Bee! So nice to see bees after learning of CCD, Colony Collapse Disease, while there's bees there's hope.. I was tempted to just leave it to chance and the bees but I move the ladder around and hand-fertilized the female squash flower up by the roof.. All the green is probably good for the chickes too. I wonder how many more bugs they end up eating? hopefully not many bees. I get the feeling the big squash leaves and the even the smaller bean leaves help beak up the down pour and save some erosion around the house.. The first green curtain pulled down the middle of the rain gutter (I think) so in heavy rains it overflows in the middle part... Maybe another green curtain solves some issues caused by that first green curtain.. Maybe the gutter got overwhelmed anyway and I didn't notice. A lot of questions can only be answered with a time machine.. What would have happened if you ended up with TOTGA: The One That Got Away? Probably the same as thing as with just about every other nuclear family, unless some sort of extensions work out.. I just learned TOTGA from a care-worker from the Philippines. I thought she was teaching me a Bisaya word at first...
#SquashFlowers #GreenCurtain #HoneyBee #BackyardChickens

Meet the Flock: The Birds Behind Duffney’s Bird Barn

Meet My Babies If you've read my first two blog posts, you've heard me talk quite a bit about my birds. You've heard about chicken math, rescue roosters, and how Duffney's Bird Barn came to be. But before we go any further, I think it's time you meet the real stars of Duffney's Bird Barn. My babies. Now, some people might call them livestock. I call them family. If you ever visit Duffney's Bird Barn, the geese will almost certainly be the first to greet you. Whether you want them to or […]

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Determined varmint chewed into the deck box to get the chicken snacks. #backyardchickens

This little chick hatched 3 days early, and while small seems to develop quicker than the other chicken. My guess is that this chick's egg was fertilized by the Chabo rooster. I didn't keep track of which eggs the mixes came from, the Silky egg, the "Jidori" egg, or the "JiDokKo" egg.. It doesn't matter all that much, just curious, and if I can do it long enough I'll know, I guess...

#チャボ #チャボミックス #チャボダブル #ChaboChick #ChaboSilkyMix or #ChaboMixMix #BackyardChickens #雛

Edible Green Curtain with chickens

#BackYardChickens #GreenCurtain #EdibleGreenCurtain

#FotoVorschlag: #Vögel im Garten // #Birds in the garden

Frika und Rumi haben DER BODEN IST LAVA!! gespielt, als ich gestern ausgemistet habe.
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Frika and Rumi played THE FLOOR IS LAVA!! while I cleaned the coop yesterday.



#chicken #Amrock #Amrocks #Huhn #Hühner #chickens #ChickensOfMastodon #BackyardChickens #ChickensOfPixelFed #Birdsday #Birbsday

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, […]

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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 […]

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