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Category Archives: Living
Chicken Laying an Egg – Chicken TV
It’s beginning to get hot but still nowhere near the potential temp… that comes later. In this video you get to see Miss Cloud lay an egg and enjoy a little chicken tv. At the end of the video I … Continue reading
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Watering Trees at the Nursery
In this video I am watering trees suffering from the hot weather in my area. They’ve been neglected for a time so I have been tasked with watering them thoroughly. Some of this will be featured in the chicken video … Continue reading
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Chickens and Bananas
The chickens spend time in the yard and waddle on back. I tried giving them a banana and they turned their beaks up at it! They also get hot again and hold their wings out and then I trick them!
New Dirt Bath for the Chickens
This is really the first day the chickens experience some heat and it’s only the beginning. It’s really not that hot but they aren’t used to it yet. Made a new dirt bath location and tried to get rid of … Continue reading
Day in the Life of Chickens
Just a sweet day with the chickens. We dug a few holes to plant a few trees and the ladies decided to help us… so very helpful!
Chickens Love Dandelions
Check out this video of the ladies and their love of eating dandelion leaves. Also, it snowed in April and the ladies do not love that so much!
Cutting Down Trees With Friends
We decided to take down a couple of trees in our back yard believing it would be fairly easy based on what we know and the size of the trees. Well, we were partially correct. For some reason the chainsaws … Continue reading
Flock Update & Chicken Bititch Police
I decided it was about time to do a video update on the lives of the chickens to this point. We go over they why’s and how’s and take a look at the chickens today. I also threatened to call … Continue reading
Pecking Order Finally Established!
In this video, I observe the pecking order being established over a few weeks. Miss Cloud thought she would be number one but someone else had other plans! In the second video below, one of the chickens gets injured during … Continue reading
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Lethargic Chicken and Hawks Circling
The hawks have found the chickens! Well, maybe they are getting their first glimpse of them. One afternoon I was working in the yard and looked to the sky to find two hawks circling and circling; looking for whatever food … Continue reading
Chicken Curtains & Training Chickens to Use Them
In this first video, I created curtains out of jeans for the small coop door. It’s getting hotter and I don’t want to close the door if at all possible. The first set of jean curtains were a bit too … Continue reading
Weekend Chickens May 7th & 29th
In this video you get to hear Parkour Chick and Miss Cloud talking to each other in a way I’ve never heard before now. They are imitating each other and clearly discussing the condo situation! In this next video, well, … Continue reading
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How to Make Beef Jerky
In this video, Michael and I go through the process of making beef jerky. We are using a London Broil, a meat slicer, and a dehydrator. We take you from the very beginning of cutting the meat to salting it … Continue reading
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Weekend Chickens – April 30th
Two of our hens are laying eggs now with the others curious what the deal is. Waiting on Miss Cloud, Parkour Chick, and Phoenix. I was gone most of the day so it was late when I collected the eggs. … Continue reading
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Weekend Chickens – April 23rd
Miss Cloud took on Spit Fire and lost. Miss Cloud was injured enough that she needed some purple cover-up over her wounds. I think her pride was hurt the most. I also completely removed the deep liter I was attempting … Continue reading
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