The Chicken Mama

My Memorial Day

My dad.

This is a story about my dad.

I spent most of my youth as an only child of a single parent. When I was fifteen, Mom met a man, an Army man. They got married when I was …

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Filed Under: Mostly Human

Meet Dolly, Loretta and Patsy!

Well, I had to do it. I couldn’t stop myself. What’s a summer without baby chicks?

Meet Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline! They are White Leghorns, just like wonderful Scout was. I miss seeing white eggs in the …

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Filed Under: Chickens

April Showers Bring May Outdoor Projects

Springtime arrives! I spend a few moments being grateful and then spring into action. There’s work to be done!

The big upgrade this year was taking out the t-post fence and replacing it with something nicer. This served two purposes …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, DIY, Mostly Human

Was I Wrong?

Simply awesome, that pig.

This is one of the hardest post I’ve ever written.

I’ve written about almost dying, giving up a dog I love dearly, and re-homing the world’s nicest but noisiest rooster.

This, currently, feels worse. And …

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Filed Under: Doink and The Goats

Son of Foo Foo

First sighting of Bunny Foo Foo

Last year in July, we found a teeny tiny baby rabbit in the barnyard. It was all alone in the straw under the lean-to. The bunny was incredibly small – only a little bit …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard

It’s Hard Being Keela

It all started so innocently…

I watch her. I have her within my sight almost all day every day. So many times I see her sitting there, dead still, sometimes for almost an hour, waiting for the rabbit to get …

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Filed Under: Keela