Snow Day
Running the Fence-line… Today was the perfect day to do what all dogs must do, if they can, and that is play in the snow! There are 6 dogs that run on this… Continue reading
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The Very Inspiring Blogger Award
Originally posted on Blue and Yellow Makes:
What an interesting concept – a quick Google search reveals no history, no overall winner, no origins. In fact the only thing a Google search shows…
Do Chickens Read?
Originally posted on Laughing at Everyday Life:
A couple of chickens walk into a public library, find the librarian and say… “Buk Buk BUK” The librarian decides that the chickens want three books, and promptly…
Post Apocalypse
We Made It! According to a reputable source (which also happens to be my favorite doomsday website – not telling, of course – do I want to lose all credibility?), the 21st of December,… Continue reading
Snow!
SNOW Three days before the official start to winter (and the end of the Mayan calendar) and we finally receive our first real snowfall – a predicted 2 to 3 inches. A good… Continue reading
Very Inspiring Blogger Award
WOW! Several days ago, I received a lovely notice from Suellen Carey-Clarke, the writer of meanderingmatriarch – a wonderful blog, by the way – letting me know that she had nominated me for the… Continue reading
Review: Sweeter Heater Coop Heater by Infratherm
Sweeter Heater I recently purchased this product from Infratherm, Inc and I would like to post my review of the product. **This blogger knows the arguments regarding heating a chicken coop and this… Continue reading
Sharing Dinner
There have been several blogworthy moments that could have been documented this week, like the time Helen of Troy Boy sat on my lap for a few minutes without my holding on to… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Soul Seeds:
“As the nineteenth century drew to a close,” writes Bill Bryson in A Short History of Nearly Everything, “scientists could reflect with satisfaction that they had pinned down…
In Mourning
Before…. A couple of days ago, I had planned to highlight the white dog on my blog, but something tragic happened and I’ve actually been in mourning because of a recent loss (really.)… Continue reading
The Other Side of the Straw Bales
Encroachment… I only have 5 chickens, of which two are roosters (they were supposed to be hens.) My poultry have 250 sq ft. of indoor chicken-centric hanging out space, they have a warm,… Continue reading
Feeding the Masses
Birds Are Like Dogs And Kids… OK. So I’m not exactly feeding the masses – I’m just feeding a few birds that have decided, for some odd reason, not to leave for warmer… Continue reading
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Originally posted on The Green Star:
Peru has officially passed a law banning genetically modified ingredients anywhere within the country for the next ten years In a massive blow to multinational agribiz corporations…
Scientist: Many Pro-GMO Corporate Biologists Own GMO Patents, in Bed with Monsanto
Originally posted on The End Of All Crossroads:
by Anthony Gucciardi November 25th, 2012 | Updated 11/25/2012 at 2:12 am The lead researcher behind the monumental study that linked Monsanto’s GMOs and…
BRRRRRR….
A Cold Morning: -9.4 Celsius… The lowest temperature I observed today was 10 degrees Fahrenheit or -12.2 Celsius. and that occurred around 6:00 am. Needless to say, I kept the chickens in the… Continue reading
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Originally posted on becomingfullyhuman:
For the most part we buffer ourselves from direct experience with a conceptual layer that creates both a sense of identity and a degree of predictability and control. But…
Chicken Feet
Cleanliness is Next to…Part 2 In a previous post, so titled, I discussed why I did not permit the dogs to wander into the chicken side of the fence. It was less about… Continue reading
Confirmed: Geoengineering Aerosols Contaminate Water, Food and Soil
Originally posted on Chemtrails: The Exotic Weapon:
Geoengineer, David Keith (Dr. Chemtrail) This is a poignant video with disturbing outtakes from Geoengineer David Keith and former USDA employee Rosalind Peterson that summarizes our…
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Originally posted on The Ethical Warrior:
Something remarkable happened on the way to one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. The discovery, once made, simply disappeared from view. There wasn’t even…
Pred-A-Gards
Before Becoming Serious and Responsible Pred-A-Gards… Every so often, animal keepers hear the disturbing sounds of alarm from their pets. In the case of my dogs, the alarm is a sharp, persistent, low… Continue reading
Tired Chickens
Before Bed… In the evening around 4ish – give or take – now that Midwest November sunsets occur earlier day by day, the flock slowly heads back (more often coaxed) to the hen… Continue reading
The Other Side of The Fence
It’s Under Control… Not but a short while ago, the chickens – on one side of the fence – had their personal acreage (and quite a bit of it) and the dogs, on… Continue reading
How to find a beautiful bench in the dumpster:
“By popular request… that’s not true. Although actually it is the most requested thing on this site. But also the only requested thing on this site. In all honesty I’m writing this for… Continue reading
And The Winner is….
Chippy!! After all, he certainly deserves to stay, don’t you think? I have never encountered such an amazing and persistent mouse. Of course, I will continue to use Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent because… Continue reading
Plan B – Update 2
UPDATE 2: Chippy (no other mice) caught again tonight in the room with several Fresh Cab sachets…and this… sachet with … er … evidence. aaaaaarrrrrhhhgggggg!!!!!!!!! UPDATE 1: Plan B seemed promising enough until… Continue reading
Gregg Braden Interview
Originally posted on Trinity Holistic Living:
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Baby Mama
The Chunkears…. Context is always nice to have and this morning, I was given some. Since my last Chippy Chunkear Post, I’ve humanely deported Chippy several more times, including late yesterday afternoon.… Continue reading
RIP POSSUM
This evening, my white dog killed one of two possums that have been hanging around near the chicken area and the farmhouse itself – I’d say, for the past week or so. I… Continue reading
Chip Chunkear
Chip Chunkear… In a previous post, I provided a drawing of a wild mouse I caught 6 or so times, up to that post (clearly, in the drawing, I forgot to add his… Continue reading
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Originally posted on becomingfullyhuman:
Much of the human experience has been exploring helplessness in its various forms. We experience needing work to have the resources to live, and feel the powerlessness in the…
Mouse
Rendition of Farmhouse Mouse…. It’s that time of year when old farmhouses in general, become the desirable winter residence of local small mammal populations. In a nutshell, it’s basically a seasonal, or weather… Continue reading
USDA and FDA are Monsanto’s little bitches. STOP THE MADNESS!!
GET INVOLVED IN HELPING CALIFORNIAN’S BEAT MONSANTO IN THE LABELING FIGHT! GO TO http://www.cornucopia.org FOR MORE INFO!! http://www.cornucopia.org/is-the-usda-a-wholly-owned-subsidiary-of-monsanto/
Gary Null Releases ‘GMO Ticking Time Bomb’ Mini-Documentary: Watch It Here Before It Gets Censored – 5 October 2012
NaturalNews – Mike Adams – Gary Null Releases ‘GMO Ticking Time Bomb’ Mini-Documentary: Watch It Here Before It Gets Censored – 5 October 2012.
Dr. Barbara Bellar’s Take On ObamaCare: Honest & Succinct!
…”We are going to be gifted with a health care plan that we are forced to purchase, and fined if we don’t,” Bellar continues, “signed by a president who smokes, with funding administered… Continue reading
Cleanliness Is Next to…
High Security… In an earlier blog (in Meet The Girls), I shared the hair raising tale of how my ruthless, bloodthirsty dogs broke into the fenced chicken area and committed an act of … Continue reading
Rat Tumors
We should all be seriously concerned with the results of this recent study: Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize. GMO corn is ubiquitous in the American… Continue reading
The Flock
I used to refer to my chickens as the girls, but now the bird-gang is simply, the flock… That’s because the two good-looking chickens with the beautiful red combs? Those are roosters. For… Continue reading
LOOK UP!
Particulate Dispersion via Aircraft… What are they dispersing (who are they anyway?) and why? There is no way to answer any of these questions with any certainty because the general public, in my… Continue reading
To Be Or Not To Be….
Helen of Troy is a Boy… She needs a new name. There is no more confusion. There is no question.
Cold-Hardy Hens?
Check Out These Cold-Hardy Hens…. This morning, the temps were a cool 45 F degrees with a bit of a refreshing breeze. Nothing uncomfortable in the least, as the sky was and continues… Continue reading
3 Egg Milestone
The Egg Team… Sissy laid her first egg today!! Now the 3 hen-looking hens are producing nice, pinkish light brown eggs!! The other two? Hmmm, Helen of Troy is probably…Helen the Boy.… Continue reading
Under Construction — Now Complete…Enough To Share
Yes. Something is was under construction and that something is the outbuilding section that holds the chicken coop. I decided to take nearly 1/2 of the building space and create a hen sanctuary… Continue reading
Pepita Becomes (…still in the throes of becoming) (Is Now) a Woman
Pepita is laying her first egg as I blog this…pictures of the egg to come!! Maybe I can get a pic of her in the nest, but I really don’t want to disturb… Continue reading
Worm Beeotch
Digging For Worms… I think the expectation that I dig up the dirt daily for worm snacks began the day that I actually did it. Several days ago, I was observing how ineffective… Continue reading
Buffet
The Buffet Line… Every afternoon around 4ish, the girls leave the piney fenced area and do what I interpret, as lining up for the evening buffet. Starting at one corner of the barn,… Continue reading
Cold Front
One Corner Of The Property After bitching for weeks and weeks about the persistent heat (yes, anything above 82 F with dew-points above 62 is just too damn hot for me, the birds,… Continue reading
Rascal #1
And Who Exactly Are The Rascals? These two – rascal #1 and rascal #2 are the poultry punks. The naughty mutts wreaking havoc on the hens. For more horrendous details, read the post,… Continue reading
