Showing posts with label feathers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feathers. Show all posts
Monday, November 22, 2021

Molting Time

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Around the barn and hen house, the ground is littered by feathers.  One by one our laying hens are molting.  They are losing their old, dull...
Monday, February 24, 2020

Staying in Your Lane

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Last year an acquaintance of ours offered to give us a rooster.  The rooster was purchased from a feed store as a baby chick and was suppose...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

Birds of a Feather...

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Chickens are interesting creatures to watch.  They are entertaining and have their own personalities.  They have habits and rituals like peo...
Sunday, March 11, 2018

2018 Meat Birds - 1 Week Old

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We're one week into this year's edition of the on-going experiment of growing our own poultry.  We learn something new each year.  S...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

We're Caught In a Trap...

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Elvis Presley sang a song called, "Suspicious Minds" that started with the following lyrics: We're caught in a trap I can...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Setting the Pullets Free

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Even though the picture below was taken on an overcast, foggy Saturday morning, I think it is beautiful.  It is a nice shot because as far a...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

A Chick Check Up

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How do you like this new time?  I am not fond of it.  When I get home it is dark and it is difficult to get anything done outside.  That rel...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Ugly Hen

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Yesterday afternoon I happened upon a terrifically ugly Aracauna hen right next to the chicken tractor that is full of the chicks that we ha...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Chicken-proofing the barn

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A while back we talked about our chickens that have made themselves at home in the barn.  This causes a multitude of problems for us, includ...