Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Predator Problems Redux (Coyote Edition)

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We always lose chickens over the winter. Always. Some years are worse than others, but on average I'd say we have about a 30% chicken at...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Accepting Responsibility (Farm Economics)

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Last week, when I went out to feed the animals, I came upon a hen dangling from the cast-iron hay feeder by one leg. She had roosted on the ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Chick Update

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Still only the same three chicks. The two hens have abandoned the nests now, so there won't be any more. I'm afraid I may have commi...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Trade Network Week Seven and Delicious Chicken

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I don't know what week it is. But today the Kale Fairy gave me two heads of red leaf lettuce, a gallon sized ziploc bag of mixed salad g...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Second Attempt at Chicken Cooking

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Last summer, we killed and cooked four chickens, all at once. There was a reason for that, but I'm not going to recap. It's on the b...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Bad Dog

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See this dog? Isn't he cute? Oh, such a sweet, friendly dog, so innocent butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. In his big, hairy, evil,...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Sooooooeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Unexpectedly, we got a new pig today. Well, the pig wasn't entirely unexpected, just his arrival today. Our first pig, you may remember,...
Monday, August 4, 2008

Runaway Chickens: The Final Chapter

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After our neighbor brought back the two chickens a few days ago, I thought we had them all. There was the one we caught ourselves; the one t...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Welcome Alpacas, Welcome Back Chickens

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Austin looks unimpressed at meeting Iris. It's been raining today, good for my garden, but unfortunate for the alpacas, who are too timi...
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