Well, Bridgette’s still alive and acting fairly chickeny. She’s obviously still not herself, and she’s not laying, but she’s eating some and, though still dazed, she doesn’t seem too weak. She started a 5-day cycle of antibiotics today, so hopefully that will keep her punctures from getting mucky.
Jennifer & Tom examined her on Sunday and […]

Well, Bridgette’s back in her hospital box. The other girls were just finding her wounds too irresistable, and I was going to be away all afternoon, so I though it better not to risk a full-fledged cannibalistic chicken feast.
She did mingle successfully for a few hours, and I think I’ll try to repeat the process […]

Bridgette was attacked by a German shepherd yesterday. I had just gone inside to call the city because I had seen the dog on my property and had just chased it off. The chickens were in their pen, but it charged the pen and the chickens flew to get away and some of them ended […]

It’s been exceedingly hot and humid the last few days, and I’ve accomplished almost nothing after 11am. This morning, John from Sunflower Journeys came out and filmed me spinning in front of the school–it was already 90, but there was a breeze and some shade, still. He’s from Kenya and thinks he heat here is […]

Ta da!
The wonderful Dr. Dallas Caster came out yesterday to wether my ram lambs. He keeps Nubians himself, so he’s the go-to guy for everyone around here with goats or sheep. He wethered both boys, gave the lambs their CD/T boosters, and checked/trimmed/re-trimmed (my timid trials) the grown ups’ hooves lickety-split.
The wethering was easy peasy. […]

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Found this in Marybeth’s photostream. This is such an amazing idea! I wish I had thought of something like this when I lived in Austin, because I had a sea of rosemary & oregano in my front yard. It would be a marvelous, cheap way […]

The vet’s coming out on Tuesday to wether the boys! I won’t know until then what method he’ll use. I probably should have seen to this earlier, but it’s been a very busy couple of months. I’m going to have him help me with the adult hooves if I haven’t yet tackled them all (I […]

I took a shower and put on my Y’all Suck skirt and Rachel & Chris arrived, and although I had a little accident trying to trim Agnes’ hooves (I only made it through two before I was bleeding, so I gave up until tomorrow), I was reminded of who I am (someone who loves friends […]

My goal for June is no personal spending, which also includes no rationalizing personal spending as business spending and a eat-the-freezer/pantry challenge for good measure. The freezer/pantry thing shouldn’t be too challenging because our freezer is absurdly well stocked (the bigger challenge is going to be as FIFO as possible about it), and we’re CSA […]

Felt School was just marvelous! Everyone was really friendly and fun-loving & we had great fun playing games, felting, and swapping stories. Artist Betsy Timmer presented her work and techniques again, and shared some new (non-felty) work as well. John Njagi from Sunflower Journeys filmed some classes and interviews for a show on the resurgence […]