The small business I buy occasional chicken supplies from is the one behind the new coop at the Naval Observatory (where vice presidents live.) Trying to consider that it is an improvement of a Federal property and not a gift to an awkward, boot licking garbage example of a person.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jd-vance-installs-custom-chicken-coop-at-naval-observatory-and-will-personally-care-for-birds/ar-AA25dXGj #BackyardChickens
How Chicken Math Took Over My Backyard
The Day I Learned Chicken Math Is Real If you've ever owned chickens, you've probably heard the term "chicken math." For those who haven't, chicken math is the mysterious phenomenon where you start with a few birds and somehow end up with far more than you ever planned. It defies logic, ignores budgets, and somehow always wins. When I first started raising poultry in 2019, I thought I was getting a small flock. My brother and sister-in-law brought me three Royal Palm turkey poults—Knox, […]https://duffneysbirdbarn.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/how-chicken-math-took-over-my-backyard/
Just a girl and her chicken.
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Starting Over, One Stitch, One Seed, and One Bird at a Time
Welcome to Duffney's Bird Barn If you've found your way here, welcome. I'm so glad you're here. My name is Misty, and I'm the creator behind Duffney's Bird Barn. I'm a mom, crocheter, bird lover, gardener, and someone who is still figuring things out one day at a time. This blog is where I'll be sharing a little bit of everything—backyard poultry, crochet projects, gardening adventures, homestead life, and the occasional lesson I've learned the hard way. Most importantly, I want this to […]Oh. Hi, again. Already.
#Snake #BlackRatSnake #BackyardChickens #Missouri #KC #MacJohnsonFarm
Here are the images. *shivers*
#Snake #BlackRatSnake #BackyardChickens #Missouri #KC #MacJohnsonFarm
Last week I found a GIANT black rat snake in the chicken shed. As a trained naturalist, I managed to fight my "all snakes bad" default reaction.
Black rat snakes in particular are harmless. I told it so as long as it earns its keep (eating rodents) and doesn't fall into the easy "egg-itarian" life, we'd be OK. Working around it was... Interesting. 😑
Today it's gone *whew.* It left me a memento. Thanks, I guess? (photo(s?) in reply)
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I built an enclosure for my chickens
JL Johnson 
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Duffney's Bird Barn
Triisket Nichole
Heckin Teagan 
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