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Here a Chick, There a Chick

I’ve said it once before, but it’s worth saying again: Chicken math is real! When Snow-vid ’21 hit, we had 52 feathered friends, but after the two weeks of Elsa’s temper-tantrum, predators were hungry. Our number dropped to 25. Last spring, we had one successful hatch – a handsome cockerel we’ve named Prince Ali. HeContinue reading “Here a Chick, There a Chick”

All the Better to See You With

Christmas Eve looked different that year. Things were a bit blurred and out of focus. I had started grad school for a Masters in English AND I was teaching full time. The frenzied pace of the fall semester carried over into the holidays. But that year, things were blurry for a different reason. Did youContinue reading “All the Better to See You With”

Little Miss Muffet’s Worst Day

I remember it vividly. The forecast for the day was warm and sunny, high of 84. Living in the country, we get the best of the best: freshly mowed pastures and fields, birds chirping, bees buzzing. And we get to sit out under the trees and enjoy it all with a glass of lemonade. Ah!Continue reading “Little Miss Muffet’s Worst Day”

Almost a Year Ago…

It’s been nearly a year since my last post. We made it through Snowvid 2021 hauling 3 gallon buckets of water through 10-14 inch snow drifts to and from the coop several times a day only to have the flock nearly decimated by predators. Blogging about the creatures I love dearly just became too painful.Continue reading “Almost a Year Ago…”

When Every Day is Easter

When I think of Easter, I can’t help but reminisce of the wonderful Sundays I spent as a little girl. My mom would dress my sister and me in frilly Easter dresses that were purchased weeks in advance and had been hanging in her closet so that I, her very rambunctious ADHD child, wouldn’t haveContinue reading “When Every Day is Easter”

Which Came First?

One of the most long standing riddles about chickens is the proverbial, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” For me, it was most definitely the chick(en). I should actually say the chicks. Eight of them. Eight adorable, noisy little balls of downy fluff that took up residence in a feed trough in myContinue reading “Which Came First?”