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Before their 1st month of life, it was obvious, I'm good with my chickens. Intuitive. Oddly, understanding their commands. Until getting my girls I was a chicken virgin.
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If you understand dog/cat commands, you should probably understand chickens. Maybe not.
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My chickens give me pleasure, daily. Entertaining, never boring. They're beautiful too. Calming, like watching ocean waves.
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More, I've discovered chicken people, such as myself, overlap much in our DNA, becoming quick friends.
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It hasn't been lost on Beloved how much better I am with chickens & gardens, than a man.
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After we had lunch today near our home, I did the ubiquitous, cleared Beloved's plate into napkins. For some reason, my pleasure with his tasty crumbs, irks him no end. "Oh, the girls love a biscuit. Pizza is their fav, but cantaloupe....", I got the-look. Quickly I mentioned his homemade biscuits I dole out 1/morning. My girls truly love Beloved's homemade biscuits best, "Crumb Pecking Good", were my exact words.
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Chicken, above, beautiful, and the one, below, loved well, just like my girls.
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I don't write about 'how-to' with chickens. Not that kind of expert. My chickens are for my soul, teaching me all sorts of bible metaphors, in addition to their comedy routines, and pure joy.
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Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, above. I went to Chatsworth, historic garden design study, years before having chickens. Now, thinking, How could I not have made sure to see her chickens?
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After getting home, and giving the girls Beloved's scraps, including a bit of biscuit, proof again, Beloved's homemade biscuits are crumb pecking good. Store bought biscuit crumbs, ignored.
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If you're thinking of getting chickens for the 1st time, my Pinterest Chicken Board has a lot of good links.
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Garden & Be Well, XOT
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Hope you already know, The Vintage Contessa, from the top pic. She's gardens & chickens too, along with junking, vintage clothes, Italy, her sons, her husband, etc. From her latest post, "Then YOU have me in my CONTESSA CURTAIN COATS who at almost 57 would LOVE TO OWN a full length LEOPARD PRINT COAT!!!INstead,I have had coats made out of old curtains!!!I had the POCKETS MADE BIG to GATHER the HENS EGGS.I did not want to go down to the coop and scold myself for forgetting the basket……..you see I wander the garden in the cool summer mornings and enjoy visiting with THE GIRLS.They are always happy to see me!"
