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June…or Junior?
Had a chat with a neighbor who is a fellow chicken keeper. We’ve swapped notes about our birds before and we’ve consoled one another after the coyotes roared through, treating our coops as the neighborhood KFC’s. Always look forward to … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry
Tagged Ameraucana chick, animals, backyard chickens, Chickens, how to tell if you have a rooster, Life, pets
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No Fairytale Ending.
I’ve been – so far – quite lucky in love and in life; my heart remains mostly intact. But one small part of it has been frayed and mended, over and over, so that by now it must be patched … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry, Sad
Tagged animals, baby chicks, backyard chickens, Chickens, Life, pet loss, pets, raising baby chicks
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Happily Ever After.
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
Posted in All Things Poultry
Tagged animals, baby chicks, backyard chickens, broody hen, Buff Orpington, Chickens, Life, pets, raising baby chicks
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Babies for Bella!
It has been a long, sleepless night and this midwife is tired! Yesterday noon we picked up two darling peeping chicks at the feed store, a Blue Cochin and an Ameraucana. Cochins are the Asiatic breed fancied by Queen Victoria. … Continue reading
Mama Drama.
Just like clockwork, Bella has gone completely, absolutely, magnificently broody. Like Hope before her and in the spirit of the reliably broody Buff Orpington breed, Bella has spent the last week glued to the nest, convinced she is presiding over a … Continue reading
A Disturbance in the Flock.
What I’m thinking today is that chickens are a lot like humans. Yes, I know they are actually the last extant remnant of the dinosaur, but mine are acting a lot more like humans. Fickle, moody, argumentative, rapacious. It was … Continue reading
In Dog Years, She’s Perfect.
Chloe just turned ten. And I don’t want to talk about it. I know what they say about dog years. Well, la la la la la with my fingers plugged in my ears to that! Here are some Chloe pix … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Family, Animal/Vegetable/Mineral
Tagged animals, dogs, Golden Retriever, Life, love, pets
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