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Selka Kind
@selka
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Chicken blogger and smalltime "farmer"
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Canada
Website
happyharvestfarmns.wordpress.com
Created
2018-04-10 17:50
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selka
health
2019-04-08 01:32
When will I learn?
It's always after I recover from unwellness that it becomes clear to me how sick I was. I've been having more headaches/migraines - I had one overnight that faded this afternoon. Although I could barely
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rest
2019-04-03 23:49
Rain day
What a day. Buckets of water coming down, starting out with slush on the ground, and wind, blowing the cold rain into your face and coat. All the chickens opted to stay in the greenhouse most of the day,
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dailychicken
2019-03-25 01:09
Back out on the range!
The birds are all out of their winter confinement in the greenhouse and free-ranging again (so excited!). Mostly out. They are free to come and go, for the last week or two since the snow has been going.
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homesteading
2019-03-24 01:13
tappity tap tap
The sap is running! Last year we were largely robbed of the sugar season when winter ended a month early (just kidding! Catastrophic frost in June!). I completely failed to get taps in the trees on time
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snowstorm
2019-02-14 01:14
Sidetracked
Busy coupla days, with a big cozy snowstorm today. Not so cozy out in the sleet and slogging through the accumulation, but cozy in the house with the wind blowing on it, and for the birds in the greenhouse.
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dailychicken
2019-02-10 01:03
Managing Scaly Leg Mite with Coconut Oil
I've tried a number of procedures to control scaly leg mite in my flock (bathing with insecticidal soap and vaseline, just vaseline), but as my flock grows, I've tried a new method, and so far so good.
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dailychicken
2019-02-08 01:22
Sick chicken visits the house
I've got another sick chicken. She's a sweetie. I've always liked her voice. It's high and peepy. She's old, of unknown vintage, and she seemed to suddenly be dying, flopped out in the coop. Old chickens
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homesteading
2019-02-07 00:44
Give them an inch, and they'll show up in the front yard
Guineas. I let them out for their grass hour (more on that later), and then I'm inside, thinking Boy, they sure sound close. Because they were directly outside the front window, looking in, and yelling,
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dailychicken
2019-02-06 00:59
I've got a helper in the coop
There's always one chicken that can't resist the allure of goings-on in the coop. Hey. Whatcha doin'? I live here ya know. Some chickens come in, maybe hoping to leave an egg, and leave indignant. It's
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dailychicken
2019-02-05 01:08
Fresh hay for the chickens
The greenhouse smells summery and green from the new hay bales we just brought in, and the chickens love them some novelty. They're getting a little bored of their winter confinement to the polytunnel
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dailychicken
2019-02-04 01:33
House chicken continued
This is the sum total of the house chicken's house habitat: A banana box for sleeping, and a Tupperware box to stand on. She eats from the windowsill (where she spotted the weasel), and snacks on the aloe
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dailychicken
2019-02-03 01:09
Cheeks is the house chicken
We have a little Ameracuana lady in the house. Her name isn't very creative. Ameracaunas have poofy feather cheeks, and Santa beards. Their little cheeks are adorable. Did you say beard? She's in the house
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dailychicken
2019-02-02 04:00
Escape escapades
Little Nosey, being herself. I'm teasing her with a litter grabber. She's like Why. Why are you pointing a robot arm at me? The guineas had a big adventure, escaping in the morning. Good day for it (not
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polarvortex
2019-02-01 01:20
Well, shivering chickadees!
It's a little bit cold here. Not Wisconsin/Michigan cold - they're getting temps that normally stay in Northern Canada - but it's nippy here in the warmer bands of the "polar vortex". The scary
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birdwatching
2019-01-31 01:20
Party on the new bird feeder
I was very surprised. It took hours for the chickadees to discover the new bird feeder. And then, it was only one, who hogged that knowledge and had exclusive access for days. Finally the grosbeaks made
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dailychicken
2019-01-30 01:57
Jacket chicken visit
It was a COLD morning, and husband noticed this little hen shivering up on a perch, so he grabbed her (Get your hands off me! Put me down, brute!) and stuck her in his coat (Oh. OH. Ok. This is good.)
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farm
2019-01-29 01:02
When all the snow melts and you're the wrong colour
I feel conspicuous. Low profile, low profile I'll just make a run for it The weasel has on his snow white suit and is caught out in the melt. The house chicken was the first to spot him through the window.
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honeybees
2019-01-26 02:11
Spring break for the bees
It's just SO weird to put on a bee suit in January. However, it was a warm day, so my bees came out to poop, and I was able to feed them. By warm I mean that in 24 hours the temp shot up from -10°C to
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introduceyourself
2019-01-24 02:02
More than just chickens
It's probably time I introduce myself. I've got a lot on the go, and I thought the best way to describe myself was to illustrate it. The idea came to me in a flash, then of course I spent loads of time
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dailychicken
2019-01-23 02:34
Cheeks and the fried egg
Cheeks is the current resident house chicken. She has yet to be introduced, and her story is long, but the short version is that she had a life-threatening injury in the fall and has been in the house
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