Poultry

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Icelandic landrace chickens

I am feeling very happy about my flock of Icelandic chickens. They are a landrace chicken. I’ve been raising them, solely, since the end...

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Chickens Seen

A scene that is both aesthetically theatrical and socially mundane…as it relates to a flock of chickens, of course. You can enlarge each...

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So, what’s with the chickens?

This morning. Barn door is open. 9 hens, 1 roo meander in. J goes in barn to work. Dog (Ginkgo) follows. Freaky hen flies in front of...

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Coop de Snow

The thing I like best about weather events such as Saturday’s snowstorm is that neighbors tend to come out to the street to share a...

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Chickens in the house (literally)!

NICE START TO A BLOG POST, HUH? I think it began with beetles in the orchard. This past summer, the new trees and shrubs that I planted...

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Visit to the Coop

We’ve had a couple of very cold and windy days, here, in southern Chester County, PA. The hens didn’t even want to come out of their...

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The chickens are home!

We have some good news and some good news. First, we sold the Elkins Park house and the closing is this week. You can imagine the flurry...