Category: Chicken art

Easter Egg Coloring

What better way to make a tribute to all the hens that provide us than to to color eggs and celebrate one of the great traditions of Easter!


 

We tried out an egg coloring option that involved whipped cream:

 

 

See the results & enjoy your Easter Eggs, whatever way you like them!

A brief history of chickens

Prairie chicken pipe

This Native American ceremonial pipe from nearly two thousand years ago doesn’t represent a domesticated chicken — just a prairie chicken. But it got me thinking about how deeply intertwined our lives are with the lives of our animals.

Animal domestication timeline

Chickens were late to the domestication party, but they’ve since been represented widely in art and cutlure.

Chickens in culture

Want to learn more about chickens past and present? Check out the online exhibit the image above came from at Uncooped.org.