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Fourteen
Ok, I probably should start by repeating the old adage "Never say never." This evening I went to the regional library system annual dinner. Each year they feature a well-known speaker, usually an author, or an American Library Association big-wig (past or present) or some such......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-15 00:18:35 | Rating:

| Views: 53 | Comments: 2 | Tags: north woods chickens Will Weaver authors libraries books publishing

One cold coop
Last night, my friend Steve helped me with the next step in constructing the chicken coop. He had some leftover salvage lumber set aside for a project that didn't require good quality wood. We hauled a couple armloads of that to his shop after agreeing on the general plan for the nesting boxes we......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-14 10:57:21 | Rating:

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Oh no! Not again!
All right. This has to stop. I'm taking a twelve step pledge to not buy any more chickens, after today. At least for this year. Or until the coop and pens are ready. I couldn't help it. There I was, in the farm store, stocking up on feed because the existing flock has already consumed most......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-11 21:07:11 | Rating:

| Views: 34 | Comments: 3 | Tags: north woods chickens

Well, it is the back woods, after all.....
Some of my friends are more than a little amused that I'm keeping my chickens in the living room. That strikes them as bizarre until they realize I don't have a chicken coop yet built, and that the chickens are little. Even so, some have started calling me Bearvilly HillBilly. I kind of......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-09 09:30:58 | Rating:

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News from the coop
In the past couple days there have been some new developments. Dog tried to get in with the chickens. He didn't go very far, but he had his weight on the hardware cloth over the top of the box, and it was pressed down fairly far. He jumped back when I hollered, so no damage was done. Have to......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-08 08:02:35 | Rating:

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Chicken Coop Co-op
Yesterday was double-C-Day. Coop construction had been planned a week in advance to happen on Sunday. Plans were laid. Details were attended. Saturday, the shed destined to become the coop was tugged out of its resting place and prepared for moving. Things were looking good. Sunday morning,......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-04 23:34:50 | Rating:

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Wolves at the door
I got up early this morning. The sun was up and it was just too difficult to keep my eyes shut to stay in bed and laze away the morning. Dog and I went outside. I peed on the pile of pine needles raked off the sidewalk yesterday. He trotted off on his morning rounds where he does his own......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-03 08:43:40 | Rating:

| Views: 55 | Comments: 5 | Tags: north woods dogs wolves morning spring

Rowdy birds
I have a dilemma. These darned birds are growing on me. I mean that in every sense of the word "grow." First, it's hard to not love cute little chicks who sit in your hand, all soft and warm, and peep at you in a voice that says "Mommy!" It's impossible......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-02 05:58:00 | Rating:

| Views: 45 | Comments: 2 | Tags: chickens eggs north woods pigs

Off the deep end
I have indeed gone off the deep end of the chicken pool. Today, I picked up 5 more chicks. The farm store finally had in stock the Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks I had so wanted in the beginning, and they had a selection of pullets to boot. So I picked up 4 more. And because I had to......Read More

Posted on: 2009-04-26 00:56:43 | Rating:

| Views: 78 | Comments: 6 | Tags: North woods chickens Homer Smoke

The littlest chicken
There's one little chicken who won't make it to the stew pot. The littlest of the chicks, that little devil of a black bird that runs around like, well, like a chicken with its head cut off, has stolen my heart. I don't know if it's a cockerel or a pullet, but I've named "him"......Read More