RIP Kazoo

RIP Kazoo

Jul 24, 2020 | birds & poultry

On average chickens live 5-10 years, with 5-7 being average. So in that Kazoo was average in that he lived about 6 years. We’d tried a couple of times to start a flock of chickens, but being new to chicken keeping and unfamiliar with just how determined...
RIP Kazoo

Air Conditioned Duck

Jul 3, 2020 | birds & poultry

It’s a little after 5:30 on a hot, summer afternoon, and my “evening” chores are done. I’ve checked the eggs for the final time this evening. (16 in nest boxes, 1 in the run I’ll put up when I put everyone to bed), and I’ve brought...
RIP Kazoo

Chickens from next door

Mar 6, 2020 | birds & poultry

I peered across the front pasture as I always do in the mornings, shouting a hearty “Good morning, ladies and Thunder!” to the horses. Toward the fence dividing the upper from the lower pasture I saw big birds pecking along the ground. Crows? I wondered...
RIP Kazoo

Goodbye One Eyed Jack

Feb 28, 2020 | birds & poultry

A couple of months ago I adopted a large number of chickens from someone I knew how couldn’t keep them. Among them was a large black rooster with one eye who they had named One Eyed Jack. He passed away this week. Roosters, having descended from T-Rex, are not...
The Chicken That Killed A Laptop

The Chicken That Killed A Laptop

Feb 14, 2020 | birds & poultry

In the grand scheme of things, it’s a “very Mary” thing to have happened. I had purchased a small T-stand on ebay. Cheap — too cheap really. And when it came, the base was maybe 3×5″ which the perch maybe 4″ wide. I think...
Velociraptor Bites!

Velociraptor Bites!

Jan 4, 2020 | birds & poultry

Turns out my sign came just in time. With some extra holiday money, I treated myself to the “Beware of Velociraptor” sign for the goose pen. We’ve been calling my Roman Tufted Geese “asshole dinosaurs” for a while now, and they get a bit...