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Tag Archives: June Gloom
Brrrr-r-r-r-r!!!
I probably need to invest in one of those plastic squeegee things people back East use to scrape off their windshields in winter. I’ll need it to remove the ice from my computer screen, as, in addition to fog and … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry, Friends
Tagged Amber, Amelia, backyard chickens, Chez Poulet, Chickens, Daniel, Julia and Grant, June Gloom
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Weather. Or not.
We supposedly enjoy one of the country’s great climates. I mention this fact often, especially in the summer, when I start and end the day in my warmest wool sweaters. I looked at a weather map of the country last … Continue reading
Posted in Annoyances of Life
Tagged fog, June Gloom, yucky coastal southern california weather
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Nice rice
Awoke this morning to leaden skies. Yet again the gossamer tentacles of June gloom have reached into August and I would just like to petition the Czar of the Office of Climate Change (it’s my tax dollars, too, you know!) to … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry
Tagged backyard chickens, Backyard Poultry, Chickens, June Gloom
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So, where were we?
Technical difficulties. No web cam. No Internet. Why worry about North Korea when our more immediate fates are in the hands of diabolical IT techs who can muck up your digital world in a heartbeat and then CHARGE you for it. … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry, Chicken Facts
Tagged Ameracuana, Araucauna, Autumn, backyard chickens, Chickens, Easter Egger, June Gloom, pullets
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Hope
Here’s Hope at three weeks old. It’s getting harder and harder to take their pictures – they move so fast!!!! We’ve been fogged in here all week; no sun until quite late in the afternoons, so the chicks aren’t getting … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry
Tagged backyard chickens, Buff Orpington, Chickens, Hope, June Gloom, pullets, Vernon, Victoria
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They make me laugh.
The chicks had two outings today. They spent almost an hour in their run this afternoon when the sun finally peeked out (alas, June gloom has returned with its cat feet intact…). and then again this evening before dusk. Chloe is … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry
Tagged baby chicks, Chickens, Chloe, June Gloom, pullets
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Felt like spring today.
Enough of this June gloom! Like the rest of us, the girls enjoyed a day of sun. We brought them out to the run for a half an hour or so during which they vigorously pecked at everything they could … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry, Spoiled Pets
Tagged backyard chickens, Chickens, Chloe, Golden Retriever, June Gloom, pullet
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