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[kirkcudbright]

Guess what we did this morning.


(Sadly, our own bushes have been a total bust this year. These are from Turkey Hill Farm in Haverhill.)

And then we went to Nevins Farm to look at the button quail (properly, coturnix quail).


Here's a gray one. They're really quite wee.


And of course we had to visit the chickenerie.

Some young hippie with a leghorn rooster.


Some old hippie with an Americauna pullet.


And the duck who couldn't be bothered to get up for anything.

Comments

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

we quite like our one leghorn. She's a mighty producer of large white eggs and not at all as flighty as we had been told she would be. Tomorrow I add 5 new ones to the coop, 3 more ameraucanas and 2 cochins

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i may have to talk to you later about chix, as having 4 acres, i can has chickens, or something...

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[tamidon.livejournal.com]

chickens are cheap, easy, and fun...and it is quite possible to go away for a weekend and have no problems with them. Backyard Chickens for Dummies is actually quite good, written by the guy who started backyardchickens.com

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

good to know the book.

raised ducks successfully for ages, so other than a body of water, i imagine it's a little similar. ours were "free range". they were everywhere on the property.

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