Archive for July, 2009

Doodle & Delilah
July 24, 2009

July 23, 2009– Doodle & Delilah
     While I would be opposed to battery cages for hens on a purely ethical basis, more than that it is impossible to imagine cruelly imprisoning hens when you see how individual these creatures are.
     One example here at the farm is Doodle and Delilah.  Doodle is a small speckled [...]

A Sense of Direction
July 12, 2009

Photo: Adam Sachs
July 12, 2009– A Sense of Direction
     East, my very favourite duck has been slowing down over the last few months.  Whether age and condition made her easier prey for the tyrannical Duckie, or Duckie was speeding up her downhill slide, he was constantly badgering her, pulling feathers off her neck, leaving her [...]