At Stephen’s behest, i must begin this post by exonerating Moriarity, our cat. He did not slaughter two of our silkie chickens as i suspected he may have in the last post. We know this conclusively because . . . another silkie was killed and its blood sucked by what we can describe only as [...]
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Fewer Birds, More Birds
Posted in Chickens, Peacocks, Silkies, tagged Add new tag, Peacocks, possums, Silkies on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Save yourself
Posted in Camping, Chickens, Silkies, Texas State Parks, tagged Camping, Chickens, flash flooding, Pedernales Falls, Silkies on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Park we camped at on the weekend, a river runs through it. All literature you read about the park warns you first and foremost that said river is prone to flash flooding. “Save your children; save yourselves.”
No rain dampened our weekend, so have to rush to higher ground we did not. But the vistas were [...]
Growing
Posted in Chickens, Silkies, tagged Chickens, Coop, Messes, Silkies on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m growing a bit frustrated with the chickens as their current living situation is no longer suitable and their next living quarters will not be occupy-able until next week.
Currently, the four chicks, loud, half-feathered, skittish, are housed in a cage in my front living room. I do not spend much time in this area, so [...]
The Chickens
Posted in Chickens, Silkies, tagged Chickens, eggs, Silkies on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have decided to keep chickens. There are more chickens in the world than any other bird, so my goal in this certainly falls on the self-sufficiency side of my fence as opposed to the preservation side. It is an exciting idea to me, that of livestock and their precipitant fresh food. From the hen’s [...]
