O Death!

[Editor’s note: click here and listen to Dock Boggs as a backdrop to this seasonal real-life horror story.] This time of year as the days grow shorter, the corn drier, the leaves brighter and the nights crisper, many farmers’ thoughts…

[Editor’s note: click here and listen to Dock Boggs as a backdrop to this seasonal real-life horror story.] This time of year as the days grow shorter, the corn drier, the leaves brighter and the nights crisper, many farmers’ thoughts…

Two years ago this month we moved across an ocean, started a farm, bought some goats, some poultry, and a dog. After two years, it’s time to take stock. I think we got our priorities straight—first thing we did was…

By “chickens” I mean birds in general. Of which we have many right now. Of multiple species and varieties–turkey, chicken, and quail. One hundred and eighty-three individuals, if I counted correctly. And 72 quail eggs in the incubator that are…