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A chicken egg is a beautiful thing. At the time of hatching, the female chick already has within her all the eggs she will lay in her lifetime. Once she is mature enough, around 24 weeks of age, she will begin to lay an egg about every other day. Every…
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Photo by Martinus: https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-lightning-flashing-on-black-sky-88491/ The Rain I checked the forecast when I woke up this morning. I had about 1 1/2 hours before the line of thunderstorms would hit. My dear one was already outside trimming some brush when Junebugg and I met up with him. The three of us…
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The sun was due to shine. There was no rain in the forecast. The temperature was to be mild. The forage had revealed its green and growing tall enough in the pasture. The first of May had come. It was time. Tuesday night we hooked up the John Deer to…
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I occasionally wonder why we end up doing the most labor when the day is hot and the sun is shining. Maybe we’re just lucky? Today is the last day of the month and it surprises me that the temperature was 81 degrees at one point when I looked at…
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We did chores in the rain today. Luckily it was not very windy or cold and the rain came straight down. No one was happy about it, but I think the poultry faired better than we did as we don’t have feathers. I believe this is only the second time…
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Remember me talking about the chick that Mike was caring for that couldn’t walk? And we thought he did a good thing and saved its life? Well sadly, it succumbed during the night. It was still doing well yesterday, a bit more wobbly than the day before but still drinking…
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We have a few Cornish Rock chickens that we are raising for the freezer. Within the first week we lost two, one to Junebugg who took advantage of an escapee (another farm accident) and one to some sort of illness. Then we have this little one who couldn’t walk, which…
