Tag Archives: Buff Orpington

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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Teen Angst.

Posted on September 28, 2019 by polloplayer

As if we hadn’t dealt with it already x 4, we’ve got teens in our midst. These two are getting their combs and feeling their oats: Edith, the Buff Orpington: And Willa, the Salmon Faverolle: At two months of age, … Continue reading →

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A new chicken chapter.

Posted on July 20, 2019 by polloplayer

Because things weren’t complicated enough with a new puppy and a broken arm, right? Life must go on, and Bella was broody. How broody? This broody: And once Bella goes broody, she goes fiercely, stubbornly, decidedly, indubitably broody. She sits … 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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Happily Ever After.

Posted on May 27, 2017 by polloplayer

Last week we were on tenterhooks – would Bella accept her adopted chicks? She seemed initially stunned by the peeping fluff balls that had materialized beneath her. They knew what to do, stay close to mom, but did she? By mid-morning, … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Mother’s Day.

Posted on May 13, 2017 by polloplayer

Bella and I are thinking about Mother’s Day. “It’s the most important thing you will ever do in your life”, I whisper to her. She growls at me and then shrieks as I pull her off her nest. Bella, my … Continue reading →

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Up with the Chickens.

Posted on July 23, 2016 by polloplayer

Sometimes it just seems like the days blur together. And other times they actually blur together, as in yesterday and today, which were linked, in my world, by only two hours of sleep. Instead of a visit from the  Sandman, … Continue reading →

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The Sky Really is Falling: Summer

Posted on February 7, 2015 by polloplayer

As my witty sister-in-law, Gail, quipped, we had a holiday of “drama and trauma”. I deeply regret following up the post about Birdie’s passing  with more tribulation, but that’s just how it has been going. As the Oracle said in … Continue reading →

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Game of Throne.

Posted on March 25, 2012 by polloplayer

The hens were making such a racket yesterday that I rushed out to the coop to see what disaster might have befallen them. Fortunately, it was only a mini-disaster: as in greed = gridlock. It all started with Coco and Lucy. Coco … Continue reading →

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It’s officially summer.

Posted on July 1, 2011 by polloplayer

For all the yadda yadda yadda about weather in southern CA, some of us think the place should be characterized as sub-Arctic most of the time. Not this week! It is a glorious, warm, sunny day. Autumn is almost done … Continue reading →

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