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the end of a chapter, good-bye goats and chicken

On December 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In honeymilk farm

On Sunday, a gal who last year bought one of our goat babies, took our whole herd of four goatie girls home to her  farm an hour southwest of here.  We helped load the girls into the truck, waved goodbye, and then Sophie and I went inside and curled up on the sofa and cried.  [...]

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eggs, before and after

On March 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In food, honeymilk farm

Eggs come in all sizes.  Long-time readers may recall that we keep chickens, sweet chickens who like to be picked up and petted, and who lay eggs of all colors, no kidding.  We also have a friend who keeps emus.  Crazy big birds who lay giant, teal colored eggs, one will make whole [...]

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the saga of Whitey the Chicken continues

On September 23, 2009 · 2 Comments · In honeymilk farm

We met her, have seen her flock and her beautiful eggs. We’ve laughed at her slap-stick predicament. We’ve read about her alternative lifestyle love-life. We’ve even seen her recent embarrassing condition. Now, today, we have the torment of Whitey. Only this time, I’m not kidding. But before [...]

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this chicken is molting

On September 15, 2009 · 21 Comments · In honeymilk farm

It’s embarrassing not to look your best. And a molting chicken is bedraggled and generally pitiful.

For comparison, look at Whitey in full feather:

Wow, what a difference! Molting happens every fall for chickens who lay eggs. They lose their feathers and grow a new set. It takes about a month. [...]

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would you like some eggs?

On August 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In honeymilk farm

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fowl weather friends

On August 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In honeymilk farm

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.

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lucille ball moment

On May 12, 2008 · 4 Comments · In honeymilk farm, mayalife

When you have a barn, you have flies. And since our barn is not that far from the yurt, we have noticed an increased yurt-fly population. Ewww. Paul bought a number of fly swatters and some fly ribbon, and after killing 15 flies in the bathhouse–double ewwww!–I had the brilliant idea that now was the [...]

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food is weird

On May 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In food, honeymilk farm

Goat milk, fresh from the teat (at least Fancy’s milk), tastes amazing: sweet, mild, and creamy. There is no hint of ‘goatiness’ as there is in the stuff you get at the store. And if you drink it within minutes of milking it, it’s still warm.

Which is kind of weird. When milk, eggs, chicken [...]

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bootstrap building

On April 24, 2008 · 1 Comment · In alternative building, honeymilk farm

We use recycled building materials every chance we get. For example, here is our chicken house.

It’s quite nice, with outdoor and indoor roosts, an enclosed yard, a sliding door on the house to close them all the way inside when the winter is cold, and a hinged flap that [...]

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easter egg chickens

On April 19, 2008 · 8 Comments · In food, honeymilk farm

We have four Ameraucana chickens, named (by my daughter) Goldie, Whitey, Coco, and Floppy. Goldie, Whitey, and Cocoa were named for their colors, Floppy for her tendency, as a chick, to flop around. Naming is so easy when you are four years old. However, my husband declared that Whitey’s full name is [...]

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