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Farm Friday
Life on a Southern Farm | May 16th 2008 by gafarmwoman
Good Morning,Fridays just seem to come faster and faster. I hope everyone had a good week. We had a great time here on the farm with the animals and fresh air.The water wheel. Tomorrow I will have more pictures of the water wheel and some pieces we f read more
Cow Farts Are Killing Us!
Epic Eclectic | May 15th 2008 by Callina
I jest. Sort of.Here's some research I've been reading about animal consumption and its effect on the good ol' earf. I've been pondering the vegan way of life lately, and I still don't think I can or want to go 100% vegan, but after reading some stud read more
on a day that should have been joyful…
MommyMommyLand | May 14th 2008 by Robin
we have been tempered with sadness. Monday we received a bath of chicks from our hatchery, 68 chicks, many of whom were are-sold to our first customer, the rest were replacements for the adolescents we lost back in march unexplainably. They were all read more
Home to roost
you and your oil thing | May 14th 2008 by michelle
My chickens found this vine that I'vephotographed before, here It made theperfect roost, but I didn't get theperfect picture. The looked likethey were enjoying themselves.~M read more
Nueces River, chickens, and orange cactus
Jean Levert Hood - Texas Hill Country Painter | May 14th 2008 by Jean Levert Hood
This is an original oil painting of the Nueces River. It's not far from where I live, and it's a beautiful area. I drove out there this past weekend. I had family visiting from Louisiana, and always love to take a drive and show them this gorgeous read more
Resource For Raising Chickens; A Book Review
Fowl Visions | May 14th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
I know alot of the visitors that come to this website are searching for information. Information on raising, caring for, and feeding their chickens. If you are anything like me, you are obsessed with chickens! I received a book last year for my bir read more
Debunking the myth of forward-looking carnivores
The Spicy Cauldron | May 14th 2008
I had a conversation last weekend, can’t remember how it kicked off but it was said that we (that is, humans) are born carnivorous. I said no we’re not, we’re born omnivorous. At that point, the person I was chatting with waved a ha read more
Closet Case.
Amy's Musings | May 14th 2008
It’s official… I’ve lost my mind. I’m trying to make my house feng shui friendly. I’m starting with getting rid of all the clutter and crap that is just completely unnecessary. So, I gutted my closet, donated tons of thi read more
Broody Hens
Laughing Orca Ranch | May 14th 2008 by Twinville
I'm not sure whether to be pleased or annoyed. I think two of my hens have gone 'broody'. It started first with one of my Speckled Sussex, which happen to be my favorite breed of chicken so far. Our Speckled Sussex hens are friendly, docile, quiet, a read more
the sheep are coming! The sheep are coming!
MommyMommyLand | May 13th 2008 by Robin
Okay, well really I am going to pick them up. First thing in the morning N and I will set off to get them, he is taking the day off from school for this, and is super excited. He has named his sheep daisy ( or is it dazy) Aba and I have not dec read more
Cooking for your chickens: supplementing your layers pellets
The Cottage Smallholder | May 13th 2008
Why not supplement your chicken feed with homemade mash? The cost of chicken feed is rocketing. It has already gone up 30% on last year’s feed prices. With a small flock of just five hens and the guinea fowl couple, the impact isn’t huge but any read more
Mother Hen teaching Baby Chicks
Fowl Visions | May 13th 2008 by Carole DeJarnatt
Isn’t it amazing how animals instinctively know how to take care of their young? Watching Rhoda with her new little biddies is just amazing to me. In this picture below she is clucking to them to come over and eat what is presented in front o read more
Lacy--This one is for you!
Coffee Coffee Coffee | May 13th 2008 by Chris
I can't believe how fast they grow!They love to run up ramp and then jump off the end of the perch!They are so hilarious that I spend half the time rolling on the ground laughing my a** off! I caught one in mid flap!This one is a buff orpington. A ba read more
Getting chickens off the drugs
Frog Blog | May 12th 2008
It seems that if you keep a rather large number of chickens inside a building and afford each chicken roughly about an A4 piece of paper’s worth of space, and feed them a very limited diet, those chickens occasionally get sick. At this point you read more
Woolmarket: The White Dog
David's Musings | May 12th 2008 by David
This is the third in a series on a time in my life spent in a backwoods, backwater area called Woolmarket, MS. If you enjoy country living, this would have been the place for you. The first two installments were Woolmarket: The Beginning and Woolma read more
Tales from the Coop. Week 4.
Berlin's Whimsy | May 11th 2008 by Berlin Smith
Who needs television when you have chickens? Seriously, I never realized how entertaining chickens are----pull up a seat and you'll witness face offs, melodrama, frantic chases around the chicken yard, new feathers changing the way they look daily... read more
Tips: Eating Healthy Food for Less Money
Ultimate Health & Conditioning | May 9th 2008
Given that I have a diet which consists primarily of meats, fresh fruits and vegetables that often breaks that 4,000 Calorie mark daily, I am often asked how I can afford to eat so much. I must either be rich, or so dedicated that I’m willing t read more
Mouse in my shoe
The Spicy Cauldron | May 9th 2008
I stoically accept that these days I have to get up at dawn to let the chickens out of their house, but this morning I slipped on my garden shoes to go do the necessary only to find I couldn’t quite get the left one onto my foot. It felt like t read more
Eggs, Meat,... and now Milk!!!
Seldom Seen Acres | May 8th 2008 by Amie
We (or should I say "I") am getting closer to getting most of our food from right here on the farm. We have beef grown here, I just got some rabbits that I plan on breeding and raising the babies for meat. We have had laying hens for a long time. And read more
Watching chickens
The Cottage Smallholder | May 8th 2008
“If I have to return I’d like to come back as one of Fiona’s chickens.” I overheard this at a summer party when I was topping up people’s wine. I was delighted. The chickens were relatively new back then. The run was filled with a good two read more
Waiting for Chicks
Sheryl's Scribblings | May 8th 2008 by Sheryl Westleigh
Bet that title tricked you, I'm talking about baby birds. I have 6 barred rock hens (going to raise them for laying eggs) and 4 pheasants (because my dad's always wanted them) coming hopefully tonight. It's going to be an interesting experience, I' read more
Dinner for One...
Berlin's Whimsy | May 8th 2008 by Berlin Smith
The bright sun and clear day was a relief after experiencing a fairly bad day yesterday... Too many memories to reevaluate and process, I guess. Once again, the simplicities in my life brought me around to a more uplifted spirit.... read more
Chickens In The Yard!!
The Globe Valley Companion | May 8th 2008 by Globewoman
It's hard to believe but after 5 years of wanting chickens we finally got chickens! Last week Cletus built a real nice chicken coop under the shed lean-to. It's about 6'x12', nice and roomy. He used 6' x 10' dog lot panels for the outside lot.While C read more
Chickens just wanna eat…
Tiny Farm Blog | May 7th 2008
The chickens are blowing up! At least, the White Rock Cornish X super-converting chickens are, turning feed into meat at a startling rate. The 10 or so Frey’s Special Dual Purpose are sleek and speedy, and all their feathers are in, but I guess read more
Guppy Guppy
Oliphant Parts | May 7th 2008
Time passes quickly when you’re having fun. Or when you’re bogged down in work and can’t see daylight. Yes, it’s been almost two months since my last post and all I can think of is that I am exhausted. I am also fifteen pou read more
Who Would Have Thought...
Cats Clutter and Crafts | May 7th 2008 by Dawn Elisableth
Tulip Originally uploaded by catscluttercrafts That I'm going to be one of the working people again. After a 2 year hiatus, I was actually hired back. I had my interview yesterday and it really wasn't an interview. It was more like yeah I read more
Tuesday Daily Dose Of Cute: Back To Baby Cary
Farmgirl Fare | May 6th 2008 by farmgirl susan
Two Week Old Cary Checks Out The Chickens (taken 5/20/06)Cary turned two years old today!© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where there's always something new going on around the farm but there's one thing that never changes - read more
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