Tag: Poultry
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All Except One
Chickens are not kind. They do peck each other. I found one pecking at Wai the other day – to my horror- his skin is fragile enough. But this chook had half her side torn off by her flock of white chickens. Basically skinned. It has healed somewhat but all the feathers are gone from…
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Whosoever Dumps Cats …
I am reserving a special corner of cat hell for you. Finally here is a picture of the black cat who has been occasionally sighted in the barn. He is getting braver. Here he is just short of the back steps. I am sure there will be a few cat fights to follow while they…
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This Old Barn
No-one knows exactly when this barn was built. Or by whom, but legend has it that before Our John’s Great – Grandfather gutted it to put huge harvesting machines in there, (horrible) it used to house the draft horses that pulled the early farm implements. Plus the house cow and a couple of hogs for…
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Fatality in the Kitchen
Noooo! The coffee machine has finally Spat The Dummy! Dead. Nothing but Sad. No delicious foamy coffee. So it is plunger coffee for us this morning. We were hoping that the espresso machine would last until Christmas then Our John and I were going to go halvies on the cost of a new one. Coffee…
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Back home with slightly scorched wings.
Traveling fast and light with nothing but Little Blue Bag is how I love to travel. And travel energizes me – invigorates me – makes me stronger. But traveling this fast means I sometimes fly a little too close to the sun. And getting back to a messy, sticky house and farm after being at…
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