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• Lesson 752 – There’s No Place Like Home

  

  Right after I took this photo of our chickens having a bit of fun in the yard yesterday, Charlie, our Black Copper Marans -  the black chicken in the middle of... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 751 – Flying the Coop

  

  School vacation is this week in our neck of the woods. The season has finally turned (although nights and mornings still require polar fleece) and it’s time to... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 750 – Moving on up – New Digs for Violet

  

  Even with the constant horrible events of last week culminating in the Friday-in-which-we-couldn’t-extract-ourselves-from-the-news-even-if-we-tried that ended i... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 749 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the ChicksThoughts and prayers for the entire city of Boston and surrounding suburbs today. Infinitely proud of our law enforcement... Read more

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

• Lesson 748 – Violet and a Friend

  

  A friend of mine (Hi Em!) stopped by yesterday for a visit with Violet. With all that’s going on in the world these days, it was nice to take a little bit of... Read more

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

• Lesson 747 – Sexing Violet by Her Body and Feet

  

  I may be setting myself up to being served a giant piece of crow pie in the next few weeks,  but I’m still going to go with the prediction that Violet is a girl. Read more

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

• Lesson 745 – Chasing Dreams

  

  I have a tiny writing space at the back of a storage room. In it I have my desk, computer, and all the notebooks and reference material I need to write my... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 744 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.“ Steven WrightPart of being the mama hen of any flock is... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 743 – Sexing Violet by Her Wings

  

  Here we go again.As you may or may not know, Black Copper Marans are unsexed birds. This means that, like almost every other chicken breed out there, you... Read more

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

• Lesson 742 – Red Marbles, James Taylor and a Tiny Chick

  

  Yesterday I put up a video of our new Black Copper Marans chick; Violet peeping her little heart out.I took that video on her first day in our house (and the... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 741 – Honking Horns and Peeping

  I usually don’t include videos in my posts (who has the time to watch them right?) with this incredible exception (which still makes me laugh. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 740 – Toes, Beautiful Toes

  

  There is one thing about Violet that we just can’t seem to get over and that is her perfect toes.Beautiful, beautiful toesEvery time we pick her up, we’re just... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 739 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“It was warm enough to melt some of the snow this weekend, I suppose that’s something.“Marc, last weekendIt’s been a busy week,... Read more

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

• Lesson 738 – So What’s the Big Deal with Black Copper Marans?

  

  Last year when we got Charlie, I didn’t even know what a Black Copper Marans was. Oh sure, I knew that it was a chicken but other than that, I’d be hard... Read more

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

• Lesson 737 – Chicks Need to Be Socialized

  

  What do I always say in my chicken workshops? You can’t have only one bird. Chickens are flock creatures; they need to be with others. One bird is not a flock. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 736 – What Was in the Box?

  

  The box. The Box. What was in the box?Before I had left to bring our Guineas to Dick’s home, I had told Marc that when I returned I would be getting some... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 735 – Guinea Hens and Serial Killers

  

  Saturday morning I drove our two Guinea hens down to Connecticut to be re-homed. A reader (thank you, Georgette) knew of someone; Dick, who raised Guineas as a... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 734 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“Heartbreaking, Wendy. Flock, Family, Pet…. We blur the lines between them, because we’re human. Nessa Rose clearly knows you’re... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, PETS

• Lesson 733 – The Guinea Male is Not Going to Work out

  

  We tried, but we couldn’t make it work.This weekend we will be re-homing our male Guinea hen (rooster.) It’s that mechanical-alarm-like nonstop honk, literally... Read more

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

• Lesson 732 – Not Picking up Chicks

  

  Last week I talked about how I was planning on picking up a few new chicks. From last fall, we’ve lost 4 of our older birds (out of a flock of 34) and so we hav... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION