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Trouble at the Henhouse, or
Raising Chickens is A Lot

Posted on October 17, 2023January 31, 2024 by Carra

I have written quite a bit about the triumphs and near losses of raising chickens, but friends, it all exists. The subtitle of this website is “Triumph (and sometimes Trouble) at the Henhouse.” I chose this for two reasons: My favourite Canadian band, The Tragically Hip, released an album in the 90’s called Trouble at…

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It Began: The First Chicks Come Home

Posted on March 14, 2023March 28, 2023 by Carra

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…

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