The Chicken Mama

Then There Was Sunshine

Even though this is one of the gloomiest starts to the new year, we live in Colorado. There’s gotta be a gorgeous day of sunshine eventually. Thank goodness one finally showed up! I don’t know who was happier—the animals or …

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

Wintertime Blues and A Sick Goat…Maybe

It’s been a rough start to the new year around here. Excellent Son Sawyer came down with a very nasty case of mononucleosis while here on winter break from school. Yuck! My computer keeps crashing. Ugh! I’m driving myself crazy …

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New Year’s Wishes From The Barnyard

Happy New Year, everyone! I’ve got no intentions/goals/resolutions to share. Just a few pics from the barnyard. The animals were in rare form recently and as usual had a lot to say. Think of it as their little New Year’s …

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A Little Christmas Surprise

I usually write in the early hours of the morning, right after I’ve hauled myself out of bed. I wrap myself in a thrift store quilt—my couch quilt—that could not possibly have more dog hair on it. Tiny cup of …

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Filed Under: Chickens, Mostly Human

Introducing Chicken Mama Art

Where does the time go? Not in a deep, oh-I’m-getting-older sense. Just the time to get all the regular stuff done! I’m constantly amazed at the end of the day by the number of things I needed to accomplish just …

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Chicken Matriarchs

Some of my feathered ladies are showing their age.

Barnyard relationships and temperaments shift and change, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the transformation of my six oldest hens. They started out as mean girls, but have mellowed …

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My Dog, My Friend

Last night, after an unexpected long afternoon/evening away from home, I opened the front door and heard a familiar sound—Keela dragging herself off the couch to come and greet me. Couple of seconds later she was at my feet, saying …

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