Eggs, Feathers, and Fun: A Family’s Backyard Chicken Story
Welcome to 11 Chickens – a place where the charm of family, backyard chickens and fresh eggs hopefully come together. Join us, the Scarpace Family, on our journey as we learn, experience, document, and share our real stories, tips, and the joy of raising these feathered friends.
So… How did this get started?
“Hey Love, I just got an email that in Max’s class at school (1st Grade) they’re going to incubate some chicken eggs until they hatch as a class lesson. It says the kids can keep the baby chicks if they want too”, Holly said to Anthony…
…and well, it was sort of quick decision, but after giving it some thought and talking about some of benefits and logistics of raising chickens; we decided to take on any or all of the baby chickens from our sons school project.
Bla, Bla… BLOG!!!
Explore and follow along in real-time with our personal heartwarming stories, practical tips, and advice about raising chickens and enjoying fresh eggs.
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Say Hello to Chick #10
On 4/21/2025, we picked up our 10th baby chicken from our sons…
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Bringing home the first 9 chicks
On 4/17/2025, we picked up our first 9 baby chickens from our…
Fresh Eggs
It is out goal to discover the joy of collecting eggs straight from our own chickens in our own backyard.
Family Fun
Together, as we raise chickens and through our shared experiences, we hope to inspire other families to do the same.
Healthy Living
Follow along and learn as we explore the benefits of sustainable and homegrown food for a healthier lifestyle.
Recent Photos of Our Baby Chicks
We hope you enjoy our snapshots capturing the charm and joy of life with chickens.
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Brands That We Use & Reccomend
For a starter feed, we use “Organic Starter Mash”
from Scratch & Peck Feeds. www.scratchandpeck.com
For most of our building materials, gardening supplies and projects around the house and yard, we use Lowes. www.lowes.com
For video and time lapse recording, blog and social media videos, and photos; we use a HERO 13 Creator Edition from GoPro. www.gopro.com
For most of our power tools including skill saws, drills, drivers, sanders, batteries, chargers, levels, and more; we use DeWalt. www.dewalt.com
For photo and video editing, we use Adobe Creative Cloud which includes PhotoShop, Premiere and After Effects. www.adobe.com
For security, perimeter animal detection, video recording and real time live video, we use Eufy wireless cameras. www.eufy.com