Category Archives: Chickens

Fancy Coffee Friday: Cake, a Dead Chicken and the Plague

Picture it, January 2nd, 2015, in southern Wisconsin where it is brown, cold and lacking snow.  I’m perched at my home office desk in my workout gear after just sending off a first draft for another article at N Magazine, … Continue reading

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Fancy Coffee Friday: Prodigal Rooster

Crestfallen. I think that is the best word to describe my feelings when I discovered that my favorite rooster, let alone chicken, had not returned to the barn last week Wednesday.  He was always one of the first of the … Continue reading

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Sunday Morning and I need a nap

Perhaps it’s the because the sun is sleeping in a little later each day or because allergies won’t loosen their grip on my head (seriously… the stuffed up sinuses can stop any moment now), but each morning it’s getting a … Continue reading

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MLiP Wednesday: Gratuitous Cock Photo

I couldn’t write the title of this post or my photo description without giggling childishly and saying in my best Beavis & Butthead impression, “She said cock“.  What can I say?  I can be immature sometimes. Folks, friends, readers and … Continue reading

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Recipe? I don’t need no stinkin’ recipe! “Kitchen Sink Beef Stew”

How’s that for a title?  Folks, I like to break out the ol’ Crock Pot once in a while, do a few minutes of work, toss it all together and come back hours later when the food is done.  Beef … Continue reading

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07/29/2012 Sunday Search Terms and Project 365 – Random Facts: 205-211

Happy Sunday, Dear Readers! What a crazy busy week.  I’ve honestly been working a lot and am just plum wore out between jobs 1 and 2 and home – hence the radio, well internet, silence.  Not that I’m not writing … Continue reading

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Oh what a beautiful Morning! Oh what a beautiful Day!

I would like to thank Gordon MacRae (I share a birthdate with him!), Rodgers & Hammerstein and the film adaptation of the musical, “Oklahoma!” for my being a morning person. I don’t particularly enjoy the act of getting out of bed … Continue reading

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Babs the Chicken

Barbie the chicken, aka “Babs”, has been with us for two years now.  She is a Barred Rock and was about 18 months old when we picked her up along with her flock mates from a woman who could no … Continue reading

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