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Confessions of a Bad Chicken Mama

Sunday, June 14, 2009


It is confession time. Oh, I really don't want to tell you this, but I just can't blog properly when I'm hiding something.

I lost my chickens. I know. I know. It is too awful. I am a terrible baby chicken mama. Ellie and her friends were playing in the coop with the cluck clucks and I guess the door wasn't closed properly or something because when Maddie went to feed them the next day they were no where to be found. Only (I can barely stand it) a pile of feathers.

I know. It is totally my fault. I knew the latch was tricky sometimes and I forgot to go out and make sure it was secure after the girls were done playing. I feel so ashamed. My poor babies.

There, now you know. Farming is hard. There is a mole who has stolen four of my tomato plants, too. And because I am such a bad farmer it took me almost a week before I bought poison to put down his little holes.

Because who really wants to kill something? Even a naughty little mole? So I spent several days running water down his holes and sending him BAD vibes in the hopes he would feel my negative energy and go away. It turns out it doesn't really work that way.

But now we have eight new chicks and Marc fed our mole poison peanuts and I guess we are going to give it another shot. Send me your good vibes, kay?

My Flock

Thursday, April 9, 2009


Here is my little flock. As you can see, they are no longer babies. People keep asking me how our farmer fantasy is going and it is kind of embarrassing how I go on. I LOVE these dumb chickens.
It is so fun to watch them scratch around, and they are very friendly. They like to be picked up and petted. Who knew?


Marc and I will hopefully tackle chicken coop repairs this Saturday. I imagine it will take longer and cost more money than we expect, that's just our karma, but I'm looking forward to moving them out of the garage.


If you're thinking about going for it and have any questions, leave a comment and I'll tell you what (little) I know.

 

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