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3/29/12 at 5:55am

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PaintedCavalry

Location: Jacksonville, FL
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I just placed my order for our chicks to be delivered May 8th from Meyer Hatchery. This is our first time with chickens, experimenting a bit before we decide if we want more than just a few.

We will have:

2 Golden Sex Links

1 Speckled Sussex

1 Blue Andalusian

1 Partridge Rock

1 Barred Rock

We already have 2 horses, 2 goats and 3 dogs, so we're definitely animal people!

Looking forward to learning and talking to people about their experiences!

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3/29/12 at 6:22am

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Location: Blanchester, Ohio
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Hello and welcome from Ohio...glad you joined us. Love all the breeds you chose, but you will have to have more than 6 LOL

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3/29/12 at 6:25am

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Location: Keystone Heights, Florida
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Welcome to BYC! Check out the Florida thead and join in on the fun.

Florida farmer. Wife to Popeye. Mom to 2 sons. We breed & sell LF, dual purpose breed poultry. Marraduna Basque Euskal Oiloa, White Orpington, Heritage Rhode Island Red, adding Black Orpington and Rhodebar. We also breed & sell Glouchestershire Old Spot and Berkshire pigs. I have a mob of Emu that are not yet in production until the fall of 2013. It is a busy yet rewarding pursuit of happiness.

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3/29/12 at 7:25am

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Welcome to BYC.

Most people have no clue...think about it: Forewarned is Forearmed

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3/29/12 at 7:30am

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Location: Upper Peninsula Michigan
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Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

My Chickens
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/1muttsfans-chickens

Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

My Chickens
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/1muttsfans-chickens

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3/29/12 at 7:35am

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Location: Seneca County, NY
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Lucky to have an awesome wife. Father to three boys. As for animals...rabbits, chickens and goats, oh my!

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3/29/12 at 4:12pm

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3/29/12 at 5:41pm

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Location: Alabama
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& from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
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Check out my Blog: The Country Chick And be sure to check out our soap shop on Etsy, here.

Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

Check out my Blog: The Country Chick And be sure to check out our soap shop on Etsy, here.

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3/29/12 at 6:15pm

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Hi and

from Ohio. So happy to have you aboard.

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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3/29/12 at 6:36pm

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Hello and Welcome from Sugarloaf Mountain, Clermont, Florida. Join the Florida Thread where all the Florida peeps hang out. Come on over and join the fun. Where are you?

Maye

Ride the Glide....LIVE YOUR BUCKET LIST NOW!!!!!! Home of 5 RMHorses, 2 ACD, 8 cats, 4 Welsummer hens,1 Welli Roo,1 EE Buff Orp. X Roo, 5 Skiddie hens,BLRW Roo,2 Dominique,6 Ameraucana hens+2 Roo,1 FBCM Roo, 4 mutt goats, and best of all Don who puts up with us ALL and is Mr. Fix It. RIP my BRIDGET girl.... Foundation Rocky Mountian Horse --1 of 33 that started a new breed.....