Caution: Watch Out for Homestead Chickens

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Posted by jackie | Posted in chickens | Posted on 27-01-2010

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My daughter Ondra, at 13, is a budding veterinarian. She specializes in chickens. Both she and her brother, Eric, have a real soft spot for chickens.

Brewster posing on fence post

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Thomas Jefferson

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Posted by jackie | Posted in shetland sheep | Posted on 26-01-2010


I am going to interrupt my old llama stories with current farm activities. I will continue the stories after the flurry of stuff around here settles down again. Read the rest of this entry »

Llama Mamas

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Posted by jackie | Posted in llamas | Posted on 22-01-2010


The crias in front, Shilo and Johnson in back

Continued from “Johnson Joe and the Ladies”

I got to the point that I thought they WEREN’T pregnant until my son came running into the house yelling, “Shilo has a head sticking out of her!”. We raced outside, (armed with all the llama books) and my birthing kit. Sure enough, Shilo did have a baby sticking out of her. She kept trying to sit on it (or so we thought). Read the rest of this entry »

Johnson Joe and the "Ladies"

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Posted by jackie | Posted in llamas | Posted on 19-01-2010


Johnson Joe was an awesome llama. Yes, you caught it, I said WAS. (I’ll go into that at a later time). Read the rest of this entry »

Johnson Joe

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Posted by jackie | Posted in llamas | Posted on 18-01-2010


At the end of this month, 10 years ago, we got our first llama. His name was Johnson Joe. We had talked about getting one SOME DAY. I had been wanting one for about 15 years, but prior to 1992, I was single and living in the city with no hope of ever owning a llama. But then I met my husband and we shared the same desire to live OUT of the city. Read the rest of this entry »

A Tribute

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Posted by jackie | Posted in lifestyle | Posted on 11-01-2010


Audrey Josephine Guichard. That name may not mean anything to you but it does to me. Read the rest of this entry »

Snow adventures, (or Misadventures)

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Posted by jackie | Posted in Weather, lifestyle | Posted on 04-01-2010


My husband tells me my blog has not only staled, but DECOMPOSED! It’s been 2 weeks since the last post. Read the rest of this entry »

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