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Chick Chick: Becoming a Chicken

October 20, 2021
I have a story to share about a Guinea hen, I call Chick Chick. I’m not quite sure if it is a happy ending or not. Maybe it’s bittersweet. It’s hard to know if animals are happy but sometimes, I guess the best we can do is take clues. I’m not sure if she wanted…

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The Virtues of Keeping Older Chickens

January 25, 2021
It been a long running joke that at our house some years it feels like we have both a nursery and nursing home for chickens. This fall and winter the chickens have not been laying eggs after their fall molt.  In the chicken world, they are deemed old. In our current flock, our youngest hens…

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Geo Bird Cage: The Parakeets Get a New Home

November 2, 2020
I have kept parakeets since I was 12 years old. Growing up, my parents enjoyed my sisters and I having pets. Over the years, we’ve had dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, hermit crabs, and tropical fish, but it was my blue and white parakeet named Pipet, after 7th grade science class, that started my love affair…

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Photo Essay: Comings and Goings of the Past Week

May 1, 2020
This week it has rained quite a bit on Cape Cod. We’ve had stolen glimpses of sunshine and took full advantage of those infrequent moments. Living in the Northeast, I always feel that we are behind much of the country. We still don’t have any leaves on our trees yet, although we can finally see…

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Time for Catching Up and Silver Linings

April 15, 2020
It’s hard to believe that we have been home for the past month except for going to work at my husband’s and my respective jobs in healthcare. Life has become a bit surreal and most things that we would consider mundane such as going to the grocery store, running errands and even getting a haircut…

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Falling with the Flock: Fall with Chickens

November 8, 2019
We are in for some chillier temperatures this coming week, so I decided it was time to start winterizing the chicken coop. I always have a hard time saying goodbye to the warm weather. Perhaps the chickens do too. I love spending time during fall with the chickens, but I have been finding them spending…

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New Book: Chicken Wisdom

November 6, 2019
Over the past ten years, I’ve come to learn that chickens can teach and remind us of many life’s lessons.  If you take time to watch, listen and engage with a flock, they will share their chicken wisdom.  For my latest book, I wanted to create something that made me happy! I wanted to celebrate…

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