James’s work schedule is Sunday through Thursday. After running some errands in the morning, he opened the run door to let the chickens wander their own little garden. It has cooled off to more seasonable weather, and James didn’t have the sliding glass deck door open, but the chicken alarm was so loud he still …
Tag: Ethel
Rainy Vacation
I’ve been on vacation since a week ago Friday, but didn’t plan to take a blog vacation. My plans were to spend every morning in the garden but the weather had other ideas. We’ve been alternately hot and humid and cool and humid with the ups and downs punctuated by a lot of rain. I …
Broody
Ethel when she isn't Broody Ethel’s biological clock has decided to tell her she needs to stop laying eggs and hatch some instead. So she’s gone broody. It doesn’t matter that we have no rooster and the eggs will never hatch, her hormones win out. First she sat on her egg, but we took it …
Oh Sweet Ethel
Ah chickens. They have been doing admirably in the bitter cold. I cannot say they are tired of winter as I am, I don’t know how they understand time and whether they think ahead, or if they only live in the now. While they have short attention spans, they have memories, that is certain. But …
