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• Lesson 794 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“That’s why God made moms.”Wendy Griffin is one of my computer geeks. He’s home after finishing his 2nd year at RIT and has hopes... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 PETS

• The Biosecurity Risk of Coop Tours

  Here is a post I wrote about the Biosecurity hazards of coop tours for Community Chickens. I realize that these have become fun and trendy events but the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 792 – Grasshoppers and Babies

  

  The high schoolers have finals this week which means that they are getting home early from school.And this also means that they are hanging around the house,... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 791 – Good Thing

  

  Good Lord, all I can say is that it’s a good thing we’re done making a family.This little guy just reaches out and tugs at my ovaries.*sigh* babies in the... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 790 – Same as Always

  

  A friend of mine who recently tried to hatch some eggs and got a less than stellar performance (6 of the 48 eggs hatched) opted to receive a shipment of 34 (or... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 789 – Game of Nesting Boxes

  

  This is the story of our integrating a new alpha adult bird into our flock.  Still smarting from our horrific experience with Violet, I had plans to slowly... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 788 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“Rain, rain, go away.”It’s been raining on and off for the last week and while the cooler temperatures have been appreciated, the... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 787 – Civilization and Nesting Boxes

  

  For those of you who think you need a nesting box for each of your birds (because, after all, you are a civilized chicken farmer), I give you this: It’s kind... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, PETS

• Lesson 786 – Delivering Dinner and Red Carpets

  

  Photo credit: SliceofChicBeing a member of a flock means that you look out for the other members of your flock.Last night was my night to bring dinner over to... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 785 – No More Chicken Swaps in New Hampshire (for Now)

  

  I just started a backyard flock management course and during the first week I learned chicken anatomy and what to look for during a necropsy (autopsy. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 784 – Foghorn Leghorn and Destiny

  

  I’m a big believer in “things happen for a reason.”After asking my teen boys, again and again last week to take the recyclables to the recycle center and still... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, PETS

• Lesson 783 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…”Susan Polis SchutzAnother weekend! Time is, indeed, flying quickly... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 7812 – The Ongoing Saga of Whether It’s Mr. Or Mrs.

  

  My two maran chicks are only a few weeks old and while there is only one way to absolutely know for sure (wait until the cock crows) I’m going to go out on a... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 781 – Sex, Dirt, and Shadows

  

  This morning I took the chicks outside for a little exercise.At first they just stood around. Do you see why I have concerns about the darker one, Mrs. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 780 – What’s in a Book?

  

  This doesn’t have much to do with chickens (although I suppose it could fall under a feathering the nest category), but I wanted to share this story with you... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 779 – Hmmmmmm

  

  As I said last Friday, my friend Em visited with her camera (I swear I’m getting my camera in the post today to start the process of getting it fixed, sigh. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 778 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the ChicksA single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.Leo BuscagliaIn just a few hours, a very good friend of mine (Hi Em! Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 777 – Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard – Interview

  

  Hey folks, there’s a new farming/organic living book out that is generating a lot of buzz. Written by Forrest Pritchard (and with a foreword by Joel Salatin)... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 776 – A Tired Little Chick

  

  In playing with our new little Maran chicks, I discovered that our Blue Maran (Josephine) hadn’t completely absorbed her yolk sac before she was hatched. What... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 775 – A Big (tiny) Surprise

  

  I’ve got a big surprise.When Dick, the man who had given me Violet, found out about what happened to her (I still cringe when I think of that horrific... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION