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fowl weather friends

Posted on August 10, 2008 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment

You may recall that of our five guinea chicks, only one survived the unknown-guinea-eating-monster attack. We were quite concerned about our lone guinea. Would the chickens shun her? Attack her? Could she find a place among them or would she be on her own–not a good situation for a flock-loving-critter such as herself.
Little could we [...]

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great guinea massacre III

Posted on July 18, 2008 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment

Oh, man, today we lost four of our five guineas. Poor things! And the poor single guinea left, traumatized and alone, keeps making her fear-peep out there in her violated guinea pen. Hard to say what it was that got them, but the chickens had scattered–two taking up residence inside the goat yard and two [...]

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summertime, and the living’s easy

Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under food, goats, honeymilk farm | 1 Comment

The kids and I have gotten into a bit of an idyllic, summertime routine. Blackberry picking, swimming in the pond, milking goats, reading library books (it’s cool at the library, a big draw), playing trains and puzzles in the afternoon when it’s hot. Flopping on the air conditioned sofa for some tv when it’s really [...]

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