http://luckycluckfarms.com Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gretchen turned me from a hater to a lover. What greater tribute can I give than that? For years, pre-Gretchen, I urged co-op members not to get naked-neck chickens. No, no, no—anything but a turken. From day one, she changed all that. She drew me in and I couldn’t stop ... http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/11/10/in-memory-of-gretchen-the-turken/ Ok So maybe some of these are more like country blues but here they all are. Next step: lyrics. “My baby flew the coop and ended up in noodle soup” “Sunrise ain’t worth a cock a doo” “My comb is a flop and my eggs won’t drop” “When you flew the flock you made ... http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/11/10/chicken-blues-titles/ The controversy rages: Which of the new roosters at Lucky Cluck is more fabulous? Have a look at these two portraits and you'll know this is not an easy choice. White-faced Black Spanish cockerels are not supposed to develop extended white lobes until their second year. This means that Salvador is ... http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/09/12/the-new-cock-on-the-block/ Stay tuned Lucky Cluckers as Miss Viola is now setting on three Silkie eggs that came to us straight from North Carolina! Yes, my home state. We can thank Liz Fox for her generosity in flying back east to visit family and pick up some pure bred Silkie ... http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/09/02/miss-viola-on-eggs-2/ Every Lucky Clucker has been subjected to one of my latest obsessions...finding chickens in movies.  Not movies that exclusively feature chickens such as Chicken Little or Chicken Run but movies that have chickens in them.  These can be Hollywood blockbusters, Indie films, or documentaries...heck even Bollywood shows count.  If it ... http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/09/02/chicken-stars/ [caption id="attachment_290" align="aligncenter" width="546" caption="My new favorite chicken"][/caption] http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/06/10/the-darkon-my-new-favorite/ Check out how much these chicks have grown. It looks like the class of 2009 is going to be incredible!  http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/06/10/282/ Chicken races and fun with eggs headlined the 2009 Lucky Cluck Chicken Party. Charlie, Kristen and Debra all had their first taste of a Chicken Party. And this time we had the event outside where we could fully enjoy our two-legged friends. Lets take a look: The race is about to start--Frankie and ... http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/06/07/a-field-day-for-lucky-cluckers/ I was talking to new co-op member, and Oregon Surfrider field coordinator Charlie Plybon, and he turned me on to the idea that 'we' could use Ning to develop a more socially interactive portal for co-op members. Now granted, www.oregonesurfrider.com is for a much LARGER organization (though I only see ... http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/05/30/social-network-building/ Just posting that I chiseled out a lil' website for Eggport and thought I'd post a link: Eggport I haven't had the patience to play with the Wordpress tools and get anything up on the Lucky Cluck site, so you'll have to take a look at the slow-to-load, semi-clunky site and ... http://luckycluckfarms.com/2009/05/27/eggport-website/