One of Diane’s chickens seems to think she is the “Queen Mother”
THE RED BERRY RUSE – September 2019
Diane talks about strawberries and blue jays.
SNAKE IN THE GRASS – August 2019
One day, I noticed two of my chickens fighting like roosters. On closer inspection, they were fighting over a snake which one of them soon triumphantly carried off, dangling from her beak.
OUR HILL IS ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC-July 2019
Until then, the dominant chicken of the literal “pecking order” will try to take on the role of rooster, in this case even attempting to crow as well as chasing the younger ones away from the other chickens and from the feed.
THIS SPRING WAS “FOR THE BIRDS”—jUNE 2019
Diane commiserates regarding a non-existent Spring this year and the fact that one of her chickens dies.
FEEDING THE FINICKY – May 2019
Diane puts the new chicks into an enclosure early in April but had to tend to one who was not happy in the April cold weather.