Sambuca the Rasta Goat

We’re plugging away around here. In a good way.  There’s so much to do in spring—my garden beds were yelling at me to come plant something RIGHT NOW!  So I planted.  Now those tiny seeds are covered with a wet, …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Doink and The Goats

Fun With Milk—Making Butter and Cheese

I recently purchase a herd share from a local farmer.  Here in Colorado, that’s how raw milk can change hands.  The sale of raw milk is illegal, but if I buy a herd share, then pay my monthly “boarding” fees, …

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Filed Under: Mostly Human, Recipes I Love

Stop Already!

I really have no idea what I did in a previous life…but I APOLOGIZE ALREADY!

Yesterday when I out for morning feeding, Lucy—the very best hen in the world—was already in the hay feeder looking like she was waiting to …

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Filed Under: Chickens

Sometimes The Journey Sucks

When I wrote last week’s post about Jasmine and Big Man, I had no, no, no idea that I would be writing this one.

I killed Big Man and Little Man yesterday.

I killed them because my neighbor who complains …

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Filed Under: Chickens, Mostly Human

Pure And Simple Sweetness

We’re at DEFCON 3 in the barnyard.

With the foxes and the hawks and lord knows what else hanging around, the neighborhood dogs are sounding their warning barks more and more frequently.  Keela’s bark and posture are VERY specific when …

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Hawk Stalks the Barnyard

Our neighborhood hawk came calling again.  I haven’t seen him since he first visited in October and the protective skills of a certain young rooster became apparent. (If you read that post, I changed Middle Man’s name to Big Man …

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Doink Tells A Chicken Joke

Ah, we are so, so grateful to see more sunny skies and warm temps around here!  We’ve still got snow on the ground, but our spirits continue to move upward.

Out in the barnyard yesterday it felt like a happy …

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Filed Under: Around the Barnyard, Doink and The Goats
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