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Raising Backyard Chickens

Chicken Little’s Watering Hole Makes Life Easier!

Chicken Little’s Watering Hole Makes Life Easier!

Raising backyard chickens really doesn’t take a lot of effort, but when something comes along that makes tending your flock…
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Crowd Sourcing to Get the Job Done

Crowd Sourcing to Get the Job Done

The following bit of photojournalism captures the daily activity inside the Coeur d’Alene Coop.  Madge is quite the attraction to the…
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Flock Integration: So Happy Together

Over the weekend we moved our 16-week old pullets into the main coop with our two older hens.  I’m happy…
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Sweet 16

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Getting to Know You

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New Chicks on the Block

 Madge and Helen check out the new neighbors. Our new girls have settled nicely into their brand new, one…
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Winter. A time to breathe. A time to rest. A time to recoup. Savor every season for what it is. Look at nature and follow her lead. (Oh, and I'm pretty sure that little wood nymph is studying a seed catalog!!)The winter solstice time is no longer celebrated as it once was, with the understanding that this is a period of descent and rest, of going within our homes, within ourselves and taking in all that we have been through, all that has passed in this full year which is coming to a close... like nature and the animal kingdom around us, this time of hibernation is so necessary for our tired limbs, our burdened minds.

Our modern culture teaches avoidance at a max at this time; alcohol, lights, shopping, overworking, over spending, comfort food and consumerism.
And yet the natural tug to go inwards as nearly all creatures are doing is strong and the weather so bitter that people are left feeling that winter is hard, because for those of us without burning fires and big festive families, it can be lonely and isolating. Whereas in actual fact winter is kind, she points us in her quiet soft way towards our inner self, towards this annual time of peace and reflection, embracing the darkness and forgiving, accepting and loving embracing goodbye the past year.

"Winter takes away the distractions, the buzz, and presents us with the perfect time to rest and withdraw into a womb like love, bringing fire & light to our hearth".

.. and then, just around the corner the new year will begin again, and like a seed planted deep in the earth, we will all rise with renewed energy once again to dance in the sunlight

Life is a gift ❤ a Happy winter to you all...

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