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- The Last Daisy October 15, 2018
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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Old Love Birds
I’ve never seen two old love birds like Billy and Imelda. They’re not exclusive, mind you. Billy continues to cavort with plenty of other hens, but Imelda has a special place in his heart. They spend a lot of time … Continue reading
Posted in About My Chickens, Happiness
Tagged chicken love, old love birds, roosters and hen
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The Beauty of Growing Produce
Growing vegetables and fruits is like living in an art museum. Every time I step out into the vegetable patches to weed, thin, and pick vegetables, there is more beauty than I can possibly absorb. There are many artists who … Continue reading
Posted in How Things Grow, Reflections
Tagged apple blossoms, beauty of produce, fresh greens, growing salads, rosemary blossoms
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Teaching Them to Feed
Chicks will grow up without a mother hen to teach them how to feed. But when they do have one, they follow her around everywhere, watching what she is doing, what she eating, how she is digging it up, and … Continue reading
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Tagged hens teaching their chicks, raising chicks
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Dandelions
Biking home from the post office this afternoon, I had to stop and take some photos of a field full of dandelions. Look closely at each dandelion, and you quickly realize that it would take hours and hours for a … Continue reading
The Continuing Evolution of Genes
Carl Zimmer writes today in the New York Times in The Continuing Evolution of Genes that scientists used to believe that the some 20,000 genes we all have, came from our parents, which came from their parents, and on backwards … Continue reading
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They Are All Unique
How do you tell them apart? When they are this young, like these eight chicks hatched yesterday, there is one that pops out because it is a different color. The rest look the same, but if you look closely, you’ll … Continue reading
Places Chickens Love to Roam
Today is the type of day chickens dream about. The weather is nice, and there are plenty of good things to eat around the pond. On days like this, they wander far. It’s not unusual to find a hen, hidden … Continue reading
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Tagged chickens around the pond, chickens in the grass, fence posts
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