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Selka Kind

@selka

Chicken blogger and smalltime "farmer"

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Selka Kind
@selka Apr 8, 2019, 1:32 AM UTC

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 bar…

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Selka Kind
@selka Apr 3, 2019, 11:49 PM UTC

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…

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Selka Kind
@selka Mar 25, 2019, 1:09 AM UTC

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 go…

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Selka Kind
@selka Mar 24, 2019, 1:13 AM UTC

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 t…

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Selka Kind
@selka Feb 14, 2019, 1:14 AM UTC

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 gree…

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Selka Kind
@selka Feb 10, 2019, 1:03 AM UTC

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 goo…

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Selka Kind
@selka Feb 8, 2019, 1:22 AM UTC

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 chic…

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Selka Kind
@selka Feb 7, 2019, 12:44 AM UTC

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 yelli…

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Selka Kind
@selka Feb 6, 2019, 12:59 AM UTC

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…

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Selka Kind
@selka Feb 5, 2019, 1:08 AM UTC

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 polytunne…

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