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Erosion control: an experiment using sheep wool

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:47:12 -0500

Ok, so I’ve got about 25 trash bags of fleece that is unacceptable to most hand spinners. It’s not enough to send to the “co-op” as you really need at least 100 times that amount. The chickens are all comfy in their wool-lined

It's Been Awhile

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0500

It has been quite some time since I had a contest, so I'm launching one today. Refer to yesterday's post. Beginning at the top photo, identify the breed of each chicken. The only catch: I don't know the answers! This is just a way to trick my more

Here a Chick There a Chick Everywhere a Chick Chick

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:05:00 -0500

Good Morning,It seems like yesterday when my little biddies arrived.What a day that was. Click here to see more>Biddies.Now they look like this.The Rooster Award for the month goes to. Drum roll please.........Mainly because this little Silver SeBrig

Awkward Adolescence

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:48:00 -0500

It happens to all of us. One day we're cute and fluffy, and the next we're preening at ourselves and wondering where it all went wrong. Our feet look too big. We have bad hair days. Our heads just don't seem to match the proportions of our bodi

Sunflowers and Space ships

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:13 -0500

Lucy Brown continues to investigate the relationships between Kangaroos, chickens, pink clouds and space ships. The sunflowers are doing well this year, fighting off sustained attacks from slugs during the wet weather, as shown above. Paintings can b

the little red hen

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:25:00 -0500

Little Red Hen BraceletOne day as the Little Red Hen was scratching in a field, she found a grain of wheat."This wheat should be planted," she said. "Who will plant this grain of wheat?""Not I," said the Duck."Not I," said the Cat."Not I," said the

Adding Chickens to the Family

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:14:40 -0500

I've been wanting to add chickens to my family for a while. I'd love to have fresh eggs every day and one of the best pest controls around. I want to see the slugs tremble with fear as those hungry ladies come marching through. I've convinced El

Feist on Sesame Street

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:34:13 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fciD_II7NI Feist on Sesame Street! Feist is a cutie! If Feist likes counting up to 4 then so do I!

A brief appearance today...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:50:00 -0500

Today I got home at 7:30am. DD had to be at summer school by 8, so I brought her there, and then DH had his job interview at 10, so I spent 45 minutes trying to get him out of bed. He finally got up, went into the living room, and came back 5 minut

Fresh Eggs (almost)!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0500

Surrogate Mother Hen

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:05:21 -0500

I get updates from Google when anyone writes about raising chickens and this story was part of the update. It is in video format and short and sweet so I thought I would share… Interesting story and I have no doubt it will have a happy life!

Chicken Church Bus

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:48:00 -0500

I stopped to visit with a neighbor on the way back from town today.Howard M.is one of only two Pennsylvania Certified Organic farmers in the township.He sells organic eggs, pork, chicken, beef, cheese and produce to local restaurants, the local organ

Sorry, That Was Just Weird

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:21:43 -0500

I do go off on tangents sometimes, eh? Let us cleanse our palates with some nice normal stuff: Wormcake. I was worried that they’d all fried in the recent heat. Nope. Quite happy living in their own filth and eating my garbage. THANKS,

zoning regulations suck

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:58:00 -0500

so the first thing johnny and i see when we got back from beaufort and savannah was a notice taped to our front door from code enforcement. apparently they came by while we were gone and nosed around our house. they wrote me up for have chickens in a

Today was a good day

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:22:00 -0500

DH finally went and applied for a job at the casino. He has an interview for a dishwasher/housekeeper tomorrow morning (crossing fingers). He felt good about that. I tried to urge him to apply at some other places, that way if he doesn't get a job

Ramblings..

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:36:57 -0500

Well… Dad had thought there must be a turtle in the garden, the way the tomatoes kept getting ‘bit into’, but I found out it was one of our black hens, Becky. She found a way around the partial fence and decided to have a little fea

Pissed Off Chickens

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:37:55 -0500

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 gen

“I Hate Meat Eaters” Vegetarian Canvas Totebag

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:00:31 -0500

Release some steam, at those who scoff at cruelty and don’t give a damn as to what they eat. How? Get your hands on one of the NEW! “I Hate Meat Eaters” vegetarian canvas totebags, and make a righteous animal-friendly fashion statem

LUNCH!

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:39:58 -0500

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 m

Working out the kinks

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:09:00 -0500