Chicken Scraps Blog

I got a camera (finally) earlier this year and have been enjoying learning how to use it.  Here are a few of my favorite recent pictures of the dogs and puppies. (For more info about my Border collies, please visit the website .) SSR Abby Sue SSR L. McKinley (left) and SSR Ella Lua in hot pursuit of their mama. SSR Koda Anna Frances playing tug with Fiona. "I'll never, never, let go!" "Well, Flossie said there's a squirrel over here, so never mind.  I'll play tug when we get back." Cleone and one of her puppies, SSR Bellatrix "Trixie" Fiona, the rain dog, coming back to play tug.

Ever since we got our first dog, Mama has periodically wished for a cat which would like dogs.  I used to have a hard time believing all she said about how her cats and dogs loved each other because my only experiences in that line involved excited Schnauzers, my stressed out, deaf kitty, and (later on) our whip-thin black cat, Flavia, who hates dogs, and Kep, who loves chasing cats. Then Flavia retired from working and the rats (which are always more or less present on a farm) began multiplying way  too fast, so we finally got two young kittens.  They were six week old brothers from Shepherd's Hill Farm and are the most wonderful cats.  They are sweet to each other and people, and I think they will be great ratters.  (BTW, there is one kitten left from this litter who needs a home!  Contact me if you are interested in adopting him.) Dickon (left) and Chauncey (right) The first time one of the dogs (Flossy, I think) walked up and sniffed the ...

Well...  here I am making apologies again.  You can tell when I am staying busy farming, and when I am just writing about being busy, because when I'm truly busy, I don't post on my blogs!  Anyway, thankfully I usually have my phone on me and take lots of pictures, so these will give some idea of what we've been up to.  Enjoy! March and April were filled with: Trying to get good advertising pictures of Buttercup (so we could sell her heifer.) Spending time with younger siblings.

For those who are interested, here is a pictorial, high-speed description of the month of February. I got to experience what having a pack of four high-energy dogs is like when I "puppysat" a couple of my sister-in-law's Aussies. (They are great dogs!   palacepupsaussies.weebly.com )

Hi Everyone! Sorry I have been away from blogging for so long.  It seems like over the course of the last few months I've been so busy doing  things that I haven't had time to write about all I've been doing.  Well, it's good to stay busy, but it is also good to keep up with my blogs, so this week I have tried to focus on sewing and computer work.  So far, this is the first computer work I've done, except for a little writing on my current book, but hopefully I will be able to pile quite a few more languishing computer projects into the next few days. If you have subscribed to my newsletter, you are already aware of what has been going on in our lives; it's been a lot!  Two siblings have been married, two calves have been born, one goat is due to kid soon, and Cleone is ready to be bred for her first litter of puppies, to name a few!  If you are not subscribed to the newsletter, you can sign up now via the form on the right hand side of this blog. ...

For some time now, I have toyed with the idea of creating a farm newsletter.  A friend sends one out every week, and I am always inspired by reading it, even though much of it is filled with everyday details of life on the farm.  A recipe here and there; a reference to a new project you can see on their website; how many chicks their heritage breed turkeys hatched this spring; the number of meat chickens they have for sale, and expected butchering dates; all these combine with her funny stories, and diary of what they did every day of the last week to make a fun, and instructive newsletter. Finally, I decided to take the plunge and try writing my own.  After blogging for several years now, it shouldn’t be too hard.  Mine will be different, and I plan to send it out once a month instead of weekly, but I expect this to be a fun way to keep up with my readers.  Keep an eye out too for coupons to my online store that will be exclusively available through this ne...

Well, I couldn't resist posting this- Chicken Scraps Blog now has over 10,000 pageviews, from over 20 different countries, including:  USA, Germany, France, United Kingdom, China, India, Chile, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Canada, Phillipines, Russia, Austria, Japan, Venezuela, New Zealand, Namibia and Australia. While this number seems pretty big to me, I know that it's really not all that huge compared to other blogs/ websites, which get that number of views per day .  I don't mean to brag, just thought it was interesting (and kind of funny) that there are people from so many different countries who have visited this little blog!