The Big News Around the Homestead
Word on the street is, Chickenhead is laying eggs.
The street is right!
She’s been laying them daily for three days – on the seat of her mom’s chair. They are small, but delicious.
Nothing yet from the other girls, but nest boxes are being built.
Here, you can see the girls busily hammering in nails:
They’ve built it quite sturdily.
Soon, they’ll have it painted, skinned and the whole of the main portion of the house completely renovated. They’ve been busy.
Mike Neir may have helped a little.
She’s getting ready to lay her second one here:
That’s my girl!
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- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
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