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Tag Archives: Chickens
Pardon us, we’re molting.
It’s raining feathers. Step out into the chicken yard these days and it looks like someone ripped open a down comforter – feather confetti everywhere, every day. It’s been going on for weeks. Not an egg has been laid since … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry
Tagged backyard chickens, Bobbie Ann Mason, Chickens, molting chicken
3 Comments
Vigil.
I’m not good at many things, but – and yes, I’m just going to brag a little bit here – I believe I could win a medal if they held an Olympics for Avoidance and Denial. No one is better … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry, Life, Sad
Tagged animals, backyard chickens, Chickens, pet loss, pets, Rhode Island Red
10 Comments
Don’t Blame the Chickens.
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
Posted in All Things Poultry, Chicken Facts, Life
Tagged backyard chickens, Chickens, Life, poultry, salmonella
1 Comment
Easter without the eggs?
Real or perceived, there’s been talk of an egg shortage the last few weeks. Maybe due to “stress baking” or perhaps a slight hiccup in the supply chain, but whatever the cause, our hens are suddenly looking like superstars! While … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry, Life
Tagged backyard chickens, Chickens, Easter, Gail Damerow, Life, quarantine
5 Comments
Loquat-ious.
Do you ever wake up feeling utterly useless? No, of course you don’t. Because you didn’t stupidly fall recently and pulverize your arm and do who-knows-what kind of violence to your back. Ugh. A lost summer. The arm is coming … Continue reading
I need a wake-up call.
Morning is a relative term, I thought, as I woke today with a start and realized it was already past six and the sky was growing light. After all, just a few days ago, we were still in Kauai, and … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry, Life
Tagged Chickens, Hawaii, Kauai, Life, Maurice the rooster, morning, Roosters
1 Comment
Two hens are better than one.
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
Posted in All Things Poultry, Animal/Vegetable/Mineral, Chicken Facts, Life
Tagged animals, backyard chickens, Chickens, Life, pets, raising baby chicks
6 Comments
Just add chicks!
Ran into neighbors the other day who were lamenting their dwindling flock of chickens. When you have just a handful of hens and no rooster and you live in an area where hawks patrol daily and coyotes prowl by night, … Continue reading