Congratulations to Jenion! A long time ago I had a giveaway and thought I’d have a hen pick the winner by pecking at the paper entries in a hat. What a disaster. This time around the goats offered to select a winner.

They would have liked a hat filled with paper scraps. Or just the hat. I politely declined.

Scooter wasn’t interested.

So, I used a random number generator.

Many thanks to Jenny Tiffany for donating this wonderful giveaway. Keep an eye on this blog. More giveaways to come!

Ignore the groundhog. Today I collected 8 eggs from 12 pullets. That’s a surefire prognostication. Spring is just around the corner.

We’re happy about that here.

The air is warm and moist and the ground is frozen and cold. Fog results. The muted world seems cozy and gentle on these mornings.

I read in the newspaper today that all of our snow has blown to Valdez, Alaska, where they’ve had 10 feet snow more than usual. Sorry, guys. Here we are looking towards spring. I’m planning some Chicken Keeping Workshops in April and May and will let you know when the details are finalized. If you live here in Eastern, MA, I’ll be doing a free presentation at my local, Chelmsford, Agway on February 25 at 11. I’ll be talking about starting a backyard flock.

Don’t forget to enter the Backyard Chickens Print Giveaway!

One of the great pleasures of having the HenCam is that I get to connect with such interesting people. Several years ago I heard from a chicken keeper named Jenny Tiffany in Portland, Oregon. It turns out that not only is she a lovely person, but she is also a talented artist. You can find her work at her shop on Etsy. Her prints are colorful, happy, modern and retro, AND some are of chickens.

Jenny has generously agreed to give a print to the winner of this giveaway! All you have to do is go to her site, decide which image is your favorite, and let me know here in the comments. The winner will get the print of their choice.

The Rules in Fine Print: You can have up to 3 entries: (1) Tell me which print is your favorite – you must do it here on this blog and not on Facebook! (2) Let your Facebook friends know about this contest, come back here and tell me you’ve spread the word and you get a second entry. (3) Spread the word on Twitter, let me know here, and you get a third entry.

The contest closes on Saturday morning, February 4 at 10 AM EST.

Good-luck!