Chicken Lady – Page 2 – Kick Ass or Die

Nuggets 2.0 & What it Takes to Tend a Flock

March 2, 2014 15 Comments

So, this happened… That’s not a flashback to last year, that’s a whole new set of Nugs that have come to live on the farm.

Coop Additions & Awesome Timing

July 15, 2013 30 Comments

If you haven’t noticed, those tiny little nuggets that were living in my spare bedroom just a few months ago are now full grown chickens.

Homecoming

June 25, 2013 10 Comments

Over the weekend I flew half the length of the country and back inside of 24 hours. The flying part was because my cousin was

No, You Don’t Need A Rooster To Have Fresh Eggs (And Other Things People Ask Me About Raising Chickens)

June 13, 2013 35 Comments

So listen, I’m still a novice chicken-raiser. Really novice. Like yesterday when we were supposed to get pummeled by storms and everyone was calling me,

How To Build a Kickass Chicken Coop

May 14, 2013 37 Comments

So, a few weeks ago I set out with the intention of building temporary housing for the Nuggets– a FEMA trailer of the poultry world,

Chicken Tractor: More Progress

April 29, 2013 4 Comments

Last week I mentioned that I’ve been making weekly modifications to the Nugget Cage to keep up with how big they are getting. When I

Around The Farm: No Longer Nuggets

April 25, 2013 12 Comments

I know, I know, I used to spend all my time talking about paint chips and sawdust and now it’s all donkeys and chickens and

Wherein I Splint a Chicken Toe

April 7, 2013 19 Comments

I think I need to take a minute here to ponder the twists and turns in my life that brought me to the point in

Bribery & Building Trust

April 1, 2013 13 Comments

So here’s a lesson I learned in the last week: I am never going out in public again without a five-gallon bucket of hand-sanitizer and

Sunday Night Chicken Dance

March 24, 2013 4 Comments

Da na na na na na nah Da na na na na na nah Da na na na na na nah We. Won’t. Stand. Still.

Coop Building 101: Planning for a Foundation

March 13, 2013 25 Comments

For the last year I’ve been responsible for exactly two lives on this planet: me and the cat. In the last month I thought it

Meet the Nuggets

March 11, 2013 33 Comments

You know who is surprised by this? Absolutely no one on the face of this planet. There are so many reasons I should not have

I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.

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THE STORYTELLER

Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.

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