If you were expecting a savory fall poultry recipe from reading this post title, you’ll be disappointed! You can’t eat these chickens because they’re pets. And you can’t eat this sage, because it’s ornamental. (Okay, the flowers of the stunning salvia elegans—pineapple sage—are edible.)
As I was giving the chickens fresh water this morning they were kicking up such a fuss about the fact that they didn’t get their afternoon walkabout yesterday that I opened the gate so they could have extra time wandering the yard and gardens. Fall is one of their favorite times of year, I think, because there is such adventure searching for bugs under every fallen leaf. I am also less prone to shoo them away from areas of the garden that I don’t want them scratching in since the garden is largely devastated by fall already. What harm is a little bit of chicken foraging going to do?
The chickens did seem to tire of their bug hunting adventures early though because I caught them congregating near one of the bird baths for a mid-day snooze. As you can see though, T. Boone Chickens is still guarding his girls.
He’ll have some help with the guard duty soon though. As it turns out, my instincts on the gender of Edith’s baby were correct. Baby is a rooster and is now learning to crow. He is now called Ricky since he is clearly not a Lucy.
Hi! I'm Robin Ripley author of Wisdom for Home Preservers, published by Taunton Press. I am also co-author of Grocery Gardening. Bumblebee is about my life in rural Maryland, my garden and my love of food, my little dogs and pet chickens. You can follow me on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook. Thank you for visiting!
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I totally thought you were talking about a recipe. The chickens are lovely. What a pretty photo!
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I knew immediately it wouldn’t be a chicken recipe…maybe if you’d said scallops or pork. But certainly not chicken!
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I was expecting a recipe. Sage fed chicken still sounds delightful. It’s like my idea I’ve had for years of raising beef-fed tuna! Will the two roosters have issues with one another when the little one gets bigger?
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Yes, I use the red blooms of the pineapple sage in puddings, salads, cake toppings etc. I pick them fresh, or late in the season I dry them and add them to salad sprinkles.
I know the stems are furry, but I do tuck long stems of this salvia into my lemonade container.
All joys to you,
Sharon Lovejoy Writes from Sunflower House and a Little Green Island
I love that picture! T. Boone looks very regal and the contrast of pure white feathers with the red sage is fabulous.
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T. Boone sure does take his responsibility seriously. I think he’s trying to see over your fence!
We do like that too, purchasing meat whole from the local farm. I like to support them, even if it is a little more expesnive than the supermarket, because I know exactly how and where it is made, I know I’m not contributing to our carbon footprint or something. This meat recipe is great, I found.