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Monthly Archives: May 2008

Father figure

We were amazed a couple of months ago when we were able to move our chicks outdoors to the coop and Ronnie just jumped right in to caring for them and showing them around. He showed them where food and water was. He guided them to the best foraging locations. He warned them when there [...]

One of a kind

Ronnie was a unique chicken. He liked people. My wife is a private music teacher, so we have a lot of people coming and going throughout the day. We always had people tell us how Ronnie would run out to the car and wait at their door to see them when they got out. He [...]

To Ronnie:

The importance of losing Ronnie can’t be said easily. For us he was more than our Rooster, he was a pet and even more he was the beginning of this entire journey. We had never considered chickens and probably never would have had he not shown up in our yard just hours before the New [...]

Death stalks us

It’s been a couple of days, this started on Thursday last week to be exact. Clover was grabbed by a fox. My wife was watching though she didn’t really realize what had happened until later. We found feather in piles here and there. I followed the fox’s trail to a neighborhood through the woods behind our house. [...]