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Hello From Kentucky!!

post #1 of 17
4/13/12 at 9:21am
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We're from southern Kentucky and live on a small homestead.  Been looking around the site now for the past severial weeks and have decided to raise barnyard chickens.  We have a fairly large barn which is housing our chicken coops, etc. Been working night and day on coops, runways, etc.   I'm not new to chickens as my grandparents always had them and I'd spend many a summers with them and play with the flock!  Helping feed and gather eggs!  My dad and aunt also raised them together.  I've never had any myself up to now.  We're starting off with a total of 18 chicks. We have six red sex-links, six buff orpingtons, and six Rhode island reds. We might even be adding some Silver laced Wyandottes. Does this sound like a good choice for beginners?  From all I've been reading about these birds we'll have more eggs then we can eat!!  Well, sorry for the long drawn out speech but thanks for reading and we look forward to meeting all you other chicken enthusiasts and hope to learn from you all so we maybe wont run into many mistakes along the way!

 

Many thanks for such a great site,

 

Steve & Valerie

- New for 2013 - Breeding Icelandic Chickens -

 

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- New for 2013 - Breeding Icelandic Chickens -

 

- Member of The American Buckeye Club -

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #2 of 17
4/13/12 at 9:24am

Hello and welcome to BYC from Ohio!

 

Those are wonderful breeds and I know you'll enjoy them!  I'm so envious that you've got a big barn to raise your chickens in!  haha  I have a mere hen house! 

 

Take care and glad you joined,

Sharon

Proud owner of some nice show quality Buckeyes and Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks.  I love gardening and being outdoors.  I'm lucky to have a great family, and two cute dogs.  I live out in the country on six wooded acres and it's just paradise!  (Except the mortgage payment and bills, of course)

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Proud owner of some nice show quality Buckeyes and Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks.  I love gardening and being outdoors.  I'm lucky to have a great family, and two cute dogs.  I live out in the country on six wooded acres and it's just paradise!  (Except the mortgage payment and bills, of course)

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post #3 of 17
4/13/12 at 10:22am

Welcome to BYC the caddy of online chicken forums!

Yup you got some good breeds of chicks there.

Hope you have many fun filled days watching them grow up.

Take care!

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post #4 of 17
4/13/12 at 10:37am

WELCOME!!!frow.gif

Romans 8:38-39

For i am convinced that neither death nor life,neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers,neither height depth,nor anything else in all creation,will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                           

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Romans 8:38-39

For i am convinced that neither death nor life,neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers,neither height depth,nor anything else in all creation,will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                           

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post #5 of 17
4/13/12 at 11:01am

Glad you joined us!

 

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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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  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 #6 of 17
4/13/12 at 11:03am

I think those are great to start off with!! We always have WAY more than enough eggs to eat around here so it's neat that we can get rid of the extras by selling them to the people my husband works with :)

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post #7 of 17
4/13/12 at 11:57am

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

 
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
— Maya Angelou

 

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

 
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
— Maya Angelou

 

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post #8 of 17
4/13/12 at 12:11pm

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan frow.gif

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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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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post #9 of 17
4/13/12 at 3:21pm

  frow.gif & welcome-byc.gif 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?
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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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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post #10 of 17
4/13/12 at 4:35pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. Good choices. 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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