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The grass is not really greener
Chickens in the grass — these Alaskans also get the sort of feed that Chicken Lady recommends for fat and egg-full hens. Dear Chicken Lady, I’ve been getting grass fed beef from a friend and it is wonderful. In our local … Continue reading
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Tagged bugs, Chicken Lady, chicken lawn house, grass, grass-fed, Locust Lane, Rural King
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Beautiful winter at Locust Lane
Chicken Lady has been capturing the essence of a winter day at Locust Lane with the geese and the trees. Geese. Trees. Geese. Trees + Geese.
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Tagged Chicken Lady, geese, Locust Lane, trees, winter
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Frost, feathers, and apple vinegar
Feather donors With our first frost I am cleaning up all the feather projects that are spread out in the sunroom so the house plants can come in. I also need to get the final coat of finish on a … Continue reading
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Tagged apple vinegar, cherry trees, chicken gizzard, Chicken Lady, feathers, feathers for weddings, frost, Locust Lane, remove warts
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Mice in the trees at Locust Lane
November 21, 2010 Dear Chicken Lady, I hope you don’t think this is a stupid question but are mice afraid of heights? I don’t know who else to ask and this is very important to me. Sincerely, Afraid of Heights but … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicken Lady, Locust Lane, mice, mice in trees, mouse kits, worms in trees
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Running around in circles — it works for birds
Laughter relieves stress and so each night when I went out to close up the birds for protection from the nightly predators I had plenty of stress relief at the duck pen where all the young ducks were. Usually we … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicken Lady, ducks, flocking, geese, Locust Lane, Romans group soul, running around in circles, starlings
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Spiders, socks and scrapbooks – winter on the chicken farm
Dear Chicken Lady, I’m getting all the bird pens ready for winter so the snow stays out and the birds stay in. I’m afraid I’ll be so bored this winter with nothing much to do. What will I do? Sincerely, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicken Lady, ducks, geese, Locust Lane, mice, scrapbooks, socks, spiders, washing machines, winter
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Hissy fits Geese
Dear Chicken Lady, I like all the stories you tell about geese but I’m kinda scared to get them for our barnyard. They always seem mean and hiss at me. Sincerely, Scared of their hissy fits Dear Hissy … Continue reading
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Tagged attack geese, geese, hissy fits, Locust Lane, pecking order
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Chicken talk
Dear Chicken Lady, My baby birds are growing up. They are getting really ugly and some of the chicks are starting to make some terrible sounds sorta like they are trying to crow. Please tell me they’ll get better … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescent chicken, Chicken Lady, chicken talk, Locust Lane, rooster crow, ugly duckling
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Discouraged? Is it literature or chickens?
E. B. White said, “I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.”