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Showing posts with label chickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chickens. Show all posts
Monday, September 07, 2015

Naked Chicks ... that Glow

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This is creepy: Glowing in the dark, GMO chickens shed light on bird flu fight In the realm of avian research, the chicks with the glo...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Bird-flu in the USA

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U.S. Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Millions of Iowa Egg-Laying Hens Many of the 3.8 million egg-laying hens in an Iowa flock probably have bird fl...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Our August Surprise. Actually, seven of them.

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Every year, the Bantam chickens try creating secret stealth nests to hatch out chicks. We don't want any more Bantams, so each year I f...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Born Yesterday...

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Actually, it was the day before yesterday. And "hatched" might be a more accurate description. There were four chicks in this bat...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

How quickly they grow. And fly too!

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I had published this photo previously, taken on Easter Day: Here is how the little babies look today: They have gotten so big, that they jum...
Monday, April 12, 2010

Farm Report: New Chicks and a Rooster Coup

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Here is a photo I took of our new Leghorn chicks that we got from the local Feed Store. They were about two and a half weeks old when the p...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Farm Report: January and February Egg Counts

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We're letting three of the feathery-foot daughters of Turendot, our Cochin hen, have their own babies this year. So far I've counte...
Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Farm Report: "Chickenblogging" disappointment

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When I bought my DV movie camera, I had high hopes of making short videos about life on the farm, and putting them on my blog. It hasn'...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

"Feathery Foot Club" adds nine new members

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Seven of the new members can be seen here. The other two are being sat on by their mother. This will be the last bunch for the year, if al...
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Sunday, August 02, 2009

Farm Report 08-02-09; Flowers, July's Egg Count

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I liked this rose dripping with dew the other morning, so I took photos: We've had more summer rain and drizzle than usual this year. It...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Farm Report: Hybrids, Freezer Burn, Egg Count

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In a previous post about our new Hybrid Cochin/Bantam chicks, who I called the Three Heathers , I speculated that some of the Heathers might...
Monday, June 22, 2009

Farm Report: The May Egg Count

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This report is kinda late. I've had a lot of other stuff to do that's kept me from blogging much, but if I wait much longer, it wil...
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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Farm Report: Egg Layer's Union makes trouble

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Loafing union members, during a "work slow-down" Last month I started the Monthly Egg Count for the Farm Report. But since then,...
Friday, May 01, 2009

Farm Report: "Heather has Two Mommies"

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Last month the first chicks of the year began to hatch. I've been letting the chickens hatch eggs from Turendot, our Chinese Cochin hen...
Friday, April 03, 2009

The Monthly Egg Count in Our Jurassic Park

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Last month, I did a report about how our local egg factory here on the farm went back into production. I keep notes on the production, so ...
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Sunday, March 01, 2009

This factory has geared up for more business

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And what factory might that be? Just ask this contented, non-unionized factory worker, hanging around outside the factory door on her exten...
Saturday, November 01, 2008

Rain, Fowl Dramas and Power Supplies

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I haven't been posting lately, for a couple of reasons. Getting the farm ready for winter has meant putting extra effort into completin...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

The "Flip Ultra" quick video Farm Report

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Photo taken from Flip Video, via Muvee software I got my Pink Flip Ultra camcorder this week, and have been trying it out. Is it any good...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Uh-oh. Look what turned up yesterday...

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Yesterday afternoon this proud mama shows up with NINE of the little... "darlings" she hatched out secretly somewhere. There is an...