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• Lesson 731 – Bacon and Pea Quiche – Finally the Eggs Have Returned

  

  It’s been a long, cold winter but with the spring sun we are finally seeing an increase in our flock’s egg production. During the summer, we can get up to 24... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 729 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.“ Zora Neale Hurston They came, they came! Read more

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

• Lesson 728 – Drawing a Chicken

  

  My fellow chicken-friend and author; Lauren Scheuer has just written a book “Once Upon a Flock.” On Monday, as I participate in her blog tour, you’ll have a... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 727 – Seriously Why Are Guinea Hens So Dumb?

  

  I have yet to hear a story about Guinea hens being even remotely intelligent.  Heck, I’m not even talking at the top of the class, I’d settle for not crashing... Read more

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

• Lesson 726 – Picking up Chicks

  

  Tomorrow a shipment of chicks is scheduled to arrive at our local Tractor Supply Store (it also happens to be my husband’s birthday – “Happy Birthday Marc,... Read more

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

• Lesson 725 – Getting Ready for the Chicks

  

  Tonight is the rescheduled first part of my chicken workshops (yes, I know that I already held the second part, you can blame the snow in NH this winter for... Read more

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

• Lesson 724 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the ChicksI have a small collection of vintage Easter cards with chicks on them (always chicks, never chickens.) In the next few days, I’ll... Read more

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

• Lesson 723 – Fatti Madi, the President of the United States and Me

  

  This picture was sent to me quite a few months ago and I’m just getting it up. This was taken by a friend’s daughter; Sally who has a great blog here. Sally... Read more

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

• Lesson 722 – Chicks with Chicks

  

  Oh look, it’s two of my favorite things – chicks with chicks.I have a heavy load today with some pretty tight writing deadlines. Will be back tomorrow with a... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 721 – Quality in Equals Quality out

  

  If chickens have taught me one thing, it’s that if you feed them quality ingredients, you get a good product in return. Our chickens eat feed but we also... Read more

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

• Lesson 720 – Giardia in Chickens

  

  Giardia (Lamblia), like Salmonella, is passed by feces to mouth (yuk.) Unlike Salmonella though, Giardia is not a bacteria, it is a parasite. And can I just... Read more

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

• Lesson 719 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the ChicksSnow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. Andy GoldsworthyFor those who read my post yesterday about creating... Read more

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

• Lesson 718 – Saving Chicks When the Power Goes out

  

  Although we didn’t get massive amounts of snow, we did get a combination of rain + snow which made for very icy roads this morning. Hey, what’s a neighbor’s... Read more

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

• Lesson 717 – Winters in New England

  

  We’re all just sort of waiting to see which way this new winter blizzard coming from the mid-West is going to go. Right now it’s in D.C. Read more

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

• Lesson 716 – Charlie and the Guinea Hens

  This morning I tried to get a quick video of our Guinea hens. Actually, I tried to get the male’s “barking” sound captured but as soon as I got near he... Read more

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

• Lesson 715 – Using Chicken Manure in the Garden

  

  Let’s talk a little bit about chicken manure.As spring approaches, not only am I getting lots of questions about chicks but I’m also getting questions about... Read more

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

• Lesson 714 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in... Read more

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

• Lesson 713 – Eating “Clean” Chickens

  

  I gave a chicken workshop recently where I admitted that although I have slaughtered a few of our birds, I haven’t eaten anything from our birds other than the... Read more

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

• Lesson 712 – Support of the Flock

  

  When one has chickens, one is given chicken things. Many chicken things.And while I love to see all of these whimsical representations, there is only so much... Read more

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

• Lesson 711 – A Coop of My Own

  

  One of my (many) obsessions, along with saving animals, books, and Downton Abbey, is tiny houses.  If you follow my Facebook feed long enough, eventually... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION