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Chicken Scratch
Today the rain that the weather man promised came… I couldn’t be upset about it though as it was good for the garden, the trees, and the land. It seems the grass shot up today and already needs mowing...
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Simple Sunday
It was another pretty yet cooler day… the sun was shining, the clouds were white and fluffy, and it was a good day for outside work. I know your not supposed to work on Sunday, but this work was for us...
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Birdies
We had some visitors today… some cute birdies We didn’t have much time after work to sit and watch them as we had a lot to do, but I took a few minutes to see what they were up to. They were sharing...
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Flower and Garden Festival
Yesterday my mom and step-father came up for the local Flower and Garden Festival held in a couple towns over from us. It was a sunny day, but again that old wind showed its cold breath. It was warmer...
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Chicks First Adventure In Wide Open Spaces
The baby buffs had their first adventure with no fence yesterday. It was a day of possible wide open spaces for exploration. Still the baby buffs chose to stay close to home and explore smaller...
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Sick and Chicks
Sorry I have been MIA… I have been very very sick with bronchitis. I didn’t take good care of myself as I was trying to get things done and then I had to go to the doctor. By Friday I had to stay home...
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Buffs Month 2 1/2
The baby buff’s are quite a bunch. They oriented to the outside quickly and after a couple of weeks are now trying to get in with the big ladies our Rhode Islands. They are so cute running across the...
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Turkey Talk
We had a visitor the other day that drove the dogs nuts…. A turkey was running down our back road and dodging in and out of our yard and the woods across the road. The dogs were barking and we couldn’t...
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Happy Surprise
This morning was a happy surprise. I was supposed to attend a training for work all morning. I found out last night I could try to attend online though one of those meeting sites our company had set up...
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Chickens and Watermelon
Since it has been so hot out off and on for the past week we have been enjoying the first watermelons of the season. Once the rinds are mostly clean the chickens get to peck them clean. This I found...
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Chases Talk…
Chase kept pacing… he just wouldn’t stop… he didn’t want to play… he had food in his bowel… he kept talking to me and letting me know something was up and he wanted me to see… I just wasn’t...
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New roosts and boxes
The chickens should be happy now… we spent the whole weekend building them new laying boxes and perches. My mom and step-father came up to help us. It was a bigger job then I thought, but it is done...
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What a day…
What a day… part relaxing and part hard work… as any good day should be. Hubby and I were off today so we started it with breakfast and a long drive. Then we did our errands and returned home to do the...
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Ten Things Learned While Raising Chickens
Keeping chickens is a big job. Much of the time you are learning new things about chicken keeping and the rest of the time it is maintaining of food, water, health, etc. Along this process you learn a...
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Parrots of God
There is this place in Tennessee that is called Parrott Mountain. It’s way up on this mountain and the drive up is a little scary, but the trip is worth it. This whole park has rescued parrots and...
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Icey Cold…
There is still snow on the ground and ice under and on top… it is cold. It is so cold that not only is our fresh spring frozen over, but our chicken eggs froze too, despite the heat lamps in the...
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Snow Birds
The snow is sticking around and the birds are cleaning out the feeders. These three little guys come around a lot (it might be different birds, but I like to think they are the same ) This little guy...
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Icey Mess…
Monday we got some snow… That was okay on top of the couple inches we still had left from the last snow… The stream that runs through our property gave the sound of a slow moving brook pushing on to...
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Never ending snow…
More snow today… More predicted for Wednesday and Thursday… I think the Olympics have caused the excess snow this year to keep us all in a Winter Olympics mood. At least the bird are enjoying full...
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Finally sun…
After another snow fall on Monday and another 8 inches on the ground the sun broke through today after some rain. After it dried up a little Baxter and Chase had a grand time out in the yard playing....
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