chicken coop for the soul
May 13th, 2010
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Chicken Coops for the Soul: A Henkeeper’s Story $10.06 When Julia Hollander agreed to buy her small daughter a rabbit, she had no idea that she would end up with two hens as well. Finding herself at the wrong end of a very steep learning curve, she then had to master the many skills of hen husbandry in short order, from what to feed them to how best to fox-proof a small urban garden. “Chicken Coops for the Soul” is a record of the five years of trial … |
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Building Houses out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power $11.00 Chicken–both the bird and the food–has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for their families, shaped a distinctive culture, and helped women define and exert themselves in racist and hostile environments. Psyche A. Williams-Forson examines the complexity of black women’s legacies using food… |
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Chicken Coops for the Soul: A Henkeeper’s Story $12.79 A delightful guide to the art of chicken-keeping, mixing facts and figures with real life stories As Grandpa had so memorably demonstrated, when it comes to herding chickens, it is no use imitating their rhythm—getting all uppity. You need to stay calm and authoritative and always move slowly. Across the lawn I launched myself, arms outspread, knees bent and feet rolling carefully from hell … |