When we lost our dear girl Clover back in October, my husband and I did something we rarely do….we made a rash decision. Maybe it was the grief. Maybe it was practical thinking about the loss of one of our key egg layers. Maybe it was just plain Chicken Math. Whatever the reason, Sunday morning – the day after I discovered Clover – we decided…
Good food, warm drinks and an excuse to sit back and gorge is just a few of the attractive qualities of Thanksgiving. Did I mention good food? Oh, how I love to cook stuffing, pumpkin pie and other dishes that normally wouldn’t pop up on my daily menu! But Thanksgiving has a black mark on it’s reputation – a giant scarlet “S” that mars an…
SweetPea is one of those special chickens – the kind that exhibits more canine-like behavior than the typical aloof and scattered nature of gallus gallus domesticus. She not only minds you petting her, she demands it. SweetPea, however, is going through one of the most traumatic molts I’ve seen in my gals so far. Not only does she look like a chicken that’s gone through…
