The Chicken Mama

My Spoiled Goats

The things we do for our animals…

So you know about how conventional wisdom says goats eat anything and everything?

Yeah, not mine.

After having goats for a few years, I’ve learned they are browsers (like to eat trees and …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Doink and The Goats

It has been a crazy few days. Crazy, I say! The barnyard has been in full tilt change since last Thursday when I received my three cute Olive Egger chicks via mail and then Ms. Rapunzel hatched one chick …

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Filed Under: Chickens

Good Things Come In Small Packages

I’ll be brief and to the point.

BABIES!

Nothin’ cuter!

Meet the new members of the barnyard 🙂 They’re olive eggers.

No names yet, just arrived an hour ago.

She’s the leader. Quite the feisty little girl.

This one’s gotta

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The Peacemaker

Alway alert, always looking for the first sign of trouble. My superhero, The Peacemaker!

Ah, the goats. I am loving watching the Littles incorporate themselves into the rhythm of the barnyard. This experience is SO much more positive than when …

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Filed Under: Doink and The Goats

New Beginnings

Wow. What a difference a week makes. Just last Friday I noted winter was over…and we had eight inches of snow a few days later. It’s mostly all gone now, but I ‘m REALLY glad I’m a slacker and hadn’t …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Chickens

She Was A Good Hen

My girl.

My friends, the news is not good.

Sophia was euthanized yesterday. She died in my arms.

It was a dreary day, but she seemed to enjoy the trip to the vet. She was tucked in her box and …

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Filed Under: Chickens, Mostly Human

What A Day

Well, I asked for winter to be over, and it is! I’m not shoveling snow. I’m not breaking ice in the water buckets. I’m not bundled up in layers and layers of clothes. I even stored much of my cold …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Chickens, Keela