily take from our modest flock of chickens on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.