Monthly Archives: March 2016

Walk With Me.

Posted on March 26, 2016 by polloplayer

Dateline, NYC, but I am thinking this morning about California. Met a woman on my flight – polo shirt, pearls, Connecticut, of course – who literally had never heard of Santa Barbara and who was none too impressed with the … Continue reading →

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Drumstick Please: It’s National Poultry Day

Posted on March 19, 2016 by polloplayer

It’s your clucky day! Whether it’s shrink-wrapped in your refrigerator, a tub of extra-crispy at the drive-through or, as in my case, cackling in the coop, today, March 19, is National Poultry Day, declared by someone at some point (no … Continue reading →

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Forwarding Address: Roost Bar, North/The Coop

Posted on March 12, 2016 by polloplayer

The eagles, so to speak, have landed. Operation Instant Flock is completed! And no one is more surprised than I am at its success. The time-tested “recipe” for mixing new birds with established hens is to wait until the young … Continue reading →

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Winter Chicks: Adding to the Flock

Posted on March 5, 2016 by polloplayer

“Chicken math”, they call it. It is the way we rationalize the addition of cute little baby chicks without necessarily penciling out the consequences of the total sum. Ask any flock keeper what they would do differently if they could … Continue reading →

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