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Monthly Archives: July 2009
EastHenders Episode Two: “Eggs of Significance”
A few more days pass. The sun shines down on Chickenland, sliding shifting shadows around the edges as the hours tick away, and fluffy white clouds drift across the square of blue that is the entirety of the sky the chickens … Continue reading
Peaceful coexistence in the farmyard?
Val’s in England for a week, enjoying being a mother/grandmother. And I’m enjoying the farm. The farmyard is a lovely place to spend time. We now allow the chickens to roam freely for most of the day. After a couple … Continue reading
EastHenders Episode One: “Not-So-Big-Chicken”
Sunday morning arrives quietly. A few fluffy brown feathers, tinged orange in the low morning sunlight, drift like tumbleweed across the still alleyways of Chickenland – silent reminders of the previous night’s violent encounter. Simon opens the door to the Little Hen House and … Continue reading
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EastHenders…What’s Goin’ On?
More than two months have passed since the Famous Four had their First Contact with that oh-so-Alien hen, Lonely (Henfight at the OK Corral). It has been an eventful two months, for us and for the chickens. In fact it … Continue reading
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And Then There Was One
Another death in the animal family has prompted a little more sadness, and a little more thinking about Death. Last week, one of our two remaining kittens died. He became ill on Friday afternoon. He wasn’t moving very much, and … Continue reading
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Footnotes to Our Hay-Day
Hay is nasty stuff. Anyone who harbours romantic notions of making love among the haystacks has clearly not spent a lot of time in close, physical proximity to the evil entity. En masse, it is heavy, unpredictable, and hard to … Continue reading
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