Tag Archives: backyard chickens

The price of eggs.

Posted on January 14, 2023 by polloplayer

My first thought while scrolling through news items and seeing someone report that the cost of a dozen eggs was just shy of $12.00 was that this must be someone’s idea of a yolk. I checked our local sources which … Continue reading →

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When Beauty became a Beast.

Posted on January 7, 2023 by polloplayer

Here we are, almost fourteen years into flock keeping and still learning. Sometimes the hard way. When we brought these two precious ones home, we thought broody Willa would be their mama. But Willa wasn’t having it. That was our … Continue reading →

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Demoted.

Posted on September 24, 2022 by polloplayer

Well. I should have known. The chicken yard is an eerily reasonable facsimile of real life, a messy microcosm of worst selves laid bare for all to see. There we were, peaceable kingdom and all, enjoying the last thin rays … Continue reading →

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Feathers, unruffled.

Posted on September 14, 2022 by polloplayer

So. Much. Chicken drama! There have been a lot of ruffled feathers – especially mine – as Willa hit the two month mark on being broody with no end in sight. Not to mention the continued ferrying of the two … Continue reading →

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The price of eggs.

Posted on August 27, 2022 by polloplayer

“Oh, you have chickens! How nice not to have to buy eggs!” Well. Yes. And no. The full disclosure is that we’ve gotten exactly one egg in the last two weeks. I’m thinking of putting it in a museum. Those … Continue reading →

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Chicken lady for life.

Posted on August 6, 2022 by polloplayer

We’d been invited to lunch at a lovely club by a lovely couple we barely knew. Hoping to make a good impression, I was actually wearing shoes that weren’t flip flops or sneakers. Nice try. But no. Because as we … Continue reading →

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Wild Kingdom.

Posted on July 23, 2022 by polloplayer

It had been a typical day. All the usual minutiae with a highlight of a major plumbing crisis under the kitchen sink. Our cocktail reading hour was mercifully upon us at long last and the CE decided the week-old baby … 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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One hot mama.

Posted on July 9, 2022 by polloplayer

Willa is broody! How do we know? Well, for one thing, she won’t leave the nest. She’s fluffed up like a turkey. And she’s hot and bothered. Literally. When you pick her up, you can feel how warm she is. … Continue reading →

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A Word from the Birds: The 3 Most Common Questions We Get About Chickens.

Posted on April 9, 2022 by polloplayer

This blog was born way back in 2009 to record our foray into flock-keeping. Back then you were actually considered kind of cool if you had chickens and especially if you had a blog. Now, people just think we’re farmers … Continue reading →

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