The Chicken Mama

Road Trip

Are we there yet?

With Very Excellent Husband Don off in Italy pursuing his 60th birthday cycling trip of a lifetime, I decided to go to Durango to see Excellent Son Sawyer. Road trip!

Now, I don’t like traveling. I …

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Filed Under: Keela, Mostly Human

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Doink says keep calm and carry on.

Oh, the rain. The drenching rain for the past three days. Last night it turned very serious – national news kind of serious. We’ve got major flooding. My thoughts go out to everyone …

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

I Bought A Roof!

A roof. Somehow, I know I need a roof. Don’t know why. Just know.

So, I have the BEST friends in the world. Hands down the best friends. Ever.

On my daily Craigslist search for whatever looks good, I recently …

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A Pound Here, A Pound There…Uh-Oh!

Yes, Brandy, the camera does add 10 pounds. Point taken. But no, I’m not going to Photoshop your waistline!

Recent guests to cocktail hour at Happy Mama Acre have almost all asked the same question.

Is Brandy getting fat?

The …

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Filed Under: Doink and The Goats

Sofia’s “Animalality”

She IS pretty, but not very interesting...

Cleopatra IS pretty, but unfortunately not very interesting.

I find the behavior of my animals endlessly interesting. I could, and sometimes do, watch them for hours. As I was sitting out back a few days ago, observing, I came up …

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