Verde Farm Chicken Picks

Hello farm friends, it’s time again for the chicken branch to leave the coop and share some of their favorite recent posts with you. They’ve been busy, busy, busy reading and choosing just a few they think you shouldn’t miss. Our consistent chickens have once again made great choices. So, without further adieu, Verde Farm Chicken Picks...

A little background for the hen picks this week:

Sometimes, random actions simultaneously occur for no reason. For example, you were just thinking about an old friend when lo and behold the friend calls--out of the blue. It’s always after the fact we might search for the reason or meaning behind “coincidence"--but usually there is no obvious explanation. Some things weren’t meant to be understood. Anyway, these topics have been flying around the coop lately because of two posts that happened in a serendipitous way. 

Sunny D-Light’s Pick:

Sunny D. and Charlotte were so excited about the post attached by Kim at My Field Of Dreams , which included a wonderful poem called “All I ever learned in life I learned from my hens” by Michael Oleson. They were beaming with pride once they read it and felt honored such a wonderful poem had been written about hens. We all decided to type it up, print it on pretty paper, get a nice frame and put it in the Heartbeak Hotel as part of Charlotte’s home decorating plan. Kim’s posts are always inspirational, spiritual and touch you deep inside. She often shares stories and poems she’s read and relates them to her own life. You won’t want to miss it.

Lady Charlotte Pedigree’s Pick:

Now, the serendipitous part: Kim posted on “Farm Friend Friday,” a blog party for farm life bloggers to get together and share posts. The poem Kim shared--which Charlotte, Sunny and I thought was an old one, and certainly written by farm women of long ago--actually wasn’t so old at all. In fact, the lady who wrote this poem just happened to join "Farm Friend Friday”the same day and saw Kim’s special post. Michaele Oleson from Sprout “n” Wings Farm was surprised to find her name and poem at “My Field of Dreams,” circulating many more miles than imagined. Coincidence or what?You can read Michaele’s post about this below. She also has a wonderful blog about her life as a single mom restoring a farm house and farming with animals and trolls. You won’t want to miss her either. 

Plato’s Pick:

Plato also found something he  knows you’ll love. He’s crowing about  Barn Charm by Tricia at Bluff Area Daily. This wise old rooster loves history. He’s spent many years studying old barns and books on farming in America and this blog is right down his alley. In fact, he gave it three chicken toes up. He is also thrilled to recommend Tricia’s blog party Monday evenings and continuing to Wednesday mornings, every week. Another don’t miss blog. 

Well, that’s it from the chicken coop.


We hope to see you at Farm Friend Friday this week.

Cluck, cluck

Verde Farm Chicken Picks

Well, it’s that time again folks. It’s time for some chicken picking. Our feathered friends have certainly been busy this past week choosing our contest winners and picking their favorite blog posts for the week. I think they have some great posts to share, as well. I have to tell you, they amaze me with their interest and finds. Here are three posts from our farm friends the chicken branch wants to share.

Sunny D’Light’s Pick

Mourning Dove Cottage  is Donna’s blog, and she is quite the creative lady. Sunny was hooked when she saw Donna’s rooster tray on Mourning Dove’s latest post because she’s been missing her beau Edgar ever since the poor boy was chased from the chicken house by her and the other hens. Gang mentality, I guess. I don’t think she thought he would leave the house for good. So, when she laid eyes on the handsome fella depicted on Donna’s tray she had no other choice but to choose Donna’s blog as a sentimental chicken pick for this week. Donna paints all kinds of beautiful pictures, and can even do custom painting of your animals. I have to say, this was a great pick on Sunny’s part.

Charlotte’s Pick

As you may have noticed, Charlotte is quite the decorator. She longs for a beautiful, cottage coop to adorn with pretties and posies and perhaps a rusty item or two for balance. Well, she found The Unusually Unusual Farmchick this week who shared a post of the cutest coop you’ve ever seen. Like Charlotte, Tammie is a farmchick who likes to farm with style. She shares some amazing ideas to add vintage flair to any home, including the coop.

Plato’s Pick

Well, Plato has just about had it with this cold, snowy weather and now claims he wants to relocate to New Zealand. Yep, you heard me, he is actually considering flying the coop. He gets this way every winter, though. I know he’s not serious, but, if he ever did leave Verde Farm, I think we wouldn’t have any problem locating him--I would definitely begin my search for him at  Our Wee Farm. Laura lives in a beautiful part of the world and it’s no wonder Plato wants to fly away to this paradise. While he  shivers, shakes, and sometimes has to scratch in the snow for his cracked corn, Laura, at Our Wee Farm, has sunshine, flowers and veggies because it’s summer time in New Zealand An added plus for Plato are Laura’s donkeys. He has a soft spot for our donkeys, often catching a ride on their backs, so it was a no brainer he picked Our Wee Farm as his chicken pick. Plato chose well.

Well, that’s it for another edition of Verde Farm Chicken Picks. Go see what’s happening at these wonderful sites. The chickens are sure you will love them.

Verde Farm Chicken Picks

Well, it’s been quite the week around here. We’ve had a little revolt, if you will, coming from the chicken house. They’ve been hearing farmer talk about our website and how we had shared some of their stories and beautiful pictures with our farm friends and they got really excited. Then things took a turn toward the dark side. The farm council had a meeting and representative Rooster Frank stood up and asked for the floor. "The chickens have been discussing the Verde Farm website and they feel if  Mr and Mrs Farmer are writing about them and using their images from time to time they ought to have a part in it too,” Frank said. 

Chief Councilman Otis, from the donkey branch, said he didn’t have any interest in such affairs and Councilman Burdock from the sheep weighed in and agreed. “We don’t want to spend our time reading and writing on that blog." I think the Farmer’s do just fine others chimed in. However, Frank persisted and the hen house erupted with support.

Well, long story short, the council passed a special motion giving the chickens their own post on the Verde Farm website. The motion passed unanimously seeing as how the other animals didn’t care one way or the other. So after a long night of chicken scratchings for a proposal to Richie and me, they presented us with "Verde Farm Chicken Picks” just as the sun came up this morning.

The idea is every so often our chickens will pick a few farm friend posts they really like and want to make sure get shared with the blog readers. This gives them a chance to let the farm followers know which posts made them lay an egg or do a chicken dance. How could we refuse? Our little chickens wanting to get involved warmed our hearts so here we have it friends, without further cock-a-doodle-doo, the inaugural “Verde Farm Chicken Picks.”

Sunny D Light’s pick is Lilac Lane Cottage’s post on picking a new color for their house. Maura, who lives in windy Kansas, has a beautiful farm abundant in lilac bushes you can almost smell from the pictures, a beautiful dog named Shep and a few chickens too. This week she posted about her need to find just the right paint color for her beautiful cottage, despite some challenges she faces with lighter colors. Sunny recommends yellow, of course, but maybe you have just the suggestion Maura needs.

Lilac Lane Cottage

Charlotte’s pick was Corgis in My Garden, another great blog written by Sharon, who lives in Virginia. Sharon’s post on her beautiful doll house caught Charlotte’s eye this week as she was thinking it may be a new home for her. We definitely agree that Sharon has captured every little girl’s dream with this doll house. You won’t want to miss her little details like the Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls on the bed.

Corgi’s In My Garden

Plato’s Pick was From Beyond My Kitchen Window and he said this was an easy decision on his part. They have an old tool shed and are considering turning it into a chicken coop so they get fresh eggs this year. All the coop agreed this was a no brainer but we think some peer pressure is in order folks.

From Beyond My Kitchen Window

So, we sure hope you enjoy checking out the picks from the coop and give them a good ole rooster crow if you do. Until next time...