Helping Philippa lay her egg: an egg-binding adventure
Follow me Egg-binding in a hen is not a laughing matter. Our poor hen Philippa, a black Cuckoo Maran, had been looking a little “off”…
Read moreThe Dreaded Varmint Returns: a tragic day
Follow me (If you’d like to start this tale at the beginning, start here.) It had been quiet around our place for several weeks now. The only thing we’d caught in…
Read moreThe Dreaded Varmint, weeks later: we finally catch something
Follow me (If you’ve missed this riveting tale, you can start the whole shebang right here.) After we set up the very very very large live-trap, we were buoyed with optimism. …
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