Norman’s Nonsense 24 – Raccoon

This is what it takes to make the Farm Manager hang around with us these days. At first she didn’t even notice the raccoon.

Common Egg Quality Problems | Backyard Chickens

The eggs you buy at Safeway will never look like these! These are kind of a horror story, egg style. I looked at every photo and thought to myself, yep, I’ve seen that before! I give away eggs all the time, but these get tossed. By tossed I mean that I microwave them up and feed them back to the hens.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/cover-image

This is an old article I blatantly stole from Backyard Chickens. I guess it’s not stealing if I send you there via a link. If you have a backyard flock, you’re going to want to sign up for their email newsletters.

And here’s the URL for wary folks: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/ Copy and paste and you’re there.

How to Remove a Snake from Your Chicken Coop | Fraudulent and Flatulent

Not only are there farmers more experienced than I, but lots of them are much funnier than I am.

Daily Drama 103 Pearly Mae

A more accurate title would be “Cut that out, Pearly Mae!” My hens are homeless, or old, or maybe just cranky. Those are the kind of hens that end up in sanctuary here.

Daily Drama 100 – Enough Hens Already

Hens come and go around here. This year they just keep on coming.