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More chicken cute overload from Kauai

Posted on 2011-12-15 by betsyaoki

Winter is getting us down here in Seattle so I figured I’d put up some of the cuter pictures from our trip to Kauai aka chicken island that you guys haven’t seen yet. Also, it reminds me what sun is … Continue reading →

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Chickens on blocks for the winter

Posted on 2011-12-12 by betsyaoki

Because Jason is from Texas, where there are no doubt 1979 Corvairs or Pintos or Mustangs up on blocks with abundance, he gets to call the below arrangement “putting chickens on blocks” for the winter. What it really means is, … Continue reading →

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Wintertime chickens and molting

Posted on 2011-12-09 by betsyaoki

It’s true, felted chickens have no feathers to lose… As I ramble around the Internet looking for good chicken resources and stray factoids, I came upon this one – winter lighting that prevents molting (Robert Palmondon’s chicken newsletter). Other sources … Continue reading →

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Chicktionary – Winter Version

Posted on 2011-12-07 by betsyaoki

Sometimes it’s the little things that crack me up. Like how Club Bing’s Chicktionary has a new look. I kinda hope there’s a snowday because the anagram-finding can get ridiculously addictive.

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Kauai aka Chicken Island

Posted on 2011-12-05 by betsyaoki

When Seattle gets too gloomy, we tend to take a vacation that as one of our long suffering house-sitters puts it, allows us to “cheat on our chickens with other chickens.” The ridiculous thing about Kauai is of course, the … Continue reading →

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Chicken news roundup

Posted on 2011-11-30 by betsyaoki

  (This is a photo of our chickens, just for fun, in the happier summer days) While a good Samaritan in Maine was able to save the humans when a standalone garage with an attached chicken coop ) caught on fire, seven chickens … Continue reading →

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More chicken video game stuff – make your own chicken model!

Posted on 2011-11-29 by betsyaoki

For all you Maya enthusiasts out there who want to populate your 3D games with a little something- something hella chickeny , here’s a nice resource: http://www.spafi.org/maya-modeling/make-a-chicken-model-using-nurbs-and-sub-divisions  

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Even chickens get caught up in Christmas sales

Posted on 2011-11-25 by betsyaoki

‘Tis the season. Sorta.  Honestly if you dump a bowl of popcorn over their heads – it’s Christmastime to chickens.

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What I will do for a plush chicken

Posted on 2011-11-14 by betsyaoki

I don’t normally mix work and offtime but I need to show you this. I first saw this chicken in a coworker’s office. I asked him how he got it and he said “I used to run Club Bing – … Continue reading →

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Funky Chickens in China-Shanghai

Posted on 2011-11-05 by betsyaoki

This is an eatery I passed on the way to the Alchemist, a molecular cocktail bar in Shanghai that I loved enough to take photos and videos of the drinks. But I was attracted by the chicken art of this … Continue reading →

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