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post #11 of 283
9/14/11 at 5:00am

Thank you Mrs Chickendad, for continuing on with your delightful and humorous tales that brighten our days!

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post #12 of 283
9/14/11 at 9:47am

Thanks for starting a new series. wee   You have a wonderful way with words.  I always get a chuckle and a perfect picture in my mind of what's happening. gig   You have a rare talent.  thumbsup

I love gardening, chickens, baking, reading - not necessarily always in that order.    Mom to Lulu, the lame part-time house chicken who loves to travel. 

Check out my blog  http://mountaingardengleanings.blogspot.com/
New posting every Monday and Thursday.
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I love gardening, chickens, baking, reading - not necessarily always in that order.    Mom to Lulu, the lame part-time house chicken who loves to travel. 

Check out my blog  http://mountaingardengleanings.blogspot.com/
New posting every Monday and Thursday.
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post #13 of 283
9/14/11 at 2:05pm

I'm glad you are back Mrs. Chickendad...I have subscribed!

I will enter Your gates with thanksgiving in my heart; I will enter Your courts with praise...Psalm 100:4

Chickens: W/BW Ameraucanas, Buckeyes and EEs

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I will enter Your gates with thanksgiving in my heart; I will enter Your courts with praise...Psalm 100:4

Chickens: W/BW Ameraucanas, Buckeyes and EEs

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post #14 of 283
9/14/11 at 3:12pm

caf  hugs  Caroline

The DH and I are on 4 acres of wetland.  We have a menagerie of chickens, kitties and a large dog.  And, oh yes, deer feeding in our garden and wild turkeys strolling through.  Our regular visitors include grandchildren, great-nieces and great-nephews!
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The DH and I are on 4 acres of wetland.  We have a menagerie of chickens, kitties and a large dog.  And, oh yes, deer feeding in our garden and wild turkeys strolling through.  Our regular visitors include grandchildren, great-nieces and great-nephews!
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post #15 of 283
9/14/11 at 3:48pm

So glad to hear from you again! I've missed your stories! Looking forward to some new beginning adventures.  We got home this eve and DH went out to check the flock and came back in to say something had gotten one of the roosters.  They are in a pen by themselves waiting on freezer camp.  Something, probably a racoon, grabbed him and looks like he tried to get him thru the netting fence.  His head was gone. We've lost 10 this summer due to various demises.  We believe at least 4 from racoons.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not into thine own understanding. Prov. 3:5 Our flock:  speck. suss, br. leghorns, porcelain bantys, aracaunas, silver spangled hamburgs, buckeyes, blue andalusions, Egyptian fayoumis, French copper marans, cuckoo marans, freedom rangers! (Whew!)

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Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not into thine own understanding. Prov. 3:5 Our flock:  speck. suss, br. leghorns, porcelain bantys, aracaunas, silver spangled hamburgs, buckeyes, blue andalusions, Egyptian fayoumis, French copper marans, cuckoo marans, freedom rangers! (Whew!)

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post #16 of 283
9/14/11 at 4:35pm

celebrate

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post #17 of 283
9/14/11 at 7:21pm

i have the Barbara stories in pdf for private reading- Mrschickendad has graciously allowed me to share but only private viewing, they are still her copyright...smile so pm me if interested, they are fairly large, so i broke it in sections

ROBIN-...Faverolles, Cochins and more have all stolen my heart ..... !! !   Facebook  Pet Portraits

 

Member of the Derperella Fan Club.... We're all just goin round the rooster here!

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ROBIN-...Faverolles, Cochins and more have all stolen my heart ..... !! !   Facebook  Pet Portraits

 

Member of the Derperella Fan Club.... We're all just goin round the rooster here!

Trousers' Marek's Education Thread

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post #18 of 283
9/14/11 at 7:43pm
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How Cowboy the Cochin Got His Name

The big pen of Mille Fleur Cochins has five Little Boys and 24 Little Girls in it. The Five Little Boys tend to ambush unsuspecting Little Girls and make them squawk and run. Mrs. Chickendad was cleaning pens inside the building last week when a Little Girl started squawking and ran through the pop door with a Little Rooster on her back. She executed a perfect sliding stop as if she was a quarter horse in a reining competition. Her front end came off the ground, and she sat right down on her backside. The Little Rooster hung on and did not fall off, while the Little Girl registered her protest and called him several bad names. None of them could be repeated in polite company, but Mrs. Chickendad thought that his name should obviously be Cowboy.

Since the Little Boys are becoming more obnoxious in their behavior due to an overabundance of testosterone, Mrs. Chickendad decided to let Leroy be Flockmaster of this group. Leroy is the elder statesman, and as such he has much more finesse when dealing with Women Chickens. He also will not take crap from the boys, and knocks them off if they are getting too pushy. A man's gotta protect his wimmin.

The only photo of Cowboy she could get is when he stopped long enough to roost that night:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/12082_cowboy.jpg

Chickendad, White, Mille Fleur and miscellaneous Bantam Cochins, BLRWs, Wheaten and Bantam Lavender Ameraucanas, Bantam White Rocks, and RC RIRs.
Check out The Chickendad Chronicles at http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7401623#p7401623
For "Adventures of Barbara" Mugs: PM me
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Chickendad, White, Mille Fleur and miscellaneous Bantam Cochins, BLRWs, Wheaten and Bantam Lavender Ameraucanas, Bantam White Rocks, and RC RIRs.
Check out The Chickendad Chronicles at http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7401623#p7401623
For "Adventures of Barbara" Mugs: PM me
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post #19 of 283
9/14/11 at 7:48pm

Love the name!! gig

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post #20 of 283
9/15/11 at 6:42am

Cowboy is ever so handsome! thumbsup

Mother to the amazing crowing bantam wyandotte hen, a light sussex cockerel who was supposed to be buff, Buffy the buff sussex, 2 mixed-breed Freebie Sisters and Hermione...the best momma hen. Also 3 labradors, a cat, a show cob and a miniature shetland and the most wonderful daughter EVER

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Mother to the amazing crowing bantam wyandotte hen, a light sussex cockerel who was supposed to be buff, Buffy the buff sussex, 2 mixed-breed Freebie Sisters and Hermione...the best momma hen. Also 3 labradors, a cat, a show cob and a miniature shetland and the most wonderful daughter EVER

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