Introducing Wag and Cluck
by Christy Caplan
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July 19, 2018 
I wouldn’t consider myself a farm girl until about a month ago. But now I have a flock of chickens and a mean rooster. I also have a veggie garden which means I’m embracing country life as I’ve never tried to grow a veggie anything…ever.
With all this in mind though I’m still a crazy doxie mom as you can see from my t-shirt. My dogs are “precious to me” and I love watching them in their new environment surrounded by rabbits and smells they never knew existed (horses!).
I’m learning from other chicken experts on everything from dust baths to herbs that help repel mites and lice. My head most days feels like it is going to explode from this new chicken world. I’m even considering free ranging them during the day!
So naturally, my dog blog needed to evolve into a blog about both dogs and hens. I want to share everything I’m learning as a newbie as it’s all starting to feel a little easier.
I’m super grateful we were able to make this move this year and especially while sweet old, Bruiser, is still with us. Heart disease is not holding him back these days. He is making the most out of every minute.
Other than that -I may be giving the dogs more baths since their fave past time is rolling around on snakes and rabbit poop but everything else feels relatively normal as we continue to get settled. Thank you, Washougal for making these last few months fabulous! New logo coming soon!
So welcome to Wag and Cluck!
I’m so excited for you that you’re doing this! I find myself writing about my birds so much, I’ve often thought of doing the same. But since I just barely re-branded a year ago, I’m just not up for it yet. Having the birds I hope ties into our “health” and “pursuit of happiness” part of our tagline! (since we initially got the birds to have our own fresh, organic eggs).
We’ve had our birds for a year now, and I’m still constantly online researching things. I also have a veggie garden, and even though I’ve gardened for years, that’s a constant learning process too!
Starting our little farm is one of the best things we’ve ever decided to do. I wish we could have done it when we were younger though; it’s hard work and I can’t believe how tired I am at the end of the day. But it’s that good tired feeling.
Anyway, I’m just glad to have another farm girl out here in the pet blogging world! 🙂
Thank you! Why are these birds so complicated? lol! I just read your last post and loved it. I totally get it – and I basically kept all the existing content and just added birds but such a process overall. The logo is still in progress. Your bird posts tie in So nicely with the rest of your content… have you joined the http://www.backyardchickens.com forum? It’s amazing. The veggies are making me crazy as I’m not an avid gardener but I love it. We also wish we had done this when we were younger as we are exhausted but to your point it’s a great tired feeling. 🙂 me too! I may have a bunch of chicken questions!
i live on 11 plus acres, but near the city. i am ready to sell because 11 acres is too much for 1 person. i only have dogs. i am also a little tired of the wildlife, coyotes, so many deer, geese, rabbits, wild turkeys, poisonous snakes, etc. all of my 40 plus daylilies are gone, heads eating off by the deer, among the peaches, the squirrels ate the pecans, etc. i do like living in the country, but only want maybe 2-3 acres. i like not having to see my neighbors, who are not very nice at all; i like not living so close to someone, you can reach out and touch their house. i had a condo b4 i moved here in a different city. i never want to live in an apt. or condo again. i do like seeing the hummingbirds come back every year to my bedroom window. i have over 3 very large flower gardens, and most of the buds have been eaten by the deer and rabbits, so for all of my hard work, there is nothing to show. when the deer are hungry they eat anything, they dont even run when i walk up to them to scare them away, they even sleep next to my house in the flower gardens. mayve if i was younger, and had help i would not want to move or leave. however they are building all around me. i had originally bought it to start training horses and teaching riding, but my neighbors got really nasty. in addition, i was taking care of my elderly mother, which was a 24/7 job. have fun, it is a peaceful life, but lots of hard work.
Thank you! 11 acres is a lot!!! I’m so sorry your neighbors are not great – that IS awful. We got super lucky. I had to deer proof our garden – I hear you. Agree with you that it is a TON of hard work and we’re learning from all our mistakes so far…
I love the new name! Can’t wait to see the new logo, etc! Like Jan, I’m excited for you too!
Having grown up in the 50s and 60s, I remember the Long Island suburbs as being a mix of small towns with lots of subdivisions and small family-owned farms. It wasn’t really until the early 70s that the farms started disappearing – at least in Nassau County – and being turned into even more subdivisions. (With a bank and/or gas station on every corner of every major road intersection.) I loved living in “the country” when I first moved down here to Greenville. It was like my hometown was when I was a little kid. Now it’s overrun with crowded subdivisions and potholed roads, just like LI was when I left. UGH! Oh, to be in the country again! You lucky girl!
Thank you! I was so nervous to rebrand but it felt like a natural evolution to things! Thank you so much – Portland was also more like “the country” for awhile and then it all changed and SO quickly. We are super grateful and getting our feet underneath us. These chickens are so complicated! I really appreciate your note. 🙂 Thank you so much.
What a fun adventure! I think having fresh eggs would be a dream. I’m excited to follow along with you as you embrace this new farm life. ♥
Thank you so much! The fresh eggs are great and we’re having a ton of fun but it’s definitely a learning curve! But one that I welcome for sure – hoping I can help folks like me that are new to all of this country farming stuff!
I am so happy for you guys! I can’t wait to follow along on chicken adventures and live vicariously through your farm adventures!
Thank you so much: I’m super nervous about getting this all rolling! We’re having fun with the chickens but I think they’re more high maintenance than the dogs!