Ducklings and a Blended Family
April 27, 2010|Comments (16)
Ducklings and chicks are a few of my favorite things. That’s a good thing because we end up with them every spring. Of course, it’s not every year that one of our broody hens hatches chicks and then adopts the ducklings as well. Read more
Companion Animals: Goats and Dogs
April 16, 2010|Comments (11)
Our dogs and our goats are the best of friends. I followed them around for the inside scoop. Call it investigative journalism or just plain old stalking. Hey, why not? Read more
Hatchlings
April 13, 2010|Comments (14)
Never one to deny mother nature a chance to prove herself, I let one of our broody Buff Orpington hens sit on two eggs. Admittedly, I was a skeptic. The odds that either of those eggs would actually hatch and produce anything more than a really horrific odor were fairly good. Except that I was totally and delightfully wrong. Read more
