Buried Treasure.

For the past week i still haven't heard a word of my new chicken sadly. When is the chicken going to come? or if im ever going to get it. I have been waiting for a week now, or my grandma just forgot all about. I think I will give her a visit real soon. I miss observing my chickens, and ever since my folks cooked them it feel like something has been missing in my life, and its my chickens. 

From my previous blog, I have been observing my backyard as a substitute to my chickens which equals to X. (get it?) Well never mind. Recently I've been looking around my backyard and there's some dirt bumps near the house. These dirt bumps had a stench to it. From my past blogs, I mentioned a feline who is always at my porch and begging for food. Don't worry I feed the stray cat for the animal lovers out there. Field-notes 4/11

Cats are very intelligent animals, although they tend to look lazy and just sit around there actually not that bad I could quite say they are clean animals. Why clean animals? Well the dirt bump is actually the cat's doing. From my experience, I saw my grandpas cat named Rosey take a number two infront me.(gross!) After she's taken care of her business she covered up with dirt. I guess cats don't like smelling their own feces so they bury it. Here is a video showing a cat burying their waste. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ET5YTz1laWo It fascinates me that they bury their own waste instead of waiting for the owner to pick it up and to dispose of it properly. Watching that video made me realize that cats are clean but also independent. I can just imagine myself giving the stray cat a walk, and watching her bury it. (Saves me the trouble.)

The stray cat is intelligent, but one of the dirt bump wasn't completely covered so I saw the poop and smelled it as well, and I personally can say that it was sickening. The stray cat turned my backyard into a graveyard for her poop! (Poop zombies) Well I got to give the cat some slack, when you have to go you have to go. Field-notes 6/11

Although the cat isn't mine, the cats been accompanying me for about a couple of months now. I am proud to say that this stray cat has become my companion, and I finally named her, instead of calling her hobo cat for the past months. I named her Sapphire, because she possesses these really beautiful blue eyes that sparkle, and shows it off when she asks for food. I don't mind if she stays, she will always be welcome on my porch. 

                                                                      Work Cited

"Cat burying his poop." YouTube. Youtube, 6 May 2013. Web. 9 Nov. 2014.

Dark seed

Ever since my parents massacred my beloved chickens and eventually ate them, I've been surveying my backyard for something that will intrigue me. I still havn't given up on my chicken observing routine. Since my grandma has some chickens, I'll probably ask her very soon if I could borrow at least one of her chickens to observe. Hopefully she says yes, and this time im guarding that chicken from my chicken killing parents. 

After surveying my back yard I stumbled upon these baseball sized seeds, but a bit smaller. The seeds were black and there was a lot of them as if someone has gathered them in one spot. The seeds were in the middle of my backyard. I examined the seeds more and it has curvy lines that Mother Nature has engraved within in it. I looked around the area if I could find where these seeds originated from. I used my five senses, but I couldn't smell because I had a runny nose, I already felt the seed which was kind of rough, I didn't use taste because the seed looked old and dirty, I mostly relied on my eye sight for the moment. Field-note 10/30

There was a peach tree in my backyard, so I'm guessing thats where the seed originated, but I have never seen a peach seed that dark before. The seeds must of been there for a long time. I've researched on these peach seeds and what I found was pretty interesting, peach seeds if broken open to reveal the almond shape kernel within. That's actually what almonds are made of. For more facts about peach seeds visit this site, http://www.naturalnews.com/033123_laetrile_vitamin_b17.html 

Its crazy how one simple seed could be of fascinating yet complex. 

    

                                                                   Work cited

 Mike, Adam. "Amazing food facts: The seed of a peach contains an almond-like nut containing the anti-cancer medicine laetrile" naturalnews.com. N.p. n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.

My Parents Did it Again!

Ever since as far as I can remember that I've gotten a so called pet, not including dogs and cats. Most of my pets end up being food in the table. Every time that tragic moment ever occurred in me, I cried because the fact that I can never have regular pet not being eaten and served on the table displeases me that can never have a companion to look after for, and to take care of.(I crave the experience for once in my life to take care of something) One example from my pass that I've labeled a pet was a fish that was purchased in the market back when I still lived in the Philippines.

Although they seemed mighty in my backyard exploring, and hunting for some juicy grub to peck. They dig under the bush, the shade it provide for its insect population. The three toed claw that acts like a shovel and uncover the hidden insects. Excitement fills these chickens with joy like Christmas morning ready to open gifts. Field-notes 10/21

Dinos finally meet their asteroid, my parents. After my cross country practice, I was starving. My parents told me to eat so I did. I checked what the menu was and it was chicken Tinola, a Filippino cuisine. My parents cooked my chickens! They slaughtered them without me knowing. The scent of the aroma was mouth watering. Eventually I ate the chickens. Eating the chickens who I know and observed was awkward, and felt bad about it. Field-notes 10/24

      

Picture taken from Christian De Vera

Chicken tinola is one of my favorite Filippino cuisines, it contains chickens and vegetables, onions and other more important ingredients. The whole ingredients and step by step process is within this page http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-tinola/. 

 

Lola. "Chicken Tinola." allrecipes.com. N.p. n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2014.

The Fallen Dino

Before I had Ariel, Britney, Tyrena, and Starbucks, I had another chicken. That chicken went missing or even stolen. I've been wondering what ever happened to that lost mysterious chicken. In till this that I finally know the answer to that question. The chicken didn't run away, and she didn't get stolen, the answer is simply nature. Nature has taken its course. 

Today I went inside their pen and discovered a skeleton of a full bodied chicken. I knew it must of been one of my chickens from the past that has been missing but never found like an unknown soldier who hasn't been I.Ded during the Vietnam War and was sent to the tomb of the unknown soldier.

Field-notes 10/14

               Photo taken by Christian De Vera 

Since I found a so called fossilized skeleton, the skeleton of the dead chicken still has its feathers on it. When I found the dead chicken I was shocked because the skull was still attached to the body. The body covered in dark dirt. No maggots founds just dirt inside of the exterior and the interior. I found the dead dino under some of the deteriorating card board inside the pen. Field-notes10/15

Ever since I founded that dead dino I felt like a paleontologist digging up bones of Dinos, well small Dinos. The dead fun sized Dino's toes were curled, the skin of it's feet hasn't decomposed or it's just well preserved but did not linger any foul smell, its feather still remained covered in dark dirt that looks like the dirt is rich with a great abundant of nutrients that the dead dino gave to it.

Britney's Partner Starbucks!

I believe Britney is getting tired of being alone exploring the whole backyard all by herself. Since Britney's sister is Starbucks, Britney invited and showed Starbucks a whole new world. I knew this day was going to happened since their height are almost identical. It was Inevitable.  I also believe that Starbucks has taken a liking to this new mysterious world. Britney is becoming even more then a Beta chicken, maybe Britney's evolving into an Alpha chicken. More like a part time Alpha chicken only outside of the pen and Starbucks is her Beta chicken.

Picture taken from http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/734604/my-new-blonde

Today I saw two chickens staring at my soul through the glass door. I was shocked! Right away I was thinking that I had to catch both of them. Double the work. Britney knows whats up and just lets me grab her and take her back to the pen. Starbucks in the other hand enjoyed the new world, so she didn't want to give up her new world that easily. She's quick and and very swift, it was like trying to grab a dust particle right in front of you. I finally cornered her and quickly grabbed her and put her back in the pen. Took me like three minutes. Well, look at the bright side I got a workout from this. -Field Notes 10-7-14

Britney The Escape Artist

I thought chickens weren't that smart. I was always told that they were dumb like dodo birds, and that cartoons taught me that they have a pea sized brain. But not with this chicken. I have four chickens and Britney stands out a lot, so does the alpha chicken Ariel, but Britney in the other hand right now is the most interesting. My chickens are meant to stay in their pen we made for them so they wont poop everywhere and accidentally step on them, but Britney doesn't find the pen comfortable. Britney always finds a way to escape the pen and roams the whole entire backyard. 

 

Today I saw Britney on the porch staring at the glass door waiting for someone to noticed her. Well it worked, I noticed her. She got out of the pen. Britney's facial expressionless face lies a buried smirk, a smirk of victory that she is winning. So I immediately grabbed her and put her back. 

Field-notes 9-30

    Picture taken by http://www.communitychickens.com/the-mothering-instinct/

Chickens are not total dummies. They have a brain like we do, but of course theirs is in a smaller scale.

Britney is a chicken with pea sized brain but she sure knows how to use it. Maybe one day I will keep her in the pen.

Journey with the Fun-sized Dinos

For me chickens are interesting creatures, ever since I was a kid I never knew what they are. Are they mammals? Or are they a reptiles? They lay eggs don't they? Like lizards do and if we go back dinosaurs. They're always warm every time I pet them. They like maintained their body temperature. Chickens are warm like mammals.


First of all I have these four amazing chickens, and they have names! There's Ariel(brown), the twin chickens Britney and Starbucks(blonde), and Tyrena(black). Ariel is the leader if the bunch. She's like the Alpha chicken. She pecks on the other chickens if any of them pisses her off. Field-notes 9-14

Today i learned that chickens can not sit still and stay in their pens like a good chicken. The picture above, is Britney who always finds a way to escape the pen. Unlike the three they are satisfied with the pen, where there is food and water. Unlike Britney here, i call her like the escape artist because every time she manages to escape I put new barriers to keep her in. She always escapes it. It annoys me and it gets pretty fun. I think of it as a challenge. The three is just happy with their patch of bush pecking at it happily. Field-note 9-22