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Fowl Lloyd

Night Owl Lloyd

March 29, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

Creepy McCreeper Lloyd has begun staying up late just to strut behind me when I go to feed the sheep their late feed (supposedly feeding

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Egg Hunt

March 27, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

Today I watched my entire flock of hens hustle out of the coop, hitch their skirts high and run like a coffee drinking mom whose

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Fowl Lloyd

Icy Spiral Staircase

February 15, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

This idiot and his 2 lady friends (our two ultra dominant and just plain bullying Spanish Black turkeys found a new home) should have been

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Fowl Guinea Fowl

Home Invasion

January 21, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

They have infiltrated my home. The extreme cold of the last few days (-10F air temperature with wind chills in the -20s) finally drove the

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Thunder the Bird

January 15, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

It’s taken until the windchill hit 19 below but Thunder finally deigned to sleep indoors rather than out. A graduate of our 2018 Cackle Surprise

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And Still They Persist

January 5, 2020November 17, 2020 dalarnafarm

And yet they persisted… Nine…there are still nine. Every single guinea fowl that hatched out late last summer and then magically appeared in my yard

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Water Rooster

December 14, 2019October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

Fun fact about having a rooster spend the night in your living room: He will crow starting at 0500 and that unexpected, siren-loud, ear-splitting sound

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Chicken Breed Tips

December 12, 2019November 16, 2020 dalarnafarm

In the realm of talking about the Red Rangers yesterday, I thought I’d post “a few of my favorite things” in the chicken world. Because

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Red Rangers Rock

December 11, 2019November 16, 2020 dalarnafarm

Then hens on the current profile picture kind of deserve a special introduction because, you see, they are supposed to be in the freezer. These

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Superhero Gary!

November 20, 2019November 16, 2020 dalarnafarm

Nanananananananana…Batman! This rooster, named by Evie as “Gary”, isn’t Batman but he is a bit of a superhero! Gary came to the farm several weeks

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About Me

Former pro chislic judge, current farm blogger and (hopeful) future author, Heather Benson's official day job is as the Digital Strategy Manager for her home state's PBS/NPR member station, South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Originally from Menno, SD and currently residing on a small farm in Western Minnesota, her official night job is shepherding her herd of Icelandic sheep, tending (an undisclosed number) of chickens and trying to convince her demented turkey Lloyd that he cannot, in fact, marry his favorite basketball. Her farm stories can be followed at Facebook.com/dalarnafarm and her first book is due to published in November of 2023.

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