Weekly Wrap-Up: Of Computers and Chickens

By on February 1, 2013 Comments { 2 }

It’s been for.ever since I’ve posted a Homeschool Weekly Wrap-up, and so I figure, why not? :)

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This week has been pretty nice, homeschooling-wise. Actually, since we started again after Christmas, it’s been going really, really well. Weird.

I know.

This week the boys have been happily working on a (gaming-related) project for school. They get to use the computers, play video games, and take screenshots, and I get to sit back and watch them. It’s a win/win! And they are totally loving it.

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Yes, my 10-year old is playing Borderlands. For school. Don’t judge me.

We’ve also been collecting eggs like mad again. Our girls went through a molt in the fall. Well, two of them did. This resulted in Helga (our Americauna, Ms. Personality) ceasing egg production for FOUR months.

We were beginning to wonder if she was ever going to lay again, and then she started back up again just before Christmas. The other one just went down to a few eggs per week. We’re not sure the third one is ever going to molt!

Weekly Wrap-Up: Of Computers and Chickens

What these girls have figured out though, is where food comes from. They know it comes from me. So much, that we have one rogue hen who has decided to come tell me, every day, that she wants food. Even when they’re NOT out of food.

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She is becoming more obnoxious by the day. Yesterday she flew at me from the barbecue when I walked up to the sliding glass door. I was inside. She hasn’t figured out the doggy door yet, but I’m afraid it’s just a matter of time.

But back to school now.

We’re working on a lot of computerized school work, from math curriculum, to online spelling, presentation projects, and some miscellaneous history lesson plans I stumbled across at Easy Peasy All in One Homeschooling. Good stuff there!

And this?

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This is going to be D1′s masterpiece!

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About Dawn

Dawn is still happily homeschooling after 15 years. She teaches her two sons, 12 & 10, enjoying every minute of "the second time around". She lives in Eastern Washington with her husband, the youngest 2 of their 6 kids, and an assortment of barking, squeaking, and clucking critters. She blogs here and at Prodigal Planet, as well as The Homeschool Post. You can also find her on Twitter @DawnMPerkins, Google+, and Pinterest.
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2 Responses to Weekly Wrap-Up: Of Computers and Chickens

  1. Jessy at Our Side of February 1, 2013 at 10:08 pm #

    OK…LOVE the chicken that comes to you and asks for food! We used to have a chicken that would PECK at the doors, looking for a hand-out, but our sweet hen passed suddenly in October. :( Our molted for the first time in the fall and we still have one no laying. ::sigh:: But we're averaging about 1 egg per day from the 5 that ARE laying.

    BTW, my kids LOVE Minecraft! :)

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    • Dawn February 2, 2013 at 5:16 am #

      LOL Jessy that's great! Minecraft is definitely my 12 year old's favorite game, and my 10yo likes it too.

      You're only getting 1 egg per day from five chickens? Wow! Our 3 are super regular, daily. Helga gives us about 3-4 eggs a week and the other two give us an egg a day each. What do you have set up in their coop? We have a light bulb in there running 24 hours a day plus a space heater. I think the combination of the two keeps them laying well. I've been told they need heat, others say it's the change in daylight that affects them. I think it's both. Might want to try one or the other?

      Thanks for the visit & comment! :)

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