Being in Love, or, Dogs & Cats Living Together

It’s happening at last. Rahu the cat and the two puppies, Bhairo and Guinness, are starting to love each other. I’m proudest of Rahu. Some of you may remember from an earlier blog post that he’s a cat with a bit of a past. Seems he’s been fending for himself, hunting and living in the…

Fear and Freedom, or, Learning to Free-Range

Before I say chickens are timid creatures, let me first hand it to them:  they are resilient and brave little creatures too.  Just hours old, tiny (the size of an egg), shipped cross-country in a box, handled by giants of another species – they manage it amazingly well. The spark of life, the impulse to…

Growing Up Funky

Look at that face!  Look at those crazy feathers!  Whoa, polka dots!  The funky ones are the ones we love the most, and isn’t that great? [Funky Polish chickens.  Magda, Eva, and Zsa Zsa.  The Gabor sisters were actually Hungarian, but that’s OK.] It’s not that long ago that the world of chickens was a…