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Hi...Patricia from Florida...getting my first two hens tomorrow :)

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4/14/12 at 9:35am

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Hi!

I have never raised chickens and don't want chicks, as if I get any more chickens they will be rescues, but want to provide fresh eggs from happy, healthy, loved hens!

Have a large dog cage roost for the night, until my shed is converted into a coop...

Going to read info from the learning center, but if anyone has any must know tips from your experience let me know!

Nice to meet you all!

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4/14/12 at 9:37am

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Hi and

from Ohio. So glad you joined. Congrats and have fun.

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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4/14/12 at 10:29am

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Welcome to BYC! Congrats on the hens!

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.

AnnElise Clark

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4/14/12 at 12:18pm

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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.
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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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4/14/12 at 1:12pm

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Welcome to BYC.

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4/14/12 at 1:31pm

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Hello and Welcome from Sugarloaf Mountain, Clermont, Florida. Where are you? Come on over and join the Florida thread, look in the Where am I, Where are you section for (FLORIDA..... ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP......). Meet some great local people. BTW, you really need at least 3 hens.

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.....

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4/14/12 at 1:39pm

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Welcome from Michigan

At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

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