<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Chickens @ upislandeggs.blog-city.com</title><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Chickens) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 upislandeggs.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:54:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Chickens @ upislandeggs.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Deck Visitor and The Question and Sourdough</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/deck_visitor_and_the_question.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/deck_visitor_and_the_question.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=deck%5Fvisitor%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fquestion</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[That is a male ringneck pheasant on our deck.&nbsp; For reasons I don&#39;t really understand, some are released on the island each year. Ostensibly by and for hunters, though I&#39;ve never heard of anyone hunting one.&nbsp; And the release point is]]></description></item><item><title>Easter Hens and Sheep</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/easter_hens_and_sheep.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/easter_hens_and_sheep.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=easter%5Fhens%5Fand%5Fsheep</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June  and her daughter Noa came to visit. They raise Silkies  and wanted to see our coops and, since the Jacksons  have Silkies, hoped to get one from them. As usual our very elderly silver crested polish hens are the most popular. The two crested po]]></description></item><item><title>More Chick Pics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/more_chick_pics.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/more_chick_pics.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 20:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fchick%5Fpics</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have a new camera, Canon SD1000, with the notion behind it that it will do a better job of taking chicken pictures. Today, while grazing the chickens, I experimented with one of the many menus. Never expected the camera to come with selectable them]]></description></item><item><title>Emerging Chicks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/emerging_chicks.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/emerging_chicks.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=emerging%5Fchicks</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Chick Development</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/chick_development.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/chick_development.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=chick%5Fdevelopment</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Baby Chicks Meet G&amp;S</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/baby_chicks_meet_gs.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/baby_chicks_meet_gs.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=baby%5Fchicks%5Fmeet%5Fgs</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[They arrived!&nbsp; The 80 chicks!&nbsp; (Really 81, since you always get a free one.) Now only 30 or 31 are for us, the rest are layers for Glenn &amp; Rosemary.&nbsp; We were so worried because they]]></description><category>baby</category><category>chicks</category></item><item><title>Red Tail Hawk</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/red_tail_hawk.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/red_tail_hawk.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=red%5Ftail%5Fhawk</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;I went out to give the chickens a treat and found a red tail hawk in the coop. The chicken run has a fence around it and net over it, but the hawk must have made his way in through a gap and had actually gone into the coop to kill a hen.&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Blott Back, Auk In, Snow snow snow, On the Drift</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/blott_back_auk_in_snow_snow_snow_on_the_drift.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/blott_back_auk_in_snow_snow_snow_on_the_drift.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blott%5Fback%5Fauk%5Fin%5Fsnow%5Fsnow%5Fsnow%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fdrift</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Blott, we think, has pulled through.&nbsp; We planned to keep here in another day, but then Auk got in trouble.&nbsp; Auk is an older Light Brahma hen - from our second batch of chicks.&nbsp; I found her this afternoon, wedged underneath one of the p]]></description></item><item><title>Blott hangs on</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/blott_hangs_on.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/blott_hangs_on.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blott%5Fhangs%5Fon</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Blott is still with us.&nbsp; She actually showed some interest in food - a little kale yesterday and some grapes today.&nbsp; But isn't drinking or eating chicken food.&nbsp; But she feels well enough to perch rather than just huddle.&nbsp; We will]]></description></item><item><title>Poor Blott and Hatred of Stranded Ribbing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/poor_blott.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/poor_blott.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=poor%5Fblott</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm home today - sent Tom off to curl - because it was 12F when we woke up and tht is too cold to let out the chickens.  I hauled food and water in to them and will let them out at 18F or 20F.  This will, I hope, keep them from getting fros]]></description></item><item><title>Scrambled Chickens</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/scrambled_chickens.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/scrambled_chickens.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scrambled%5Fchickens</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three roosters is too many - at least for 20 hens.&nbsp; The favored hens have bare backs from too much rooster attention, and that is bad considering how cold it is.&nbsp; And I'm not ready to winnow down the roosters because we are still up in the]]></description></item><item><title>Stilton and Steeks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/stilton_and_steeks.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/stilton_and_steeks.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stilton%5Fand%5Fsteeks</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm making stilton this morning - actually, this is one of those 3 day cheeses.&nbsp; I picked up the milk and pasteurized it Thursday.&nbsp; Cultured it yesterday and it goes in the mold today.&nbsp; Notice that I finished the baby alpaca Fair Isle]]></description></item><item><title>CInnabun and Steeks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/cinnabun_and_steeks.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/cinnabun_and_steeks.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cinnabun%5Fand%5Fsteeks</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cinnabun enjoyed her stay - at least she enjoyed eating finch food treats.&nbsp; But she is back out with the flock today.&nbsp; I have crocheted up the arm scrys for the steeks.&nbsp; I'll carefully cut between the two lines of crochet.And here is m]]></description></item><item><title>Cinnabun</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/cinnabun.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/cinnabun.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cinnabun</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cinnabun is the Red Dorking hen we got a few years ago.&nbsp; She came to us with a very bad case of bumblefoot. We pulled her through that, but it left her feet damaged.&nbsp; The scars from the bumblefoot are scabs and calluses and a mess.&nbsp; Sh]]></description></item><item><title>Fan Club</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/fan_club.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/fan_club.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fan%5Fclub</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[it is almost impossible to get a good pic of the chickens all up on the bench and chair, watching the sun go down.&nbsp; This pic is blurred because it this through the screen door, but even so, half the chickens are off their perch.And here they are]]></description></item><item><title>Chicken Update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/chicken_update.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/chicken_update.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=chicken%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here are some pictures I took today of the chickens, while walking my 5 miles around them.&nbsp; (I'm listening to Pterry's Feet of Clay from Audible and a couple of Firefly/Serenity related podcasts.)This is Pink, Blue (Crested Silver Polish) and Cr]]></description></item><item><title>Trained by Chickens</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/trained_by_chickens.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/trained_by_chickens.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=trained%5Fby%5Fchickens</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, at 3:30 this afternoon, when it was pouring down rain and blowing up a storm, I trudged out to deal with chickens.&nbsp; They were huddled in their coop, out of the wind and rain.&nbsp; I checked the water and food (got to get that done in the af]]></description></item><item><title>Me, my cold, my Ipod and Speech</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/me_my_cold_my_ipod_and_speech.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/me_my_cold_my_ipod_and_speech.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=me%5Fmy%5Fcold%5Fmy%5Fipod%5Fand%5Fspeech</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is me with my cold, my nano, and the scruffy hen named Speech.&nbsp; We have decided there is nothing wrong with Speech. She is just low on the pecking order and, even though there is plenty of food out all the time, is shy about wrestling her w]]></description></item><item><title>Birky went home</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/birky_went_home.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/birky_went_home.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=birky%5Fwent%5Fhome</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Birky went home Friday night.&nbsp; Though the bird wasn't happy, it ate every day and seemed resigned to wait for Diana to get back.&nbsp; As long as it kept eating, I was happy!We have brought Speech, a Dorking hen, in for observation.&nbsp; She is]]></description></item><item><title>Hispanolia Amazon</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/hispanolia_amazon.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/hispanolia_amazon.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hispanolia%5Famazon</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is raining and warm out there, for our commute to curling this morning.It has been very quiet here, though we have been to some nice parties.&nbsp; Took deviled eggs with caviar last night.&nbsp; Transporting deviled eggs without squishing their t]]></description></item></channel></rss>