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4/3/12 at 10:01am

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Location: Central Massachusetts
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Hello everyone! If you had asked me five years ago if I would ever raise chickens, I would have said "no". However, my hubby has always dreamed of raising his own chickens. So now, we just received our first 10 egg layers and are starting our journey as chicken raisers!

4 Light Brahmas, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 grey russian cat, 1 coon hound, 1 toddler

and a whole lot-a chicks!

4 Light Brahmas, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 grey russian cat, 1 coon hound, 1 toddler

and a whole lot-a chicks!

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4/3/12 at 10:05am

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Welcome to BYC.

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4/3/12 at 10:35am

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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?

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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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4/3/12 at 11:23am

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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?

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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4/3/12 at 12:35pm

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Hi && Welcome!

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4/3/12 at 3:16pm

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Hi and

from Ohio. So glad you joined. Congrats on your new chicks.

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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4/3/12 at 4:01pm

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& from Alabama. Glad you joined us. Congrats on your new additions and good luck

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.

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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4/4/12 at 7:43am

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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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4/4/12 at 12:36pm

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Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!

4 Light Brahmas, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 grey russian cat, 1 coon hound, 1 toddler

and a whole lot-a chicks!

4 Light Brahmas, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 grey russian cat, 1 coon hound, 1 toddler

and a whole lot-a chicks!

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4/4/12 at 2:59pm

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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.