As of today, over 360,000 acres of Oregon is on fire. The smoke is terrible in low lying areas like ours with air quality declared Hazardous. Some roads have been closed intermittently and fire restrictions are in place statewide. We missed a closure on I-84 yesterday as a newer fire burns right near the gorge.
We have a group of wild turkeys (the kind that doesn’t come in a bottle). They range around the area most of the day – but have taken to roosting in our grove in the evening. There are two Toms, ten hens, and several chicks. They have been interesting to watch but I’m sure at
We are starting off easy with some chickens. How hard can it be? right?? So we bought six chicks from Wilco Farm Store in Springfield. Three Speckled Sussex Pullets and three Cornish Cross. The staff at Wilco were mostly helpful and answered some of our ore mundane starter questions without too much “omg – these
