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Miracle Salve, or My Mom, the Chicken Pharmacist

Tonight, the girls and I doctored one of our roosters. He’s limping badly but doesn‘t have any discernible injuries to his “drumstick,” so I think he must have bumblefoot, which is a staph infection in the soft tissue of his … Continue reading

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Spring Chickens

Today I hauled out last year’s calendar and I see that I heard my first redwing blackbird last year on March 4th.  Right now we’ve got six or so inches of melty, slushy snow which makes me doubt that the … Continue reading

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