Have Patience
This is a Grain Bake. This took five minutes of prep time and about an hour and a half in the oven. It’s good for your birds. It’s easy to make and a snap to bag up and freeze. The best part is that...
View ArticleHeading for the Hills
Click on the image to visit their website! I’m heading for the Black Hills Parrot Welfare & Education Center this weekend! I’m pretty excited about it because I’ve never been to South Dakota. I’ve...
View ArticleAvian Origami
Let’s get a closer look at this: I’ll explain the “Paper Snowdrift” photo above, but here is the background story on Byron, the artist who created this: Byron is my newest foster. It’s a long story...
View ArticleThe AFA Conference 2013
We do have fun! I’m headed out tomorrow on a ten a.m. flight for the AFA Conference and Expo in Raleigh Durham. Here’s a link to their Event page at Facebook: AFA. They are changing things up a bit...
View ArticleThe AFA and Why It Makes Me Crazy
You meet the most amazing people at the AFA. And you get gossip and fashion tips! (With Tim Gunn) Learning is hard. It’s draining. You get tired. You get cranky. (Well, I do..) But that’s how it is....
View ArticleThe Crush
My first Grey Parker has developed yet another crush. I never wrote about this issue in the Column, Memo to Parker and Pepper because I didn’t quite know how to approach it. Parker has a terrible...
View ArticleChopping the Exotic
I’m getting ready to do a pretty big batch of Chop this coming weekend. So I have to do a little shopping. I discovered a little store a couple of miles away from me called the World Market. One day a...
View Article“Fall-Back Autumn Chop”
It’s Autumn. Time for the root vegetables, squashes and pumpkins. The reason I call this version, “Fall Back Autumn Chop” is because we made it on Saturday, the 2nd of November, the day everyone turns...
View ArticleGettin’ Jiggy With It
How can you be creative with your flock’s diet? How can you change up your routine and keep things fresh not only for you, but for your birds? Robin Shewokis would call this enrichment. My friend...
View ArticleWriting From the Trenches: Guest Blogger Bonnie Grafton
Life runs fast and mean in this town. -Hunter S. Thompson Things in the world of Avicuture have gotten a little heated lately. Due to...
View ArticleAging Is a Contact Sport
I don't know how to put it other than what the title states. It isn't easy and I doubt those with no life experience would do well dealing with it. Ironic, isn't it? But those who survive being young,...
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