Yearly Archives: 2012

Bainbridge Farm Goods Giveaway!

(Update: this contest is closed. Patti Lincus won!)

My friend, Susan, at Bainbridge Farm Goods has very, very exciting news. Her sign company is a finalist for the Martha Stewart American Made People’s Choice Award. Her signs are filled with goats, chickens, and vegetables. They are bright, modern, and playful. They are made in America (actually, in her corner of America, Bainbridge Island.)

They look like this:

And this:

And this:

Don’t you just need one? (I already have a Fresh Eggs sign, but I think I need the goat sign, too!)

To celebrate her being chosen as a finalist (an honor in itself out out almost 2,000 entries) Susan is going to give one of you the sign of your choice! All you have to do is go here and then click over to her catalog. Pick a favorite sign (it will be hard; give yourself some time to look over all of the wonderful designs) and then come back here to my blog and let me know (in the comments on this page) which one you want if you win.

While you are at the Martha Stewart Website, take a moment and vote for Susan, please. I, for one, am voting, if only to let Martha know that her readers appreciate chickens, eggs and goats in her magazine!

The entries for the contest here on HenCam stay open through September 19, at 9 PM EST. One entry per person. (But the voting for Susan on the Martha site can be done daily through September 24. The magazine is giving away it’s own prizes, so if you like entering contests, go for it!) The winner of this HenCam Bainbridge Farm Goods Sign Giveaway will be determined by a random number generator.

I’m A Fashion Trail Blazer!

Stores are showing off their Fall Collections. This graphic display is at the Burlington, MA mall:

Do you see the egg basket?

I have a collection of egg baskets, too!

She does have a lot of eggs. I’d like to see her coop. She must have one of those henhouses that has the nesting boxes jutting out and a lid so that she can collect the eggs without stepping in poo. At least I hope so. Cute little shoes like that pointy pair are not made for walking amongst hens. Anyway, I digress… what I wanted to say was that I’ve been working this look for years! Who knew I was so fashion forward? Here I am in a photo with an egg basket taken by Ben Fink in 2006.

photo by Ben Fink 2006

That’s 6 years ago! It’s about time the world of fashion caught up with me.

If a fashion shoot was taken at your barn, what would you be wearing, and what prop would be in your hand?

This year I’m into goat accessories. Do you think that will be the next trend?

photo by Spencer Webb

Key Chain Winner!

Thank you for all of your comments on the 1,000th Post Key Chain Giveaway! So many of you, like me, love old pickup trucks. If you have a copy of Tillie Lays an Egg then you can probably guess that this is my favorite spread.

Tillie Lays an Egg by Terry Golson

Sadly for me, this is not my truck. But I do get to see it driven around town by a friend.

From your entries it also seems that we all have a lot of barn doors to latch/lock/secure and people and animals to care for and love. A magic key to hold them near and dear and well should be on all of our key chains.

The winner is Deanne G. Congratulations!

Workshops!

Through this website I am connected to a world of like-minded chicken friends. I’m not one of those people who bemoan the collapse of community because of technology.  At least in my life, it has broadened my circle to encompass the globe. (Anyway, let’s save that on-going argument for others.) But, it is true that email and websites aren’t the same as meeting in person, so I schedule events at which I can do just that.

Today I’ll be at a Fern’s Country Store, in the center of my little town (it’s the only store!) to sign copies of Tillie Lays an Egg. I’ll be there for 2 hours this afternoon from 2 to 4 pm with a number of other authors from town for this event. The owners of the store noticed how many people in Carlisle are writers, and thought that a book signing would be a nice Sunday afternoon community event. I agree! If you’re anywhere nearby, do stop in and say hello. There will be plenty of time to talk about chickens and writing.

I’m giving a Chicken Keeping Workshop here at my home in Carlisle on September 22. A few spaces remain. It’s easy to sign-up on my Events page.

On October 3, I’ll be in Somerville, MA to give a talk about Urban Chicken Keeping. If you’ve been thinking about keeping chickens in a small backyard, this is the program for you!

If you have or know of a venue that would like to book an event with me, please get in touch via email. I look forward to meeting you on the ‘net or in person!