The Chicken Mama

We Give Thanks

It’s a small celebration at Happy Mama Acre this year, and we’re not complaining. Close family and our best friends, plus a few friends planning to drop by for a cocktail…or two.

With less hustle and bustle to the day, …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Mostly Human

Chaos in the Cold

Sometimes life is a graceful narrative moving to the beat of a favorite song. Sometimes, however, life moves to a staccato rhythm straight from a middle school garage band.

Right now, I’ve got a thirteen year-old drummer banging a wild …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Chickens, Doink and The Goats

Roosters Fail, Hens Are Happy

More rooster escapades in the barnyard! Napoleon and Big Man are beyond hilarious at this point. The winner? Well, it’s neither of those crazy boys.

It’s the ladies. The ladies are DEFINITELY the winners 🙂

Here’s what happens. Napoleon starts …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Chickens

The Leaves Are Here! The Leaves Are Here!

We had one of those perfect fall days last week. Not too warm, but the glorious sunshine made everything glow. I pulled up the last of the tomato plants—a freeze earlier in the week did them in. Then I putzed …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Doink and The Goats

When A Man Loves A Woman

SO much going on in the barnyard right now. I wish I had the time to photograph and write about all of it! Here’s a sampling of the past couple of days…

To begin, there was ice in the water …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Chickens

Death. I’m Still Learning.

I’m just gonna launch into this one….

My oldest hens are three and a half years old. Those ten sweet little chicks who arrived in the mail in May of 2011 started me on this entire journey. Making the decision …

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Filed Under: Chickens, Mostly Human

Curious Cows

Not all of the visitors to the barnyard are unwelcome, like the red-tailed hawk. Yesterday when I finished the morning feeding/cleaning routine I discovered the back fence was lined with curious cows.