CHICKENS: Coop dreams, and some very amateur carpentry
My most serious foray into carpentry yet… I made it up as I went but turned out better than I expected! And it’s survived the gale today… so far. Fingers crossed. It was a good learning experience, and practice for the more…
CHICKENS: two-fer yer noodle
Double yolk fancy-pants ramen! I’m chicken-sitting for Dave Snyder at one of the Heartland Alliance farm sites while he travels for the holidays… stopped by today to get a coop tour and keys and took a couple eggs home. Thought I’d make…
CHICKENS/HOME: dead air
Where’d we go? Explanations forthcoming. Spring is in the air, the egg avalanche continues, seeds are planted and many more want planting. Planted seeds want watering. Coops need cleaning. Dogs walking. Sunshine to bask in. Budgets to reconcile. A house and a…
CHICKENS: hope springs…
Had a false-alarm scare this morning when I went out to feed the chickens and collect eggs… the older, mega-matron Maran was not out clamoring with the other girls at the feeder. I looked around the coop, cooing loudly *chook chook chook…
CHICKENS: A murder mystery (sadly a true story, not a caper)
Things are pretty good here, though amazingly busy, hence the lack of updates. Unfortunately, bad news brings me back here… nothing other than a chicken murder mystery this morning. I knew something was off when the speckled Sussex was out of the…