Category Archives: Chicken Facts

Lucky Henny Penny

Posted on September 2, 2023 by polloplayer

Some chicks have all the luck. With all our comings and goings this summer, Ginger’s ninth birthday somehow flew by without as much as a meal worm cake to celebrate the accomplishment. We’ve never had a hen make it this … Continue reading →

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Be careful what you wish for.

Posted on July 16, 2022 by polloplayer

Willa and I had one thing in common. We both wanted baby chicks. Well, at least I thought she did. She’s been glued to the nest for a few weeks, ferociously broody. Ferocious being the operative word here, by the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Blame the Chickens.

Posted on July 11, 2020 by polloplayer

These days, it’s all COVID all the time. Except when it’s salmonella. CNN reported it a few weeks back, tying a notable increase in salmonella cases to the pandemic-related uptick in backyard flock-keeping. A lot of people decided that if … Continue reading →

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Two hens are better than one.

Posted on August 31, 2019 by polloplayer

Oh what a difference a month makes: the baby chicks are almost teenagers! While we were away, Edith and Willa grew from this: to this: Last week, Bella signaled the beginning of the end of motherhood by departing from her … Continue reading →

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Not exactly a spring chicken.

Posted on June 30, 2018 by polloplayer

I’ll be honest. Every morning I go out to open up the coop and half hold my breath wondering if she’ll still be there. She looks a little weary around the eyes these days and she’s slower to come down … Continue reading →

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Two broody.

Posted on May 19, 2018 by polloplayer

Maybe they saw Mother’s Day on the calendar. Or maybe they heard about the U.S. birth rate hitting a thirty-year low and decided to take matters into their own hands, er, feathers. I guess it’s no surprise that Bella would … Continue reading →

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My coop runneth over.

Posted on April 14, 2018 by polloplayer

There are no April showers in Southern California, so back in the years B.C.  (Before Chickens) I gave hardly a notice to the passage from “winter” (a euphemism where I live) to spring. But then life went to the birds, … Continue reading →

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Stars. They’re just like us.

Posted on April 7, 2018 by polloplayer

Well, just like *me*, at least. The glamour quotient of chicken-keeping edged up this week. Turns out I’m not the only one up to my elbows in chicken poop. A friend in NYC sent a link for an appearance at … Continue reading →

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At Le Coq Rico: the chicken and the egg.

Posted on March 10, 2018 by polloplayer

“We’re going to brunch”, said my husband. Yes, that husband. The one who never willingly goes to brunch. Okay. Where? It’s a surprise. And what a surprise it was! A glorious, whimsical, scrumptious surprise. Alsatian chef Antoine Westermann bestowed Le Coq … Continue reading →

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Chicken fever outbreak!

Posted on December 2, 2017 by polloplayer

No, I’m not talking about avian flu, but it is an illness and most definitely contagious. It can strike at any time. Symptoms: repeated murmurings along the lines of “I’d really like to get chickens someday”. Someday has arrived for … Continue reading →

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