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Real Hens of OC

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👩🏻‍🌾 Urban Homestead Skills/Educator 🐓 Chicken Eggspert & Author 🥕 Growing Food 🍯 Food Preservation ♻️ Sustainable Living ☀️ Taiwanese American, Celiac Disease, ADHD 🐢On Kizh/Tongva land 🏳️‍🌈 Safe Space

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Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Apr 12

Yeah. All females have had to deal this BS like this in one form or another multiple times in their lives. Sad

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Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Apr 12

Omg. This guy is such a schmuck. He even had a “let me call my boss” thing and a rehearsed call with his boss. Hubby and I are repressing our laughter at this point. Don’t fucking disrespect any member of household decision-makers by ignoring them and don’t assume you know who they are #genderbias

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Apr 11

Getting estimate for the house. Contractor rep has chosen ONLY to speak to my husband, not even looking at me, except when I opened the door or ask him a direct question, but then he answers at my husband. What dude doesn’t know is the final decisions on our physical home is mine. #fuckmisogyny

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Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 23

You can do it!

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 23

Plant medicine with chickweed! I’ll steep the chopped plant matter in EVOO for a few months, and then use it as an ingredient for a chickweed salve and also my all-purpose healing salve.

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 11

Please share! My friends and I volunteered our time to record a chat on Garden and Soil Remediation post LA Urban Fires to help folks make informed decisions for their own spaces. Full link on Real Hens of OC YouTube channel. Full video here: https://youtu.be/1WMF3RPPysU?si=fAo-Rw2BOGogyGmN

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Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 9

Thanks! I always try to maximize each run and fill up the canners to the fullest. This way I don’t feel like I’m wasting any amount of effort or time.

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Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 9

Hi Friend!! Happy to see you. I’ve missed your photos and stories!

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 8

Am always proud of myself when I fill my canning shelf. Ticks the boxes off many goals: #SustainableLiving, #LowWaste, “fast” food, #ADHD friendly meals, save money, preserving from my garden, opting out of corporate systems, less stress/ anxiety related to food & #CeliacDisease

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Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 7

#PressureCanning all day today. Planning on 3 rounds of beans, and maybe a bonus 4th round because I soaked too many chickpeas. My canning pantry is my version of fast food, saves $$, keeps me safe and sane (I have #CeliacDisease), is #sustainable, and helps planning meals #ADHD friendly.

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 6

What’s better than #mushrooms? Free and volunteer shrooms! I pick up trash from 🍄‍🟫 farmers: spent mushroom substrates (SMS). I use SMS for garden, chicken coop & compost. Bonus is that I get flushes of free mushrooms to add to my meals. #sustainableliving #closedloop #urbanhomestead #beyondorganic

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 6

Aww. They’re little napeoleons! 🤣😂

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 4

Kirkland is a tiny roo with BIG personality, BIG goals and strong preferences for BIG butts. 😂 He only makes amorous advances in the big girls. We rescued Kirky from a busy Costco parking lot 3 days before Thanksgiving 2022. He was dumped there by some terrible humans. #petchicken #backyardchickens

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Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Mar 3

Today’s #passionfruit harvest. My 3rd winter harvest of this warm season fruit. There are much less fruit than in summer, but the point is that I shouldn’t be harvesting at all in the cooler season on this young and small plant. It’s a nice #windfall of fruit, but sad sign of #climatechange.

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 28

#ClimateChange means I have a confused garden. Warm weather plants are fruiting before cool weather plants and other abnormalities….At least I have plenty of food for pollinators and wildlife visiting my #UrbanHomestead, also a #CertifiedWildlifeHabitat and #MonarchWaystation.

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 27

Removing wrappings on a healed a Cot N Candy Aprium grafted on August Pride Peach. It’s a cool flex to say that I make Franken-trees. Plus, I save $ when I trade cuttings with folk, get fruit year round, and have extra insurance against loss from stupid 🐿️s. #grafting #organicgardening #microfarm

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 27

Oh yeah it can be!

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 26

This is a mid-August pride peach. Very prolific for me, but the fruit isn’t that great

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 26

Nature reminds us that things happen in cycles. Growth cannot happen without 💩 & decay. And even if we can’t see it with the naked eye, there’s life & beauty in decay. A teaspoon of compost is full of life, from 1M to 1B microorganisms, and they are key in aiding growth.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 23

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · Feb 24

Three more Indiana farms quarantined due to Avian Flu www.wbiw.com/2025/02/24/t...

Three more Indiana farms quarantined due to Avian Flu - WBIW

INDIANA — Indiana’s fight against avian influenza continues as three more farms have been placed under quarantine, the State Board of Animal Health announced Thursday....

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Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 24

Lots of food and protein potential in these #moringa pods! No need to spend $$$ on moringa supplements when you can #growyourown. I forgot to bring them to #SoCalSeedSwap, but happy to share w/whoever wants them in the meantime (sorry I’ve no bandwidth to mail) and save them for the fall swap.

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 24

I don’t see that as too much of a problem! 😊

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 24

My sweet Mary Poopins has her ups and downs, but is doing well for an old lady (11 years old in April) who nearly died 1.5 years ago. Since then, this geriatric Queen has been a pampered permanent house chicken.

#NotJustAChicken #OldHen #chickenkeeping #backyardchickens #urbanhomestead

Real Hens of OC @realhensofoc.bsky.social · Feb 23

That’s fantastic!! I’m happy to see and hear of people doing more local swaps!!

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