Tag Archives: Light Brahma

Amelia; June 2009 – September 2010

Posted on September 26, 2010 by polloplayer

We lost Amelia early this morning. Thanks to Victoria and Alexandra for making her last few weeks as comfortable as possible; thanks to everyone who threw a treat Amelia’s way during her brief (but very happy!) life.

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The yolk’s on us.

Posted on March 22, 2010 by polloplayer

Some news is just too big to wait for the weekend: Amelia laid an egg-stravagance! I had a suspicion that it might be what chicken folk call a double-yolker, and I was right:

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Cold and Hungry.

Posted on February 6, 2010 by polloplayer

BRRRR! I know it’s rude and inconsiderate to complain about the cold when a record-breaking blizzard is pelting other parts of the country, but baby it’s cold outside! Winter is a subtle proposition when it’s not defined by wind chill. … Continue reading →

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They work hard for their living…

Posted on December 18, 2009 by polloplayer

Thanks to me, you’ll now be channeling that old Donna Summer song all day. “She works hard for the money, so hard for it honey, she works hard for the money, do you better treat her right” The girls have … Continue reading →

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Gridlock in the coop, and Autumn goes AWOL

Posted on December 11, 2009 by polloplayer

We had a full-up traffic jam on the nesting counter yesterday. Hope was camped out in her preferred spot in what I call her “laying trance” – feathers fluffed and eyes glazed  – very serious about this business of laying eggs. … Continue reading →

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Egg on my face.

Posted on December 6, 2009 by polloplayer

I know you’re all waiting with bated breath for the update: yesterday I told you that Lily was sitting in the nesting spot Hope created, but I was wrong! A case of mistaken identity: it wasn’t Lily – it was … Continue reading →

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Rite of Passage

Posted on October 21, 2009 by polloplayer

Coming-of-age rituals are common in the human world. Celebrations and solemn ceremonies abound. For chickens, however, things are less exciting. No engraved invitations. No limos or live bands. Poor dears, all they get is a new bag of food that … Continue reading →

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Hither and thither.

Posted on September 11, 2009 by polloplayer

Home from NYC, briefly. Leaving again tomorrow for LA, where daughter, Angela, is participating in her first triathlon. Have had nary a moment with the chickens, although when the CE and I greeted them yesterday morning after being away for … Continue reading →

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In Purgatory.

Posted on August 27, 2009 by polloplayer

I cannot seem to get through Dante’s Purgatorio. Seven more Cantos loom, not to mention the queue of books I had planned to read by end of summer. Time does not simply fly, it whooshes past. What’s the hurry, I wonder? … Continue reading →

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Everything is under control.

Posted on August 15, 2009 by polloplayer

No, the weather has not improved, but Dizzy positioned himself at the Chunnel this morning, presumably to check passports, so we know that despite whatever other chaos reigns today, Chickenland will be in good hands. Or, rather, paws. I read … Continue reading →

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