Eglu Archives - One Hundred Dollars a Month

Peace and Quiet… At Last…

By Mavis Butterfield on June 11, 2011 - 1 Comment

Buff the wayward chicken has gone broody (much to my delight). She likes to puff up like a turkey when anyone gets near her or the clutch of eggs she’s sitting on. I really ought to place some golf balls in there when I steal her eggs… Maybe that would fool her. Anyway… This means Read More >>

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Chicken run…

By Mavis Butterfield on May 29, 2011 - Leave a Comment

The Girl Who Thinks She’s A Bird sure got a workout yesterday… The poor thing had to chase down the baby chicks (now 8 weeks old) and move them to their new location. We’ve decided (okay… I’ve decided) that it’s time to move the baby chicks in with the old chicks… We moved the mini Read More >>

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The egg hunt…

By Mavis Butterfield on May 3, 2011 - 1 Comment

Remember how I told you about Buff the wayward chicken? How all she wanted to do was escape her poor… lonely… miserable… the grass is greener on the other side of the chicken fence why won’t you people let me roam carefree/hippie lifestyle? Well look what I found the other day? Is that a good Read More >>

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Buff the wayward chicken gets clipped…

By Mavis Butterfield on April 1, 2011 - Leave a Comment

After a day of having to catch and release… catch and release… I finally decided to clip Buff the Wayward Chicken’s wings… After reading an article about wing clipping I decided to be like Nike and “Just Do It”… I had read over on ThyHands blog about how her husband Jamey had only clipped one Read More >>

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Random photos of the week 3/3

By Mavis Butterfield on March 3, 2011 - Leave a Comment

Snow! Remember this bark pile? I was rather surprised to find out (after the snow had melted) the boys in fact DID NOT shovel it all away… (only about 1/3rd) Instead… when it started to rain like crazy on Sunday evening… oh let’s say around 11:30 PM… (exactly 24 hours after arriving home) the Read More >>

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