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  We are still learning. I feel certain we will never stop learning. Yet it still surprises me to see how many people haven't learned things that seem so obvious to me. We peaked at a neighbors chickens this morning while picking up some of last years hay to warm our hippity hops, and I feel so bad for those chickens. Don't get me wrong, they are well fed and watered; their confined area not overly piled with poo. But nonetheless they are confined, in a dirt pen, with glimpses of sunlight, and that is all. Just outside the door lies open field, lots of it, with grass and bugs just waiting to be eaten.  Our chickens are so much happier, and healthier.  I wish everyone knew that. Until next time, Angela Kelly

mums are my new favorite flower bandit dog likes fall too chickens like the cooler weather :) i am also obsessed with pumpkins, nagged by my long ago dead vines in the garden falling falling falling Fall is no contest my favorite season. The day the air changes I feel changed, like I've been waiting all year to feel the cool breeze and see the first hint of yellows in the trees. Life is busy and stressful, and I have been slacking in the this space for quite some time. It's all about the journey. I'm too busy living. Until next time, Angela Kelly

goldie checking out some cantelope fresh grass = happy hens the red twins really love our fruit and veggie scraps and the ducks (the white ones are our two males, unfortunately) We have been setting up a small chicken wire fence outside of the coop and letting our birds out during the day to get a little more open grass and feeling of freedom. We can't let them truly free range because the dogs would eat them, so this is a small step in a better direction. We are in the process of ordering an electro poultrynet which will give them MUCH more room to roam. They love fresh grass, bugs (we watched red take down a huge praying mantis today), their swimming pool, and our leftover fruit and veggie scraps.  Caring for this small flock of poultry gives me a lot of joy,  you can't be in a bad mood watching them.  Live simply, Angela and Jonathan

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I don't believe I have mentioned ways to keep up with my blogs on here, so here we go.  My favorite is Bloglovin.  It shows all your blogs on a single screen,  its easy to use and pleasing to the eye.  I hope this helps! Follow me on bloglovin by clicking here . Until next time, Angela Kelly

our first ever shiitake mushroom, on a log we inoculated in the spring the new bird day pen There you have it, our first shiitake mushroom ever. See more about the happy poultry here . Until next time, Angela Kelly

little yellow is always the most photogenic of our flock pecking through the forest of grass all the birds checking out their new nest box The chicken coop got a few fancy renovations this weekend. We had planned to cut the five gallon buckets that were in there in half to make them more accessible as nest boxes now that they have begun to lay eggs, but that plan turned out to be entirely too much work, and a secondary plan was executed instead. We had two old closet doors lying around, so we took one, wired it up like a trough, and hooked it up inside the coop. Instant, free, repurposed chicken nest box. Success. We also set up a small chicken wire fence outside the coop, clipped wings, and let them loose. It's not a huge pen, but it does double the size of their space, with new fresh grass to scavenge through. This means lots  of supervision for a few weeks, because we do not fully trust the combination of flimsy fencing, first time wing clipping, and ever curious puppy dogs....