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Tips for Keeping the Chicken Coop Tidy in Winter

January 14, 2019

Colder temperatures are here. Single freezing digits often prohibit me from doing regular maintenance and tidying in my chicken coop. I’ve been getting questions from many of you about how I care for my coop during these freezing winter months, so I thought that I would share some tips of what I do to keep…

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Chickens Lessons from the Flock Stories from Our Nest

New Year Resolutions for Chicken Keepers

January 7, 2019

Happy New Year friends! It’s hard to believe that we are ushering in a new year already. Did you have time to make any new year resolutions yet? It seems the most popular ones each year often have to do with getting into shape, eating better, or getting motivated to reach new goals. This got…

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Chickens Lessons from the Flock Stories from Our Nest

Fixing a Hole in My Heart

November 26, 2018

I’ve been trying. I really have. Grief is a funny thing. One minute it’s not there and the next minute you find yourself with tears streaming down your face for no particular reason. Like falling leaves, the tears just simply come when you are walking out the mailbox, cooking dinner, spending time with loved ones.…

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Chickens Coop Care Health Issues Seasonal Care

How Much Should I Be Feeding My Backyard Chickens?

November 7, 2018

I actually get this question quite a bit. So, it seemed only prudent to write a post about chickens and their eating habits. By now, I’m sure that you have figured out that chickens know what they like. They also are sometimes hesitant to try new things, like the time I plopped a whole pumpkin…

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Stories from Our Nest

Life’s Seasons

October 17, 2018

Hello friends. I wanted to take a moment to share the past few months with you. Life has thrown us an unexpected curve. We lost my Dad of 28 years unexpectedly this summer after dealing with some things since spring. It threw us all into a tail spin and all of us went into survival…

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Essayist for Literary Chickens

June 27, 2018

Good morning folks! I sometimes feel as though I have been under a rock, but truthfully, so much as been going on. School is out and I have two kiddos home with me and we have been having a blast planning summer fun! I have also been incredibly busy trying to get my gardens ready,…

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Findings Gardening Stories from Our Nest

Discovered: A Secret Nest in the Window Box

May 25, 2018

Spring has taken it’s sweet time to come to Cape Cod. Still with temperatures in the 40s at night- mid May, it seems as though everything is stalled. Beautiful annuals that usually spill from the window boxes on the front of my home were also delayed. The window boxes lay dormant and lifeless. Still filled…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Chicken Language: Listen to Common Chicken Vocalizations

April 25, 2018

I’m having so much fun traveling and sharing my new book, How to Speak Chicken. I can’t tell you how many emails, messages, and in-person requests that I have received to create recordings of the chickens’ vocalizations that I share and “translate in my book”. Chickens have their own language, and over the years I…

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Chickens Giveaways

Coop-A-Palooza: Chicken Coop Giveaway and More

March 28, 2018

Hello friends and Happy Chick Days! This spring, I wanted to celebrate you! Thank you so much for all of your support, fun and friendship over the years and thank you too for your supporting my newest book, How to Speak Chicken. Earlier this year, I thought to myself, why can’t I reach out to some…

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Chickens Health Issues Seasonal Care

Can I Get Salmonella From My Backyard Chickens?

March 5, 2018

It is in the news again and I suspect that as the popularity of keeping backyard chickens continues to rise, so will the cases of salmonella. I haven’t really chimed in on this topic, so I think it is time. I also think that it is very important not to leave our common sense at…

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Tips for Keeping the Chicken Coop Tidy in Winter

New Year Resolutions for Chicken Keepers

Fixing a Hole in My Heart

How Much Should I Be Feeding My Backyard Chickens?

Life’s Seasons

Essayist for Literary Chickens

Discovered: A Secret Nest in the Window Box

Chicken Language: Listen to Common Chicken Vocalizations

Coop-A-Palooza: Chicken Coop Giveaway and More

Can I Get Salmonella From My Backyard Chickens?

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