chickens

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Welcome May!

Welcome May!

Oh HI! How the heck are you? It's been a few minutes... errrr... months ;-) You know, when I mentioned in my last post that I was allowing myself some space and time to rest during the Winter months, I truly didn't intend to be gone from this space for so long but life has a way of happening when…
May 1, 2023

On Eating and Incubating Eggs with a Three-Year-Old

I've spent a lot of time thinking about Ember's ability to mentally process the fact that some eggs are for eating and some eggs are for hatching and what that really means for all eggs. At three, she's developmentally at a point in which she questions everything, which is both invigorating and exhausting. She challenges me to think about my…
February 13, 2017

Sun Spot

Poor thing looks just miserable, doesn't she? xoxo, M P.S. Happy #FluffyButtFriday!
November 11, 2016

Broody Buff

I've been frustrated by the fact that I haven't had time to blog about all of the happenings around the farm these days because of all the happenings around the farm and beyond the farm! And so I've been posting to Instagram in a micro-blogging fashion in an attempt to keep up and while it's a nice alternative and I do…
July 7, 2016

Country Chickens

Despite my romanticized visions of perpetually gorgeous views with all sorts of beautiful farm animals frolicking about it's becoming abundantly clear that real life often looks a bit different. Case in point: Country chickens. They are a funky bunch. They are brave and stupid. (Stupidly brave?) They escape the coop and get attacked by dogs. When the survive, they're usually…
June 14, 2016
Akuna – LGD Update

Akuna – LGD Update

Despite all of my angst around this big, white, fluffy, livestock guardian dog (LGD) of ours (between her escapes, her seemingly endless heat cycle, and the necessity for our newly installed electric fencing), I just have to say that... She is doing so well! She has calmed around the chickens and the goats and is so very gentle (though sometimes…
February 28, 2016