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• Lesson 512 – Not So Sure About This State Chicken Bill

  

  It’s chick days at our local Tractor Supply Company! Hooray, I can take my kids into the store and we can get our baby chick fill without taking any home. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 512 – Pirates and Chickens – It Works

  

  Recently, A friend pointed me to a pirate certificate MIT was handing out to its students who had successfully completed Archery, Fencing, Pistol, and Sailing.... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 511 – Update on Charlie – Our Indoor Chicken

  

  This morning I let Charlie out of her cage in order to get some photos (I write on the 3rd floor and she’s only allowed out of her cage when someone is with... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 510 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 509 – Sexing a Day Old Chick by Its Wings

  

  A reader (amy elizabeth of tbn ranch) yesterday left a comment on my rooster blog about sexing day old chicks based on their wing feathers. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 508 – How You Can Tell You’ve Got a Rooster

  

  We’ve had to harvest a total of 3 roosters this winter. All from the eggs that we had incubated during the summer and while we had our suspicions, we waited... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 507 – Eggsactly Right for Me

  

  I know it’s not Valentines Day (although to be honest, I picked up a heart-shaped plate from our dining room table last night and had to think for a minute abou... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 506 – The Peril of Chicken Toes

  

  Last week, the public school kids were on vacation, this week, both of the college kids are home for Spring break. It’s really too bad it worked out this way,... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 505 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks “This is the coolest thing ever.“ - Sue Lyons, Photographer Yesterday, I got to cover the President’s visit to Nashua, NH (just... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Fatti-Madi and President Obama

  

  Although I didn’t get President Obama to hold Madi (you wouldn’t believe how many secret service people surround you when you are holding a stuffed chicken at... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 504 – Snow (finally) Comes to the Hen House

  

  Hey remember in yesterday’s post where I said that Marc was going out to get chicken feed before the storm hit? Well it turns out it was a good thing. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 503 – Cookies, Turkey and Obama

  

  It’s late, I know. Sometimes I have to do the paying work before I can do the other more fun things. Today was a paying work kind of day (not that I’m... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 502 – A Rabbit in the Hen House

  

  This is what a rabbit is supposed to look like: Photo credit: Sue Lyons Notice, the proud posture, the open green grass, and the happy demeanor. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 501 – Cookies in February

  

  I love me a hearty homemade cookie. I had a friend in Connecticut who made a cookie that I would literally consider killing for (we drove down to Washington DC... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 500 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks Best buddies, Pippin and Charlie. It’s the friends we meet along life’s road who help us appreciate the journey. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 499 – the Trouble with Geeks

  

  Many of you know I live in a house filled with geeks. Among those who can be counted as Doctor Who, Power Ranger, Monday Night Combat, and League of Legends... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 497 – the Trouble with Those Boy Chickens

  

  Update on Charlie - I’ve had a few people who have looked at the photos of Charlie (I added some more close-ups to yesterday’s post) and for the most part,... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 496 – Girl Or Boy? Here’s What I Think Charlie is

  

  Charlie is approaching 6 weeks old and while it is still a tough call on whether she is a girl or a boy, here’s my prediction. This is an adult male Black Coppe... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Presidents Day

  

  Happy President’s Day This is one of our hatchlings from the summer (yes, I plan ahead, how do you think I can pull off Christmas with 6 kids? Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 495 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. Henry David Thoreau Simple, yet true words. Next week, I’ll give an update on... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 SELF EXPRESSION