Category Archive: Chickens

Awkward

I think I recently sort of had “the talk” with Squirrelly, Jr. Over IM because we’re progressive that way at the Squirrel Nest. Teh Boy: “Karen was doing something weird when I went out to check for eggs.” Mama Squirrel: “Oh?” Teh Boy: “He was pecking Della on the back of the head. Then he …

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Karen is no lady

Karen, already looking like an old man, and the beautiful SamIt seems that we have no choice but to reveal our family’s dark secret. Yes, Karen is no lady. We can no longer pass off the daily crowing as the hijinks of a tomboy. Edible Memphis is about to out Karen in its Winter issue. …

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Dropping the egg at midnight

Things are rolling along well with the chickens now. We are getting three to five eggs every day, which is very good for this time of year. Except for the quail eggs, of course, all the eggs in our Christmas dinner came from the ladies. On top of that, we’ve been enjoying delicious scrambled eggs, …

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Our First Egg

(If you are reading this on an RSS feed, click through to see the slideshow.) We went out today to check on the ladies, and take them some stale bread to peck at. Amidst all the hubbub, we noticed that someone was missing. Mama Squirrel peeked into the coop to find Satay, our Rhode Island …

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Famous Chickens!

Kiev shoos away the pesky paparazziOur chickens are celebrity superstars! If you haven’t already, pick up a copy of the Fall edition of Edible Memphis and take a look at the piece on city chickens. Yep. Those are our girls. Sure, it all looks glamorous, but world-class supermodels can be remarkably temperamental. Just ask the …

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