Author: Bill Radford

My bathtub is home to four baby chickens that will join the flock outside once they get bigger. The chicks were ordered through Marcy Matthews, aka “the Chick Chick.” Matthews, who maintains her own flock on her Falcon property, became the Chick Chick several years ago after noticing that with the increased popularity of urban…

I doubt you’ll find a more distinctive front yard in the Falcon area than Pam Rushing’s. Rushing is a personal trainer, and her front yard is an obstacle course. There’s a cargo net to climb and massive tires to pull. There’s a jungle gym, ropes, balance beam, A-frame and more. Rushing began her unique landscaping…

They’re going to get bigger. That’s the thing Ari Smith, who raises miniature pigs at Colorado Cutie Pigs near Elbert, wants people to understand about her – and anyone’s – pigs. Yes, as infants they may be so small they can fit into a teacup – thus some market them as “teacup pigs” – but…

Cheryl Sellin was driving on Meridian Road in Black Forest when the car in front of her “just swerved like crazy.” The car kept going, but Sellin stopped to investigate the cause of the near accident: a pot-bellied pig that had ventured onto the road. The pig returned to a ditch, but Sellin was worried…

I was introduced to a herd of yaks recently – something you don’t see every day. But maybe not as rare as you might think, either. “Colorado has a bunch of yak ranches,” says Carl Koop, who raises yaks with his wife, Eileen, on their Bijou Basin Ranch outside of Elbert. Still, you’re more likely…

Sandra Hawman’s country roots run deep in El Paso County. Hawman, 67, was born in Colorado Springs and has lived in the Falcon area with her husband, Larry, for 30-plus years. But a look at her family tree shows a much longer history in the area. A recent column on the ghost town of Eastonville…