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post #1 of 17
3/20/12 at 11:14am
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Hello Everyone 

 

My husband and I are just about ready to order our first batch of chickens (buff orpingtons and a couple barred rocks) from our local agway.  I have wanted chickens for years but hubby has been a bit resistent.  We have been getting fresh eggs for years from a friend of my husbands and we have been fine with that... 

 

However,after this past weekend my husband decided that he was sick of is pulling massive numbers of ticks off my dogs (we have 9 showdogs) and we have decided to employ natural egg giving means of tick destruction and eradication.  This means in a nutshell that I get my chickens.  

 

I have alot to learn about chicken care 

building the coop

socializing so they are nice chickens... 

 

What do you all do if you go on vacation... ??? we have property in NY that we go to fairly often.... 

 

I am excited about these guys but nervous at the same time.... I want to make sure that they are healthy happy chickens and that the dogs leave them alone I would love for everyone to be able to live together happily... My husband and I are both vegetarians so they will never end up in a pot. 

 

I know the coop will be in the back in the dog yard... so we will put the coop there and have a secondary fence wihtin the dog fence... so that chickens can be away from dogs if necessary... 

 

I am looking forward to learning lots 

Shalva 

 


Edited by Shalva - 3/20/12 at 11:25am
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post #2 of 17
3/20/12 at 12:30pm

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Why don't sheep shrink in the rain?

 

 

Why is there brail at drive up ATMs??

 

 

Why are their floatation devices instead of parachutes in my airplain seat???

 

 

If a tree falls in the woods and my husband doesn't hear it, am I still wrong????

 

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Why don't sheep shrink in the rain?

 

 

Why is there brail at drive up ATMs??

 

 

Why are their floatation devices instead of parachutes in my airplain seat???

 

 

If a tree falls in the woods and my husband doesn't hear it, am I still wrong????

 

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post #3 of 17
3/20/12 at 12:53pm
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thanks for the welcome 

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post #4 of 17
3/20/12 at 1:21pm

Hello and welcome from Ohio...glad you joined. Good luck with your new chickens :)

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post #5 of 17
3/20/12 at 1:22pm

Welcome from Louisiana! frow.gif

Great hubby, 2 kids, 3 furry babies, lots of chickens!!

Blue, Black & Splash Marans. Blue Slate, Narragansett, & Rio Grand Turkeys, 

Guineas & Bob White Quail! NPIP Certified #851

 

 

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Great hubby, 2 kids, 3 furry babies, lots of chickens!!

Blue, Black & Splash Marans. Blue Slate, Narragansett, & Rio Grand Turkeys, 

Guineas & Bob White Quail! NPIP Certified #851

 

 

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post #6 of 17
3/20/12 at 5:24pm

Welcome to BYC!

 

  AnnElise Clark

 

~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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  AnnElise Clark

 

~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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post #7 of 17
3/20/12 at 5:28pm

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

Helen: Daria, do you have to look at everything in such a negative light?

Daria: Could you possibly be referring to the harsh light of reality?

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

Helen: Daria, do you have to look at everything in such a negative light?

Daria: Could you possibly be referring to the harsh light of reality?

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post #8 of 17
3/20/12 at 5:42pm

Welcome to BYC.


                                                                                             Forewarned is Forearmed

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                                                                                             Forewarned is Forearmed

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post #9 of 17
3/20/12 at 7:55pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. thumbsup.gif

TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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post #10 of 17
3/20/12 at 8:11pm

Hi && Welcome!

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