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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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How to Train your Hens to sleep in the Hen House
Chickens are creatures of habit. And they like their own beds. Which makes it easy to train hens to roost in the same building each night. In the early summer I round up all the winter runaways and shut them into the chook house. And I add all the new chickens . From the time…
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Sweaty Corn
One acre of corn can sweat 3,000 to 4,000 gallons (11,300 – 15,000 liters) in the heat, per DAY! The water is absorbed by the surrounding atmosphere and joins the water cycle. This is literally called corn-sweat. An acre is the size of a football field. That is quite a bit of perspiration. No wonder…
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Fogginess all Round
How do cats and dogs manage in the heat with these big fur coats they wear. I was flattened by the heat these last few days and the heat was not even long lasting. It was only a couple of days of almost 100 degrees culminating in a massive thunderstorm. Which ratcheted the humidity up…
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Stonkered by the Heat.
Like a sail in a changing wind we have yawed from unusually cold to extreme heat. And the animals – all except the PopPops – are floored by it. Including me. I failed to keep hydrated. On average a person needs only a litre of water a day – or a cup per hour –…
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How to link a picture to a URL
Effectively turning an image into a button. Attach a link to a picture! On WordPress and on Substack. For the folks who, like me, did not know this. Here are the instructions for WordPress: 1. Load the image into your page. 2. Firmly click on the image for the drop down menu. (Here is where…
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I lose Sleep so I can a Read
You too!? Hah! We are a pair. 😂 I only have time to read at night. So if it is a good book – I am losing sleep. What’s our next read? What did you just finish? If it is good don’t forget to drop the title into our very own Library! Chicks are here!…
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