Triumph (and sometimes trouble) at the henhouse
Update: my first post was a “beginning” post, because at that time I was going to write chicken stories along the linear progress and unfolding of everything we have enjoyed, endured, and overcome as backyard chickeners. Then I remembered, I am writing these posts to enjoy, unwind, and reflect. I am writing for a break…
We all love all of our chickens. And, sometimes there’s one chickie girl in the flock who is just a little bit tighter a buddy than the others. Edie is my number one chicken friend in our flock. She is a busy, clucky, busty Barred Rock. Edie and her sister Dierdre (more often Deedee) were…
It was April 11, 2020. Maybe there was a plan, but like so many things that happened to all of us in early 2020, there wasn’t quite as much prep as might have been made in a non-global-pandemic type setting. A quick trip to Tractor Supply, presumably for seeds and garden stuff, quickly became the…