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Hi all. I live just west of Salem, Oregon. I have three very sweet girls that are in need of a new home. Two Buff Orpingtons and one Barred Plymouth Rock. They are just over two years old. They are good layers and are as healthy as can be. They are very sweet girls who like their humans...

Yesterday was my nephew's high school graduation. So afterward we had a BBQ taco bar. BBQd flank steak, chicken breast, and portobello mushrooms, and all the fixings for tacos. Strawberry shortcake for dessert.

Last night was calamari steaks, served over lemon pasta with a butter, lemon, parsley sauce. And a salad.

I'm in a cleaning out my freezer mode lately. Night before last was marinated and pan fried pork steaks with a cauliflower fried 'rice' and salad. Last night was crispy chicken thighs roasted with lemon and a sauce of pan drippings, shallots, oregano, wine and chicken broth. Served with...

A slice of cantaloupe, cucumber, leftover chicken. The have almost totally eaten a huge planter filled with lettuce, kale, and collard greens that I put in their run. I'll have to replant later this week.

Oh, now you've gone and done it. I'm making my baked beans some time this week. I have some salt pork in the freezer and beans in the pantry, so I'm all set. Last night I made a riff on Bobby Flay's crispy chicken with mint sauce. Um, no. The chicken was pretty good, but the sauce wasn't...

Last night was crispy chicken thighs braised with bacon, onion, and cabbage. Served with some dark sourdough bread.

Last night we had grilled shrimp tacos with a tomato avocado salsa.

It's a Brand name smoker/grill that uses pellets, quite popular out here. Made by a family that lives a handful of miles from us. My husband loves his Traeger, but I prefer a regular gas grill as I'm not particularly fond of smoked meats. Last night we had marinated and grilled chicken...

Well I thought we had this licked. Last night when the other girls went to roost, I let her out and she ran right for the coop. I thought, what the heck, let's see what happens. And she got on the roost in her usual position and she was there this morning. Yay? Not so much. She ran around...

I don't go anywhere if I let her out. I think what I've decided to do is about half an hour before I close up the coop, I'll let her out, but just inside the shed so she can stretch her legs and flap around for a while. While she's in there I can freshen food and water, and clean the hardware...

She is protected from the elements and predators and has food and water and I give her a few treats now and then. I have her in the shed, which is about ten feet from the run, so if the chickens are in the run, everyone can see one another. However, most days my girls free range, so she spends...

She is confined, raised off the ground about four inches. I let her out this morning and it wasn't five minutes before she was headed back to the nest box. Thanks for your response.

I've resorted to a broody buster, but I have a question. Should I not let her out of it at all for a couple of days? My kennel is pretty big. Big enough that she can stand up tall and walk around, but she is a wing flapper and it doesn't really allow that much room. I did let her out for a...

Yum on the rhubarb. I made a strawberry rhubarb pie the other day ... really good. Last night we Traegered a whole chicken. Served with mashed potatoes (for hubby, not for me), steamed broccoli and roasted garlic scapes. Apple pie for dessert.

Well, crap. Olive was in the nest box at roosting time, so I moved her out and blocked off the box. She somehow managed to wedge herself past the block and was in the nest box this morning. No eggs. Strange little bird. I'm not going to worry too much about it since she is eating and...

She has been out free ranging all day and hasn't returned to the nest box, so maybe it was a practice as donrea suggested. She's been on my lap a couple of times and has acting normally. However, when I walked past her a while ago, she puffed up and fanned out her tail. So, who knows.

We had spaghetti carbonara and a salad last night.

Yeah, I don't want her broody. There is no rooster and I have no plans to raise any chicks. She is sitting in the sun on the shed porch right now along with the others. It will be interesting to see if she sits in the nest box tonight. The fake egg is gone. But it's kind of interesting...

No, she's a pretty good layer. The last egg she laid was Sunday. I gather my eggs several times a day. I don't know what was going on. She was fine on Monday late afternoon when I got home - out with the other girls in their run. She was in the nest box when I secured the coop last...