Tag Archives: Rhode Island Red
if I had a million dollars
even samples couldn’t sell all our cucumbers today. Today at the Windsor Market, we had the fine fortune of experiencing an accidental double-booking of musicians. So the market was forced to put one group where they always do, at the … Continue reading
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chicken update (again!)
the pudgy rooster, who — when he isn’t eating — is sleeping in his food. I promise this will be my last consecutive post about chickens. But the reason I haven’t posted lately is because, well, my life has been … Continue reading
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the challenge of chickens
Emmett’s hands, and the new babies. It has been a challenging week with the chickens. Quick update on the survivors: Hope’s doing really well. She’s now sufficiently recovered so as to utterly hate spending time in her “infirmary,” a little … Continue reading
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a new start, a miracle, and a funeral
Above: red roses for the Reds, a white for the Leghorn, and an orange for my Buffy. After listening to some advice that we get back in the chicken-keeping saddle, yesterday I made a call to Belt Hatchery to order … Continue reading
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a day to preserve
Emmett and I reserved today as Pickling/Canning/General Preservation day — little did we know that we’d find ourselves pickling late into the night! It’s 11 p.m., and the last jars of applesauce are finally filled and sealed — but still … Continue reading
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life (& death?) on the farm
Farming is about to get a whole lot scarier. Today, I ordered 27 day-old chicks from Belt Hatchery that will arrive on August 21. The group will include 11 Rhode Island Red pullets (females), 1 RIR cockerel (male), 10 Ameraucana … Continue reading
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