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3/31/12 at 3:37pm

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I bought four hens at the local livestock auction Thursday night. Here they are:

Gertrude:

Black Betty:

Ginger & Blanche:

My Blog: http://farmlife1521.wordpress.com

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3/31/12 at 3:51pm

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Very pretty birds!

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3/31/12 at 4:03pm

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gertrude looks like the top bird and she knows it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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3/31/12 at 4:30pm

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ladies and GENTLEMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!Gertrude theeeeeeeeeeeeeee CHICKEN!!!!!! Look at how she walks,such grace,such dignity!Head held high,every step higher than the last!She is in charge and everybody knows it,huh folks?Tail short but VERY petite! Sure wouldn't want to get in trouble when she's around,huh? Looks like that was our last particapent!!!!!!! Now,the moment we have all been waiting for,the winner of The Worlds Greatest Chicken Award,goes tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,GERTRUDE THEEEEEEEE CHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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3/31/12 at 4:31pm

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Beautiful hens!!!!

6 hens: Demeter (RIR), Papagena (BPR), Nefertiti aka Nefi (EE), Freyja (Ameraucana or EE), Eleanor (SLW) and Una (BA)

Meet the 'girls' at my blog http://inthehollow.blogspot.ca/

6 hens: Demeter (RIR), Papagena (BPR), Nefertiti aka Nefi (EE), Freyja (Ameraucana or EE), Eleanor (SLW) and Una (BA)

Meet the 'girls' at my blog http://inthehollow.blogspot.ca/

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3/31/12 at 5:14pm

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Black Betty looks very smug. Congrats on your new birds!

Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot, 1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

Stan the Man will be missed.