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humboldt hens humboldt hens the pampered lives of our backyard chickens along with crazy chicken news from around the world about me name amy stewart location portland or united states author of the drunken botanist wicked plants and the kopp sisters novels view my complete profile amy s favorite chicken books see the complete list at powell s amy stewart garden writer update your links amy s now blogging here join amy s mailing list photos by vic stewart aka dad books by amy stewart and other literary links from the ground up the story of a first garden the earth moved on the remarkable achievements of earthworms scott s magazine fine books collections great chicken links chicken gear equipment supplies merchandise get amy s chicken art on t shirts and more chicken diapers cool chicken merchandise from cafepress omlet uk site with cool coop to match your ipod belt hatchery where our chicks came from mcmurray hatchery another great place to pick up chicks eggbid like ebay but for poultry fine chicken art from sv medaris mary jane s farm for all your farm girl needs cute coops greener pastures chicken arks and more little valley farms maker of the chick n caboodle chicken information resources the coop online discussion board maryjane s farm online discussion board mad city chickens poultry activism in madison wi poultry one homesteading today discussion forum humane society farm animal news compassion over killing eggscam united poultry concerns the city chicken portland beyond seattle city chickens chicken links from dmoz feathersite many chicken photos backyard chickens mother earth news egg page chicken resources from google more chicken links from google practical poultry magazine battery hen welfare trust poultry wiki the easy chicken chicken blogs the accidental smallholder city chicken uk diary and more chickenblog the accidental farmer e chickenfarm great araucana photos keeping chickens blog rooster hill farm allotment lady another chicken blog see my chickens house chicken yahoo group savage chicken sugar creek farm beanie the chicken happy hens an egg cup a day sign of the shovel chicken cam portland urban chickens photo project previous posts flying the coop great moments in chicken videos garden rant takes over the world boo boo succumbs bess is my emotional support chicken chicken blogging women what do they want sunday new york times every day is respect for chickens day around here sign of the shovel peeping mad archives april 2005 may 2005 june 2005 july 2005 august 2005 september 2005 october 2005 november 2005 december 2005 january 2006 february 2006 march 2006 april 2006 may 2006 june 2006 site feed friday june 23 2006 flying the coop well i have reached that point in every blogger s life when it is finally time to make the move from blogger to typepad i m also rolling all three of my blogs dirt humboldt hens and worms of endearment into one and in addition to writing about the garden the chickens and the worms i ll also be writing about the book tour and lots of other topics related to my new book flower confidential my new blog home is here http blog amystewart com and i promise there will be plenty of good chicken stuff there in addition to all the humboldt hens archives and last but certainly not least you ll find me over at gardenrant a few times a week we re having a lot of fun so come join us posted by amy stewart 6 23 2006 03 28 00 pm monday june 19 2006 great moments in chicken videos this is my gift to you on a monday when we d all rather be outdoors enjoy nike angry chicken google video posted by amy stewart 6 19 2006 12 42 00 pm tuesday june 13 2006 garden rant takes over the world a few months ago i started talking with susan harris of takoma gardener and michele owens of sign of the shovel about a modest little idea we had to stage a horticultural revolt we were tired of what the mainstream gardening media has to offer warmed over garden tips repurposed press releases about the ten thousandth new coleus on the market dull little essays about the wonders of spring and we were convinced that bloggers could overthrow the gardening establishment in the way that they are transforming coverage of politics and current affairs witness the success of the yearlykos convention not that i want to be the dailykos of gardening i d much rather be the gawker of gardening but one thing at a time like all good revolutionaries we began by writing a manifesto you can read the whole thing on our site but i ll touch on a few of my favorite points here we are convinced that gardening matters get us out of the lifestyle section and as far away from home decorating as possible we re talking about how we interact with the plant kingdom not how to choose a throw pillow this shit is important we are flabbergasted at the idea of no maintenance gardens if i have to read one more magazine article about easy container gardens in 10 minutes or less i may actually go bury myself in the perennial border gardening is something you do it s not something you buy and arrange around the exterior of your home in between fluffing the aforementioned throw pillows we are delighted by people with a passion for plants show some excitement have an opinion fall in love get mad if you re bored put your pen down and go outside just don t bore us too are you with me all right then follow me over to garden rant where i ll be blogging a couple times a week some of my favorite new features include ask dr bleedingheart horticultural advice for the lovelorn send in your melodramas today i don t have a garden but i watch one on tv reviews of garden television and internet garden videos we ll cover podcasts and radio too so if it s good send it our way taking your gardening dollar product reviews rip offs and vicarious horticultural shopping experiences you we re looking for guest bloggers so if you have something brilliant to say we hope you ll consider saying it on garden rant first come rant with us posted by amy stewart 6 13 2006 10 38 00 am friday may 26 2006 boo boo succumbs y all might remember my earlier post about the chicken who went on jay leno well i m afraid that boo boo has died i m sorry to be the one to bring you this news those close to the chicken say that she had seizures which may have been the cause of her earlier near drowning experience abc news boo boo the chicken dies posted by amy stewart 5 26 2006 09 28 00 pm bess is my emotional support chicken this just in from the new york times at french roast on upper broadway however two women sat down to brunch with dogs in tow a golden retriever and a yorkie toted in a bag they both said that their animals were emotional service dogs said gil ohana the manager explaining why he let them in one of them actually carried a doctor s letter that s right folks people are now getting away with bringing their annoying yapping little dogs everywhere with them because they have a doctor s note the story continues i had never heard of emotional support animals before said steve hanson an owner of 12 restaurants including blue fin and blue water grill in manhattan and now all of a sudden in the last several months we re hearing this fortunately a few people see how silly this is including this guide dog trainer who said i ve had teenagers approach me wanting to get their dogs certified this isn t cute and is a total insult to the disabled community they are ruining it for people who need it and a shrink says if a person can t entertain the idea of going out without an animal that would suggest an extreme anxiety level she said and he or she should probably be on medication in psychotherapy or both and it s not always dogs these days people rely on a veritable noah s ark of support animals tami mclallen a spokeswoman for american airlines said that although dogs are the most common service animals taken onto planes the airline has had to accommodate monkeys miniature horses cats and even an emotional support duck its owner dressed it up in clothes she recalled miniature horses on a plane are you kidding me why don t they choose something small like an emotional support lizard all right if she gets to have an emotional support duck i am totally making bess my emotional support chicken i need this for my mental health just think fresh eggs everywhere i go waiter a martini for me and some cracked corn for the hen please posted by amy stewart 5 26 2006 09 05 00 pm chicken blogging i was taking a picture for a post about garden blogging over on dirt when the chickens wandered over to see what i d brought them perhaps we should set up an old computer out there in the coop and see what the girls come up with do you suppose they touch type or hunt and peck sorry couldn t resist posted by amy stewart 5 26 2006 01 08 00 pm sunday may 21 2006 women what do they want scott comes outside and finds himself surrounded by a flock of very demanding girls bess as always flies right up to his face just assuming that he ll hold out an arm as a landing perch about the time she arrives in other news dolley laid one of those strange shellless eggs the other day it was just like what happened with bess she looked really uncomfortable would hardly move and then not in her nesting box just out in the garden which is very unusual out came this weird thing it broke on the way out so first came egg white then yolk then this rubbery membrane which eleanor grabbed in her beak and ran around with in the garden in a sort of victory lap scott watched the whole thing and was quite horrified we took the rubbery thing away from eleanor you do not want chickens to develop a taste for eggs in fact they tried to gobble up the bits of white and yolk still on the ground what were they thinking hey look what came out of dolley s butt let s eat it fortunately dolley felt better immediately wouldn t you and went back to laying eggs with shells a day or two later the only real health risk here would have been if she seemed to still have egg bits inside of her but fortunately we didn t have to go exploring seems like it all came out on its own ah farm life posted by amy stewart 5 21 2006 09 31 00 pm sunday may 14 2006 sunday new york times check out my op ed piece in today s new york times you ll be hearing more from me in the months to come about my new book flower confidential but this will give you a preview posted by amy stewart 5 14 2006 03 14 00 pm thursday may 04 2006 every day is respect for chickens day around here united poultry concerns has declared may 4 international respect for chickens day i know that their name sounds like the name of some industry puppet group but in fact this is a group that advocates for better treatment of chickens even as they are being raised for slaughter good people and here are some random highlights from their press release for international respect for chickens day educators students office workers and activists are encouraged to do an action for chickens everything from showing the movie chicken run to setting up a school library display to leafleting on a busy street corner a minneapolis group is holding a most beautiful chicken photo contest no i could not find it online dang update thanks to molly for this link chickens are lively birds who have been torn from the leafy world in which they evolved we want chickens to be restored to their green world and not be eaten the idea for international respect for chickens day traces to famed le show host and star of the simpsons harry shearer who proclaimed sunday may 14 2000 mother s day national respect the chicken day because hens are justly praised as exemplars of devoted motherhood in letters from an american farmer a study of american colonial society published in 1782 st john de crevecoeur wrote about chickens i never see an egg brought to my table but i feel penetrated with the wonderful change it would have undergone but for my gluttony it might have been a gentle useful hen leading her chickens with a care and vigilance which speaks shame to many women a cock perhaps arrayed with the most majestic plumes tender to his mate bold courageous endowed with an astonishing instinct with thoughts with memory and every distinguishing characteristic of the reason of man chickens are sentient creatures and have feelings of their own you re damn right go kiss a chicken people u s newswire releases international respect for chickens day celebrates chickens posted by amy stewart 5 04 2006 10 50 00 pm wednesday may 03 2006 sign of the shovel peeping mad there s a good discussion going on over at sign of the shovel about the noise backyard hens make i have often wondered if our neighbors were going to get fed up and come knocking on the door our girls can get quite riled up just after and sometimes just before they lay an egg wouldn t you and with four of them laying almost every day it can be noisy but i sit still and listen to the sounds of our neighborhood sometimes when i hear the chickens calling at 7 or 8 a m a sign that i need to get up and go let them run around outside i can hear them for a minute but then the sound is drowned out by a passing car a barking dog or even the cry of a seagull flying overhead and it is certainly drowned out by a lawn mower a power tool a scooter or any other little motorized gizmo revving up nearby and we won t even mention the loud parties on weekends especially in the summer that degenerate into drunken shouting in the streets at 2 a m we tolerate it quite gamely secretly wishing we were invited to the parties not that we d really go and god knows we d have to bring our own booze and feeling glad that we are at the very least the sort of people who like living in a diverse interesting not too fancy neighborhood where people can have rowdy parties or god forbid lawn mowers sign of the shovel peeping mad posted by amy stewart 5 03 2006 09 18 00 pm