Chicken Diary

Chickens on the Horzion

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:03:00 +0000

Hello World! For the first time since 2008, for the first time, I can see the horizon. Now that was a long hard dark climb but it was all worth it to get to where I am today. Now...

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Darth's and Ms. Quail's Home

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:43:00 +0000

The Grapes of Wrath hits beloved chickens in the year 2010. My darlin's went from a wonderful chicken house with windows and doors, perfect roost bars, even heat and music and light to this...

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Today is the Day to Get Fertilized Eggs for Bantam Chicken

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:57:00 +0000

I have decided to visit my neighbor down the road and buy some fertilized eggs from her for my lonely little Bantam chicken, Henny Penny. Henny is so depressed. I miss all my chickens and...

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Henny Penny -- Our Lonely Little Hen

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:18:00 +0000

Her name for several years was Quail -- because she looked different from the other Bantams we had. She didn't have the puffy top on her head. But now we call her Henny Penny. The...

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Darth Vader is Gone

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:56:00 +0000

We only had Darth Vader, we loved him dearly, such a character, but he disappeared two days ago. A bench in the yard was over-turned and there was one black feather. We can only guess...

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Ford Tractor Parts Catalog 1917-1974

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:25:00 +0000

Larry has an old Satoh tractor that uses ford parts and found this catalog. If you need some information from this book, please email larry at larry@vintageozarks.comTweet

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Time to Build a New Chicken House

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:15:00 +0000

Our first chicken house was perfect but it was so much work and materials cost $1000. Someone stole that chicken house within a week after we moved to our current place. Now we have to...

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Dedicated to Rocky and the Gang

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:21:00 +0000

My babies. I miss them all so much. We were not able to provide a good home for all of them after our move but we did keep Darth Vader and Quail. Rocky II, the one of the far left,...

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DarthVaders Aura

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:50:00 +0000

DarthVader has a strong aura; Rocky Rooster never hurt DarthVader but he did not want Darth to claim any one of the hens. Darth and Quail, a hen, and another hen, Fuzzy Top, were all good friends...

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DarthVader, the Sad Black Rooster

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:50:00 +0000

DarthVader, the black rooster in this photo, and Ms Quail, on her roost at this time, are suffering from a great loss, their friend FuzzyTop. It was a tragic incident for all of us, including the...

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Benchmark Chickens

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:19:00 +0000

Meet DarthVader. Darth, a rooster, and Quail, a hen, were once a part of a large bantam chicken family living in a beautiful apex-roof chicken house complete with five perfect nesting boxes, two...

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Sun Comes Out and Life Looks Better

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:47:00 +0000

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Ideal Poultry 412

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:52:00 +0000

We had kitchen curtains made from this very material when I was a little girl living in Lawrence, Kansas back in the 1950s-60s. I would have this material made into kitchen curtains for my kitchen...

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What My Chickens Love to Eat

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:50:00 +0000

We buy good chicken feed without hormones and mix it with cracked corn and sunflower seeds. This is not what you would want to feed your chickens if egg production is paramount to you. ...

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Rooster's Hen

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:26:00 +0000

My heart is still heavy with sadness at having to give up our chicken family; they were so comfortable and happy with us. I had known each of them since they were born, I knew which...

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Hatchery Life for Baby Chicks

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:14:00 +0000

On the Backyard Chicken Forum, a member inquired about Meyer Hatchery and asked if anyone knew anything about them; I didn't so I did some research on Meyer Hatchery. This is a photo of some of...

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Urban Backyard Chickens Outlawed

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:12:00 +0000

So many city folks are raising their own chickens on their property that city authorities in a number of states are trying to outlaw backyard chickens. I wonder what the city counsel members...

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Backyard Chickens Forum

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:30:00 +0000

Backyard chicken forum sites are not that many and if I had the time, I'd create a backyard chickens forum myself. I have found several chicken forums. One of them is called simply Backyard...

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Fuzzy Top is Gone

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:41:00 +0000

Our sweet Fuzzy Top Bantam chicken was mauled by a neighbors dogs and she passed away in the hen house during the night. Fuzzy Top is in the center of our logo banner above -- see her fuzzy...

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Brave Chickens

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:24:00 +0000

One of the first things I noticed about chickens is that chickens know no fear when it comes to protecting their young. We watched, fascinated, as Henny Penny and Marilyn Monroe, our original...

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Below Zero Chicken House

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:23:00 +0000

I had to give away most of my beautiful little chicken family but did so to a very good home. I kept three chickens. I had to downsize my chickens because when we moved, we were too old...

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Chickens as Amazing Pets

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:03:00 +0000

Not too many people find the time to observe free roaming chickens for hours on end; I do in the spring summer and fall. I was awestruck at their intelligence, strong loving relationships,...

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Downsizing My Lovelies: Sad Heart

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000

I have to find a good home for my two roosters (father and son and get along) and all but two hens. I know and love them all but simply do not have a proper chicken house for them. We built a...

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Chickens Venture into Front Yard First Time

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:02:00 +0000

Rocky Rooster and his group adapted to their new home location faster than I anticipated. Chickens and ducks do not like change. If I change anything in the hen house, I do it while they are there...

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Chicken Ladies and Their Roosters

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:49:00 +0000

You might think a rooster selects his hens and you would be right half the time. But there are some hens that choose their rooster. We have nine hens and three roosters. I know. I know. Everyone...

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