new babies
Pin ItYes, a blissful event has occurred at the Cottage by the Mountains. New babies! Four of them! No, the Damsel hasn’t added to her stash of sprogs, although she DOES have two grandsprogs on the...
View Articlechicken update II
Pin It The girls are two-and-a-half months old now, and the Damsel is surprised that although they won’t lay for another three months, they look remarkably hen-like. They even cluck. They don’t love to...
View Articlewhen is a free-range chicken a bad chicken?
Pin ItWhen is a free-range chicken a bad, naughty chicken? Come closer, dear students, and the Damsel will tell you. The Damsel lets her chickens run loose in her large fenced yard, eating mosquitoes...
View Articlebackyard chicken adventures
Pin ItTo recap our story so far: The Damsel got four chickens in April, and was told they’d start laying in October. One chicken started laying in July, being an overachiever in all ways. Her comb is...
View Articlebackyard chicken update VI
Pin ItWe’ve had backyard chickens for about nine months now at the Cottage by the Mountains. The Damsel practically feels like an old hand (hen) after all this time. Ha! Ha! There are a few aspects of...
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