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Pissed Off Chickens

July 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Apparently, there was some sort of misunderstanding… or my mood’s rubbing off on the girls, cuz they were PISSED today.  All of them.  Now, I don’t want to sound sexist… lord knows… I would never…
But, having generally hired women for my businesses, I find that… how to put this… they sometimes… let’s say… synchronize in [...]

 
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LUNCH!

July 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Sometimes, I feel like my garden’s not cutting it.  I still have to buy tomatoes, and it’s heading into August soon.  The aphids have discovered my brassicas.  My only peaches obviously have residents at this point.
But, then, I make myself lunch from the garden:

Today, I had fingerling potatoes sauteed in butter and chives with a [...]

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An Even Dozen, and Then I’ll Stop

July 13th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Let the girls out this morning to pick out our 12th egg.  That’s an even dozen and probably as good a place as any to stop reporting on the subject.  For anyone interested, they’re still tiny– 34 g.

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Egg #1

July 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments

Big day here.  Sitting in my office, slaving away for The Man, I heard this very loud… clucking?  No, more like… bokking.  Bok!… Bok!… Bok!…
It was loud enough that I had to get up and go see what was going on out there.  I looked in the coop, and I only saw three of the [...]

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The Chickens: Ready to Lay?

June 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The ladies (and I’m about 90% sure they’re all ladies now) are starting to act a little weird.  Today, as I was out doing my Mr. Greenjeans routine in the farm, I stopped in to check the food can and get the ladies some fresh water.  I stooped down to pester them a little, and [...]

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