Though I have not been writing for this blog for a while, I have been continuing my interest in all things poultry.
Life has been very busy as I home-school my ten-year-old grandson through his 4th grade classes. I have been valiantly trying to get him to complete his semester end classes. However, my body was having issues which caused a violent case of diverticulitis and nearly a week in the hospital.
Last week Lil’ Jon and I sent in to Texas Tech the Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies tests and projects. Tomorrow, we will begin working again on finishing 4th grade Math which is not due until March 22. Though we don’t have the lesson plans for the other courses, we will also begin our 2nd semester in the other subjects using a format similar to what we have been following. My hope is to be finished with this 2nd semester in May.
In the meantime though, I have been buying poultry books and magazine as well as homestead type books such as:
Possum Living by Dolly Freed, Tin House Books, Portland Oregon,1978. A very interesting homestead on a string type book. I found it at Border’s Books in Arlington TX and could not resist it.
Extraordinary Chickens by Stephen Green-Armytage, Abrams, New York, 2000. Mr. Green-Armytage is a photographer who became interested in photographing some extra ordinary poultry. I bought it at Borders’s Books as it was so beautiful and it was half-priced.
The Homesteading Handbook by Abigail R. Gehring, Skyhorse Publishing, New York NY, 2011. I also picked this up at Borders. I went over my budget getting these but I feel they are all worth the price I paid. This one is chock full of ideas for growing food, canning, keeping chickens, generating your own energy, building sheds etc. and much, much more. It’s a great reference book.
The Field Guide to Chickens by Pam Percy, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis MN, 2006. I got this one for its breed references. It is not the best book, but also not the worst. It gives an over view of several breeds and well as the care of chickens. I mostly got it with a small, local library in Mississippi that had no poultry books in it when I visited it last summer.
I also bought a couple of cookbooks from Half-price Books, one of which is Wild about Waterfowl, put out by Stoeger Publishing Co., Accokeek MY, 2003. I bought it for the recipes.
I have been rereading Storey’s Guide to Raising Ducks by Dave Holderread. I hope to be able to purchase some ducks this year and am brushing up on what breed/breeds I might want. I Like the Muscovy, Cayuga, and Saxony. I know the Muscovy is a great breed for setting and for pets. I am not sure about the others.
I have also bought several poultry magazines off the shelf at the Tractor Supply store in Mesquite TX.
Yeah, I dream a lot about the future.
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