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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Now, you have to share...

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I've been wondering how the other birds were laying new eggs in the same box that Silkie Sue was in. Now I know
Friday, February 22, 2013

Gardening is around the corner

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I had planned to rent a tiller to get my garden ready.  Then I realized I wanted to scrape the top layer of dirt off some areas to expand t...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Fertilized Eggs

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If you've ever wondered what a fertilized chicken egg looks like, this is it.   The egg on the left has a white-ish circle in the ...

A weekend of work

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This weekend was a major weekend of work. Saturday we spent the day pulling trash out of the woods.  I was determined to do a final tri...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

She's gone broody

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Not all chickens will sit on a nest of eggs and let them hatch.  It's a hormonal thing and they decide to do it whenever they decide to ...

If you like it, then you better put a ring on it

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As soon as I let the birds out of the coop, Clyde wants to do his deed.  He goes chasing after one bird after another for several minutes. ...

Have you ever heard a fox "barking"?

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I walked outside to lock the birds up and I heard that darn fox again... There is nothing to see because it was so dark outside, but you ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Meeting with the Project Manager

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The Project Manager/Negotiator  was at my home last night with the blueprints of the expected changes.   I started by saying I didn'...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

What they will take from us

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We went out to the stream today to collect rocks for two projects (I will share them once they are complete.) All I could think about w...

Homesteading, butter, and bread

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I kept finding a bunch of cool ideas on various blogs and websites that had the word homesteading in the title.  I had no idea what this was...