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Eggs and Veggies – Earth Day 2022
Kari Clausen enters year three of BlackBird Farm, operating out of our Many Spokes location in Manson. Look for her at Earth Day 2022 in Chelan this spring and then at Farmers Markets and restaurants throughout the growing season. Kari has continued tending the...
Happy Hens Discernment Time
As long as you want chickens, you have to keep saying YES - yes to flock replacement. This spring - we're choosing to take a step back for awhile to give ourselves some discernment time. By the third year of a hen's life, egg production drops to around 60%. Add to...
Saying What You See. More Chickens. More Notes: September 21, 2019
Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Fifteen Delight. Gratitude This week I'm sharing memories from Nome, Alaska. Life in a Hunting Gathering Culture, in a podcast recorded on a chicken farm, by a long ago pastor. Saying What I See A notetaker would also take...
800 Baby Chicks Arrive! And More Notes For That Planet: September 11, 2019
Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Fourteen The US Postal Service ships Baby Chicks - 800 babies chirping away Notes Continue - Plus Baby Chicks These were his first words to me, the psychic who asked to visit me, curious about my developing The ICE Method:...
Notes for another Planet – The Cross Country Bike Ride: August 30, 2019
Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Thirteen Truck chicken. She's always on the lookout for an open window. Not every chicken in the flock - just this one. And if you don't watch out she'll lay an egg under the back seat. Notes from another planet - a...
More – Notes for another Planet: August 21, 2019
Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Twelve Next Words Last week I had the psychic's words running in my head, "to take notes for another planet." This week, I'll start to speak those notes, and start to share them, starting with next week's podcast, for now,...
Taking Notes for another Planet: August 16, 2019
Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Eleven Update Working on Chickens, and...working on Words this week that have not yet come together, wanted at least to share this podcast and to share the thought I'm trying to pen... Notes from another planet Those were his...
Happy Hens Settling In: August 6, 2019
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Ten Happy Hens on the New Land They're laying eggs here too! The farmers On a Sunny Summer Day So much to move Even the dog kennel Hey Anne Look at...
New Home for the Happy Hens: July 24, 2019
Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Nine Final Touches Getting Ready for the Move Here at the new land, we completed our first two chicken houses, each one capable of supporting 500 Happy Hens. A Night Move (When the chickens can't see) Tip - if you ever have to...
The Meaning of a Miracle: July 16th, 2019
The Mind of a Rooster That's Segundo rooster walking towards us, and Pretty Boy walking away. Who knows their mind? Perhaps they read Robert Frost "Good Fences make Good Neighbors? or maybe its true, "The grass is always greener on the other side." ...