Category: chickens

  • What does the fox say?

    Two days ago I was preparing food in the kitchen.  I heated up some oil in a pan to sear off a pork roast, and had put the roast in the pot (fat side down, of course).  Washing my hands after, I happened to look out our kitchen window that overlooks the backyard and I…

  • That kid needs to keep his pants ON

    If Ezra was a villain, his name would be “The Creative Pooper”. You’d never know it just by looking at this image, but 15 minutes before this photo was taken, this was a poo-covered boy.  Ezra has gotten into a somewhat frequent routine where he takes off his clothes after he wakes up – either from…

  • Tomato, Tomahto

    A few days ago, we decided to pick a lot of the tomatoes while green, and then clear out those tomato plants.  Here is our haul: You read that right, 82 pounds!  There were a couple red/ripe tomatoes, but the vast majority are green.  It’s getting to feel like fall around here, so I figured if…

  • Garden clean up

    A couple days ago, I woke up to find this: And then the other day we found feathers in the bathroom, but no dead bird, so figured the cats must have eventually taken it back outside.  Yeah…that wasn’t the case.  A day later, Jesse picked up the toilet paper pack off the floor and the…

  • Mischief managed

    There are some days when Jesse doesn’t shower.  Not because he likes being dirty, but because Ezra gets into mischief when left alone.  We have really child proofed the upstairs as much as we can, and we have a baby gate so he’s pretty much stuck to the kitchen and living room.  Lately, Ezra has…