As you may have guessed, I took a little trip down to California for my family’s annual Easter celebration over this past weekend. Brian stayed here to watch the farm, so to speak, and after 5 days absent, I have returned. It is amazing how much can change in five days… and for all my [...]
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Don’t Give Me That Look! I came back, didn’t I?
Posted in breeds, chicks, garden on April 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Glory Returns (and so does the work)!
Posted in advice, breeds, chicks, garden, references on April 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Your eyes are not foolin’ you, folks. That is good ol’ fashioned sunshine you see in that picture. As we all well know, weather forecasting is basically good for about 12 hours into the future. Beyond that, they really just can’t tell. And thank goodness for that! Just four days ago I told you all [...]
Spring is, Well… Springing.
Posted in breeds, chicks, coop, garden on March 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Murphy’s Law. Gets me everytime. After three days of gale-force winds and driving, soaking rain, today was beautiful, sunny, calm, and the warmest day of the year so far. My parents have been up to visit three times since we moved in last June. My mom also came up once to look at the house [...]
Birds of a Feather & a Whale of a Tail
Posted in breeds, chicks, coop on February 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We are reaching the end of the fourth day in the new coop and things are going quite well. Today I mostly got pictures of sleeping because every time I remembered my camera, that’s (of course) what they all happened to be doing. And the interesting thing to me is that they’ve decided to form [...]
The Time is Nigh
Posted in breeds, chicks, coop on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 10 and several things are evident - the most important of which is that the time to move out to the coop is looming ever nearer. I am dying to get them out there. The brooder-in-the-bedroom setup is good for about a week, in my opinion. After that, they may still need heat and a [...]
