Itty Bitty Chickie Update

Itty Bitty Chickie Update

Sep 3, 2019 | birds & poultry

A while ago I posted a blog about the “itty bitty chickie” eggs. Well, mid August, they hatched! I ended up getting six chicks, which out of 14 hatching eggs that were shipped, and given how small they were, isn’t a bad result at all. Sadly, the...

SuperDuck On A Leash

Aug 9, 2019 | birds & poultry

Every morning I take SuperDuck out to his daytime pen. Then, because there isn’t any shelter in it, I bring him in at night. (There’s a tree for shade and a tarp in case it starts to rain, but he’s a duck.) Most of the time he’s good with this;...
Itty Bitty Chickie Update

Garden Goodness For Parrots

Aug 6, 2019 | birds & poultry

It’s been a bit since I talked about Braynon, my pionus parrot, in the wake of Buddy’s passing. Braynon is doing well, as talkative and as feisty as ever. With the garden producing enough for the people of the household, as well as some of the animals,...
Hatching Itty Bitty Chickens

Hatching Itty Bitty Chickens

Aug 2, 2019 | birds & poultry

You may have heard me mention that I was getting itty bitty chicken eggs to hatch.If you’re a subscriber to my newsletter, then you hopefully have read God Plucked, the free story I’m writing for my subscribers. Major, the Socius mentioned in the story, is...
Itty Bitty Chickie Update

Itty Bitty Chicken Eggs

Jul 30, 2019 | birds & poultry

In God Plucked, the free story I offer to my newsletter subscriber, Major is described as a small Serama chicken with a naked neck. A cross between a bantam turken (naked neck chickens) and the small Malaysian Serama breed. I had seen hatching eggs available from only...

Saying Good-Bye To Buddy

Jul 5, 2019 | birds & poultry

I took in Buddy, a Maximillian Pionus, nearly five years ago. He was “free to good home”, a plucked parrot that I presumed had no place in a breeding program any longer. Given how rare pionus are in the pet trade (They’re marvelous birds. I love...