Just Another Day in the Lives of Officers Cluck and McBawk

Miss Tibia would really like a rabbit. I’ve been reading about rabbits and chickens peacefully coexisting in coops/runs and am considering the idea.
Enjoy Officers Cluck and McBawk at work – truly a marvel to behold.

Plymouths Three

The Triplets of Belleville followed us home from The Feed Store this afternoon. A shipment of Barred Plymouth Rock pullets came in and we were quick to secure our “egg futures.” The only way to distinguish between them is the size and configuration of the spot upon each of their fuzzy little heads. We’ll name [...]

Closer

I speak about the house as though it’s all wrapped up with a bow but, in reality, there are still a few hurdles to jump. Verbal acceptance of the contract was conveyed last Thursday with an intended closing date of July 11; it’s Tuesday night and we still haven’t ironed out some issues with the [...]

Picking Up Chicks

Miss Tibia’s new nickname around here is the Chicken Whisperer. We picked up two bantam mystery-breed chicks (whom we believe to be Easter Eggers) at The Feed Store in Summit-Argo last weekend and she has been working with them amazingly well. Today, one of them ate its first cricket, which Miss Tibia offered by hand.
Alas, [...]