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4/14/12 at 9:11am

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I had inherited 25 chickens years ago but haven't had any for over 20 years until last Saturday when I brought home 6 Rhode Island Red female chicks from TSC. Right now they are living in a box Inside a dog crate but today I will move the box into a 4'x4' dog pen as the box is getting too small. They grow so fast!

I'm an RN and have 7 dogs and a koi pond. The henhouse is being built and hopefully will be ready by the time the girls are ready for it.

I've been enjoying all the pictures so far.

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4/14/12 at 9:40am

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Hi and

from Ohio. So glad you joined. Congrats on getting back into chickens.

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4/14/12 at 10:31am

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Welcome to BYC!

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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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4/14/12 at 12:16pm

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& from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

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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?
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4/14/12 at 1:13pm

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4/14/12 at 1:41pm

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Hello and Welcome from Sugarloaf Mountain, Clermont, Florida. Lots of chicken people and breeders up by you, Ocala/ Gainsville area. Come on over and join the Florida thread it is in the Where am I, Where are you section under(FLORIDA.....ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP....). Come and join the fun in the sun.....

Maye

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4/14/12 at 5:23pm

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Hi && Welcome!!!

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4/14/12 at 7:10pm

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4/14/12 at 7:46pm

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Thank you all for the welcome.

I spent the early part of the afternoon transferring the chicks to their new abode, from which they promptly escaped through the bars. So off I went to TSC to get some chicken wire to put around the pen. I had already put in a floor to keep my tile clean and the shavings so it took me forever to get the chicken wire around the pen because it kept getting hung up. Finally got done and the chicks were in seventh heaven. It was so cute seeing them scratching around in the shavings.

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4/14/12 at 8:26pm