Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

With the taxes they keep adding to our already inflated tax structure, I wouldn’t be surprised if they start taxing us for sawing wood!

They probably already do

 

[Marie2020]

If those doctors object to them, then I’ll be happy to eat their share!

Me 2

 

[Sylvester017]

Those look like Whisky Jacks (Grey Jays) but they are a northern country bird so I am not sure if they would be down your way. I see them here only in the winter.

They are super friendly and learn fast to ‘train’ us Hoomans to feed them.

The AOS voted to change the name of Grey Jay to Canada Jay.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Canada_Jay/overview

As for birds being seen outside their normal habitat ~ fires can force birds into other regions. Black Phoebe is generally a mountain bird but mountain fires forced this little Phoebe into our neighborhood for a few years. He wouldn't eat the chicken feed but would swoop down to catch rolling pomegranate seeds tossed to the chickens!

 

[featherhead007]

Aww, the sounds of morning:
Dakota pecking at her feed dish. The mice caught in the sticky traps, screaming for their very existence.
I haven’t heard anything from the rooster yet? I better go check on them.

 

[featherhead007]

The AOS voted to change the name of Grey Jay to Canada Jay.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Canada_Jay/overview

As for birds being seen outside their normal habitat ~ fires can force birds into other regions. Black Phoebe is generally a mountain bird but mountain fires forced this little Phoebe into our neighborhood for a few years. He wouldn't eat the chicken feed but would swoop down to catch rolling pomegranate seeds tossed to the chickens!
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Give me a stack of pavers and a barrow full of cement, and I’ll build a castle

 

[Sylvester017]

Today…

What a beautiful flock & nice outdoor playground!!! No wonder you dont want/need any more babies w/ those beauties! TY for all the Silkie pics. & the littlest bantams are so cute. They dont fly out of the enclosed pen?

 

[featherhead007]

I am hungry for some Krispy Kream doughnuts and a cup of coffee. The closest donut shop for the kk’s is fifty six miles away. Sometimes I really miss living in the city………NOT!!

 

[RoyalChick]

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809918305423

Artemisinin
I'm seriously hoping on this little treatment

Here is a picture of the version that grows in the Chicken Palace. And a few posts later @GregnLety shared how Letty cooks it with beans for the two of them.
I have been using it like a leafy green veggie in various dishes.
Post in thread 'Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26810135

 

[featherhead007]

Here is what I found on Artemesia vulgaris.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583039/

Enough to make me give it a go in salad.

I confirmed it has the artemesia fur on its leaves - very fine and soft. I also confirmed the strong and rather pleasing smell when you crush the leaves.
It is described as tasting spicy - I tried a leaf and thought it rather mild. But I think Babs may be trying to grow her beard following Aurora’s advice to eat spicy food!

Artemesia and tax:
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I wonder who thought, “that plant looks delicious, let’s eat it!”

 

[BY Bob]

A Long Visit

Hattie and I are having a long visit this morning after her medicine. She's very quiet today. It's nice when friends can spend time together without having to chat constantly.