Dustin - ” I saw the title of your post. Aw, do you really think I’m a redneck?”
Me - “No, I think you’re a manly man. The chicken is a redneck…get it? Ha ha ha.”
I feel so validated by all of you that left comments about the chicken “event”. I thought I was some [...]
Dustin came home without the gleam. He looked surprisingly normal for a man that had 8 hours to think of the best way to massacre his first rooster. I don’t know what I was expecting. Maybe something like this:
Nope. Just same old, after work Dustin. I was practically buzzing with anticipation of the [...]
At 5:30 this morning I was startled awake by a rooster crowing. Our rooster crowing!
Our hunches were right. One of our chickens has turned out to be a rooster after all. Thank goodness it’s the ugly one. I’ve tried so hard to not get attached to the chickens, but in the same way I [...]
We have made a ton of changes this year to live more simply and sustainable-y (?). Like:
Composting our kitchen and yard waste.
Stopped using trash bags and instead use grocery bags.
When I remember, I bring my own recycled shopping bags to Trader Joe’s for shopping.
Precycling - I think about how much waste something is going to [...]
Our living sustainable and simply has led us to a new joy: raising chickens! Yes that’s right, we are urban farmers raising chickens for their eggs in our suburban backyard. How cool is that!
Chicks are super easy to own and take care of, plus the kids adore them! Basically all you need is [...]
