The Chicken Mama

Keela 3, Squirrels 0

Earlier today, just after my healthy yogurt breakfast, I looked out the window and saw Keela with an obviously very fresh dead squirrel in her mouth. She was slinking around the yard trying to find a place to bury it. …

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Strange Sightings in the Snow

As I start typing this, it’s -5° at 5:30am. I can see the glow of the red heat bulb in the coop, and I hope the new heater I bought for the shed is adequate to keep the temps in …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard

Looking Forward…And Back

The first photo of 2014. Is she meditating or wildly hungover? You be the judge.

Hello, 2014!

We rang in the new year…sound asleep. Might not sound exciting, but Very Excellent Husband Don is starting the year with a long …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Mostly Human

Best Christmas Surprise Ever

A few days before Christmas, our Excellent Daughter Libby called home in tears. Things were not going well. The restaurant where she worked had unexpectedly closed down a few days earlier, she needed to find a new job ASAP, and …

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Lucy and Ethel Go On A Visit

I feel a bit sheepish. I feel a bit embarrassed.

After all my sub-zero cold weather drama…today, here in Colorado…well, it was 65 degrees in the barnyard. (Snow is predicted for the weekend, so we’re not out of the …

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Vaseline For Chicken Comb Protection?

The storm was approaching. They were uneasy.

Last week, I wrote about applying Vaseline to the combs of Lucy, Ethel and Rapunzel to protect them from the bitter sub-zero temperatures we were having. I got enough responses that I thought …

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Sub-Zero Thoughts

Whaaaaatttt?

There’s some things I know for sure. I would not have been a good pioneer. It was -11 degrees when I got up today. I am a certified wuss when it comes to this kind of adversity.

And by …

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