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Sunshine Flies Over the Rainbow

September 11, 2015

Sunshine passed last week. I did not want to see her suffer. Chickens are not meant to live long lives like dogs or cats or us. Fluid had been building up in her belly. I knew it was probably either an egg peritonitis or a cancerous mass that lead to the ascites. A few days…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Friends Among Hens

September 9, 2012

I can’t imagine my life without friends. In my travels through this world, I have met friends in expected places and sometimes very unexpected places. Some are in my life more than others. Some it has been years, yet we can pick up right where we left off. Others are there because of a certain…

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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

Privacy Please

July 27, 2012

Sunshine Is there such a thing as egg laying etiquette? I’ve often wonder about this. I have heard stories of hens lining up just to lay their eggs in a favorite box, each patiently waiting until the hen in front of them has had her turn. Often in our nesting boxes, I will discover two chickens…

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Almost A Week in Photos: Sunshine and the Broodies

May 31, 2012

March 9, 2012 The Silkies were broody again. Sunshine was just sick of it. All day she kept kicking the girls out of the nesting boxes. She was on broody police duty. No one was going to sit in those boxes without laying eggs. I captured her in all her glory as she chased poor…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Twister for Chickens

May 12, 2012

In my jammies saying goodnight to Oyster Cracker These last couple of nights I have desperately been trying to figure out the girl’s sleeping arrangements. They always seem to be mixing it up. Finally, I am finding all four Silkies sleeping side by side on one roost together. No one is sleeping in the nesting…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Habits

May 3, 2012

Robins return each year habitually to hatch eggs. Habits can be classified as good and bad. I think that we all tend to have both. Good habits can benefit us directly and some are even chore-like. When I think of good habits, I think of brushing my teeth, setting a bed time, eating healthy (or…

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Chickens Coop Care Health Issues Seasonal Care

How To Clean the Chicken Coop

February 28, 2012

After keeping chickens for a while, you will soon find yourself developing habits that work for you and your flock. Over time, I have learned to implement a few things. We view our chickens as our family pets, so we do make extra efforts to spoil them more so than individuals keeping chickens as livestock.…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Room at the Top?

January 11, 2012

Tilly has been our head hen for as long as we have had chickens. She is a wonderful leader. She is thoughtful, compassionate for the little ones and fair. When the girls free-range, she is careful never to wander too far from home. In the evenings, she remains outside until everyone is in the coop.…

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Workday Chicken Pictures

January 10, 2012

We were contacted about a month ago by Workday Chicken Pictures to use one of our photos. Workday Chicken Pictures add clever quotes to an assortment of chicken pictures. I get such a cackle when I look at them that I could not resist saying YES when they asked to use Oyster Cracker’s and Sunshine’s picture. Today was…

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Chickens Health Issues

How To Fix a Broken Beak

December 31, 2011

Sunshine has always had a longer more glamorous beak. Even though Sunshine and Oyster Cracker were born on the same day, their beaks could not be more different. I like to think of beaks as noses. There are short ones, blunt ones, fat and wide ones. Some are pointy, narrow or rounder. Some hook off…

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Sunshine Flies Over the Rainbow

Friends Among Hens

Privacy Please

Almost A Week in Photos: Sunshine and the Broodies

Twister for Chickens

Habits

How To Clean the Chicken Coop

Room at the Top?

Workday Chicken Pictures

How To Fix a Broken Beak

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