Tag: chicks
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Leghorns Liberated
The leghorns have been liberated from their warm basement home and are now out in the small pen in the corner of the big chook house. The small pen is called Fort Knox because it is absolutely predator proof, one year rats killed about 6 of our little chickens, since I made Fort Knox I…
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Happy Easter – You knew I was going to do this didn’t you!
The Old Codger chose this years chickens. They are Leghorns. They will grow to be leggy white chooks who lay good white eggs. He thinks they are an excellent old breed for this area. He had leghorns years and years ago. These are in a big tote in the basement with their warm light and…
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A gypsy summer day with three new teensy weensy arrivals
First this most magnificent day in chronological order because that is the way we do things. It was like a sumptious spring day yesterday. All cushiony and warm and loud with birdsong. A scanty bright sunrise over the swimming pool. Fat sheep!! A growth spurt in the fields and gardens. The bees were out in…
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Hawks Love Young Chicks
When I returned from buying feed yesterday morning, the guineas were shrieking up a storm. Imagine a highly strung young matron throwing her apron over her face and running screaming in circles, then you have a reasonable description of the guineas when they see a hawk. The guineas do not yell at cars or stray…
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