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Mister Possum–Re-visited

Mister Possum–Re-visited

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* ~~~~~Try My Posts on SubStack/Click Here~~~~~ Mister Possum is still in the neighborhood….. …..he’s now considering our little homestead his tromping grounds….. Even as possums go…he’s nasty looking….. …..he’s been around the block a few times…tripped off the curb…gotten run over…but he keeps coming up swinging….. I’ve got to admire his chutzpah…I’ll give him that….. …..but he’s a flea-bitten limping geriatric nuisance….. And I can’t shoot him….. …..because Doctor Brigid said so….. He’s…

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~Hot Biddies~(and détente)…

~Hot Biddies~(and détente)…

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** It’s Hot!….. It’s now July in Sunny Subtropical Florida….. We are all miserably hot…and sitting in puddles of sweat….. …..and the chickens aren’t laying as many eggs in the heat….. My biddies are protesting…I don’t blame them….. The Runner Ducks stopped laying awhile ago…but that’s to be expected…because they’re only seasonal layers….. So…to attempt jump starting the chicken egg laying…I’ve started my old time-tested egg production enhancer….. I’m sprinkling cayenne pepper on their…

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Sabine’s Puppy Up-Date

Sabine’s Puppy Up-Date

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Sabine’s babies are growing and healthy….. They are coming up to three weeks old….. Their eyes are open….. And the little fuzz-balls are just starting to think about eating gruel and soaked kibble….. It’s that super fun messy stage…where they wear more than they actually eat….. Sabine has been a great Mom….. She has produced milk abundantly throughout….. We did pull out some special herbs from our apothecary cupboard…to help her maintain and…

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*Making Tortellini*

*Making Tortellini*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** My daughters and I went to Doctor Brigid’s house again…for our next culinary extravaganza….. *******We Made Tortellini******* Doctor Brigid and her husband’s home and kitchen are so much more conducive to healthy food production….. —They have a well-equipped/well-stocked kitchen….. —They have a cleaner kitchen…(I’m ashamed to say…but it’s true)…(no cats perusing your progress from the dark recesses of the counters)….. —Their large dogs (an Irish Wolfhound and a Rhodesian Ridgeback) stay outside…only their…

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~~~Duck Eggs For Breakfast~~~

~~~Duck Eggs For Breakfast~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Runner Ducks are seasonal layers….. They lay wonderfully large eggs…in the Springtime….. We’ve been taking advantage of their super-sized eggs this Spring….. Poached eggs for breakfast are the best….. Poached eggs on toast is even better….. Runner Ducks have tiny little ineffective wings…they can’t get off the ground with them….. …..they like mud…and love water….. The ducks have an inability to fly up into the nesting boxes that the chickens use for their…

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—Egg Production—

—Egg Production—

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** The girls are slacking….. Our conveyor belt of eggs has slowed way down….. It’s a little sad knowing I can slip into a chicken’s head so easily….. I know their logic…I know their head-chatter….. …..there’s not a lot to either….. …..(it’s about as easy as slipping into cocktail party conversations)…(but at least with the chickens…I don’t need to wear Spanx)….. Sorry…this post is already devolving into nonsensical comparisons….. …..(and that’s what regularly happens…

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~Sandhill Cranes~

~Sandhill Cranes~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** It’s Spring….. Babies are showing up….. Babies that I didn’t even know were out there percolating….. I try to keep track of the ducks and chickens…but there are a lot of them…and only one of me….. …..and they’re so sneaky….. Some of the hens successfully sequester themselves for the necessary time to hatch their eggs….. Some………….I never know about….. I try to keep up with the flock…but if they choose not to return…

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~~~@#$%&*&%$#@ Roosters~~~

~~~@#$%&*&%$#@ Roosters~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** Farmers never want and/or need a surplus of roosters….. Roosters are valuable…..but you don’t need multiple/crowing birds….. …..they fight…..they do that early morning crowing-thing (try 3:30am)…..(in what world is that dawn?)…..they harass the hens….. …..they’re basically loud  &  disruptive….. …..plus some stupid (short-lived birds) try to chase & spur you….. I try to keep our rooster population to a minimum…..just a…

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***Really Stubborn Hens***

***Really Stubborn Hens***

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Hens can be single-minded….. …..with their tiny…..tiny heads….. …..I don’t think there’s a lot going on in there to begin with….. Hens can get an idea…..and they just won’t let it go….. …..come hell or high water….. …..(I’ve known some people like that)….. Here’s an example….. …..they can pick really bad…..or really unsafe places to lay their eggs….. ~~~Recently I’ve seen one of our hens fly up into the hayloft each morning to lay her daily egg….. …..at first glance…..I…

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~~~Please Return The Carton~~~

~~~Please Return The Carton~~~

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It’s interesting how it turns out to be the little things that can matter the most….. We’ve had chickens for…………. …………..a long time… Over that time…..we’ve found that much like meat cows versus dairy cows and meat goats versus dairy goats….. …..there are chickens who are best at egg-producing….. …..and chickens who are better plucked and cooked….. Our chickens put all of their effort into laying eggs….. …..even though they are well-fed and have free-choice food along with free-range scratching…

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