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News from the homestead – September, 2009

Monday, September 28, 2009

It’s been slightly less than forever since I did an update on the yard and house. We’re starting to think about how to prepare for winter, and seeing what we can get out of the garden for fall and winter. We also need to make sure the chicken coop is well-insulated, and we’ve already gotten [...]

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Farewell to the Rooster

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

We found a new home for our rooster yesterday. He’s very vocal and it was bothering our neighbors, and we’re not supposed to have a rooster anyway. He’s gone from being the king of our big, sunny yard to being at the bottom of the rooster pecking order now that he lives with an older, [...]

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Guess what?

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Chicken butt!

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Preparing for chickens

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

stock photo — these aren’t my chickens! We have: 1 large cardboard box (recycled, yay!) 1 roll of screen to go over the top, so they don’t flutter out and hide under the couch 1 heat lamp 1 bag of wood shavings 1 bag of feed 1 waterer 1 feeder Now we just need the [...]

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