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Wednesday, February 07 2024
Elsie Bunny was a pleasant surprise, as I wanted an Ameracauna but the breeder we'd selected has run fresh out when we were ready to supplement our flock...
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Wednesday, July 29 2020
It was a beautiful spring day, if a bit chilly, with sparse, wispy mare's tails and bright sunshine. A shower had occured the day before, so the ground was damp with dew and vibrant green things...
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Friday, January 03 2020
Schrodinger's Cat is the supposition that, at its basis, is an animal confined in a closed space with a possible calamity, where it is both alive and dead until ...
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Sunday, August 11 2019
At roughly 8:20 PM Saturday, August 10, the hens were rowdy yet content, having just returned from an evening romp in the yard. As customary, they idly pecked ...
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Monday, April 01 2019
It was a beautiful spring day, if a bit chilly, with sparse, wispy mare's tails and bright sunshine. A shower had occured the day before, so the ground was damp with dew and vibrant green things...
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Tuesday, September 25 2018
Well. I got a tiny wound on my knee yesterday, barely a pinprick, but it bled several droplets so I slapped a tiny band-aid on it. I promptly forgot.....
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Saturday, September 22 2018
My ten girls have learnt that the run door opening means "FREEDOM!", resulting in Joanie and Mary bolting for it. Seven times out of ten.....
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Friday, September 21 2018
I tend to pop in on the chickens every so often at random times over the day. It's summer, it's hot, and if they're looking like their feather blankets are too much.....
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Friday, September 21 2018
Being in the mid-Atlantic South, the topsoil is maayyybee a few inches deep at most, and rest is either clay or sandy clay. The result is that.....
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Monday, September 17 2018
We were still coasting on a high of "Baby chicks! So cute! We're getting eggs every day in a few months!" when Mom starts researching everything that can go wrong.....
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Monday, September 17 2018
I will be honest and say that I had absolutely no idea that it was Chick Days at Tractor Supply when I proposed to my parents.....
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