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A Chicken Funeral
Nelson County, Virginia Once laying hens get old, usually about 3-4 years, they stop laying. On a farm they’ve served their purpose and lived a pretty good life, especially if they are able to get to pasture like ours … Continue reading
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Tagged a boy and his pet chicken, blue ridge mountains, chickens, death, farm animals, farmlife, Life, poultry, virginia
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March Begins. I Can Coast Now.
I can remember it. Clear as day. Every year on March 1st, even if it was snowing, my daddy would say, “Tommy, we can coast now. We’ve made it through February, that’s the worst of it.” He’d go on to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, blue ridge mountains, childhood, crocus, dyer county, farm, meteorological spring, nelson county, Northwest Tennessee, virginia
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Processing Day
Roseland Nelson County, Virginia The day the pigs leave the farm to go to the processor is always a tough one. Let’s just call it what it is. It’s the kill date. Processor just makes it sound nicer. I was … Continue reading
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Tagged blue ridge mountains, farm raised, humane farming, pastured pigs, virginia
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