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Category Archives: Dandelion

Saying Goodbye

If you’ve been reading, you know that a couple of days ago three of our beloved chickens were taken or killed by a raccoon. It’s caused huge insecurities in all of our chickens but they seem to be recovering slowly. Pepper was even injured and is limping around due to a broken toe.
Probably because I’m sick [...]

A Chicken in Uggs

Meg and Dandelion know there’s nothing like a good pair of warm boots when it comes to trudging around outside. Of course I’m not sure if this is the right kind of boot for the job, but it’s what they have.
These two are the same breed and look incredibly similar. So similar in fact I [...]

The Afternoon Nap

Late each afternoon, after what I suppose is a full day of foraging, eating, sitting, and more eating; chickens like to rest. I think they are building up energy for sunset when they venture into the coop again to fight through their nightly competition for position. Though, even Ronnie seems to take a few minutes [...]

A chick by any other name

So my wife and I put our selves to the task of naming all of our chicks. We tried with the first batch but it was hard. Some of those were being grown for the purpose of eating them and so we couldn’t name them anything too touchy feely or serious - since we would [...]