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Chicken Bonding

October 23, 2010

I never thought that the chickens would also extend into my social life. I cannot tell you how many times I have been able to break the ice, warm a chill to a room and create new friendships based upon my chickens. Talking about the chickens always surprises people. “Really, you have chickens?” “Where do you…

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Fossils for Chickens?!

October 22, 2010

Diatomaceous Earth! Diatomaceous Earth or DE is really a miracle worker. What exactly is it? DE consists of fossilized microscopic hard-shelled algae called diatoms. It comes in a very fine powder and can be a real preventative as well as curative for many chicken ailments.The most important thing when you want to use DE with your chickens…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Beautiful Fall Sunday

October 18, 2010

Our 2 black silkies We went out to the Wellfleet Oyster Festival today. We took some pictures along the way by the Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary in Wellfleet. Before I left today, I put a pumpkin in the girls run. Here are some pictures of the girls exploring the pumpkin. So far they have only…

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Do they understand me?

October 17, 2010

I really do believe so. Before I had chickens, I wasn’t really sure how smart they were. I thought that they were cute and all and had come to the conclusion that would be enough for me to start raising them. All the girls seem smart. Tilly knows her name. When they are free ranging…

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And then there were 5

October 13, 2010

In the early days, our favorite little chicken was Peanut. Peanut was always so curious; the first to come to us, discover the newest addition placed into his tiny 2’x2′ world. Peanut always needed more care than the others in the beginning too. Peanut was the one that I wasn’t sure would survive. Peanut seemed…

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When they were chicks

October 9, 2010

Here are the two Buff Orpingtons when they were 3 days old. Still as curious as ever. It is hard to believe that they look like full grown chickens within about 6 weeks. They are on an organic feed from Vermont. Who know there were so many options with the feed; mash, crumbles, pellets. Our…

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And then there were 5

When they were chicks

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