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post #1 of 12
4/30/12 at 12:36pm
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Hello,


My name is Aric,I live in Jurupa Valley, California.  I just purchased three Layers. I also have three dogs and two cats. My yard is double fenced, so the dogs are no problem, but the cats are a different story. Right now the chickens are housed in an chain linked 8x10 dog kennel. I already started putting chicken wire over the top. Then I will put a piece of plywood over the back side of that for shade.  I plan to lift the boxes off of the ground after I build them, right now they are on the ground, but that will change very soon.


I just sent for some Chicken Nipples for watering off of eBay, right now I'm using some old dog bowls, and will be going to the hardware store for other supplies later today.


I started with the chickens because of a conversation that I had with someone at church about my vegetable garden. We were talking about me being a new gardener when she said that she was not a gardener, but a farmer, because she only grows things that can be eaten, not flowers. I figured that the same went for me also, so I decided to go one step further and start bringing animals into the mix. After I get a few more chickens I will start bringing in pot belly pigs and goats. 
 

I came to this website because I am very new to this, but I am already in love with it, and I know that I will need a lot of help.  I hope that you all are having as much fun as I am.


Edited by TallChickMagnet - 4/30/12 at 2:47pm

yippiechickie.gifOne Wife - Two Sons - Five Grandkids - Three Dogs - Two Cats - Twenty-Three Chickensyippiechickie.gif

One Buff Orpingtons - Two Brown Leghorns - One Lavender Orpington - Two Old English Game

One Red Sex-Links - One Silver Laced  Wyandotte - One White Rock - Four Easter Eggers

 One Gold Laced  Wyandotte - One Cochin Cock - Nine Cochin Mix Chicks

 

.- And Some Gophers Messing Up My Yard -

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yippiechickie.gifOne Wife - Two Sons - Five Grandkids - Three Dogs - Two Cats - Twenty-Three Chickensyippiechickie.gif

One Buff Orpingtons - Two Brown Leghorns - One Lavender Orpington - Two Old English Game

One Red Sex-Links - One Silver Laced  Wyandotte - One White Rock - Four Easter Eggers

 One Gold Laced  Wyandotte - One Cochin Cock - Nine Cochin Mix Chicks

 

.- And Some Gophers Messing Up My Yard -

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post #2 of 12
4/30/12 at 12:51pm

Hello and welcome from Ohio...so glad you joined. You will have loads of fun here on BYC and with your new chickens.

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post #3 of 12
4/30/12 at 1:04pm

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?

 



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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
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post #4 of 12
4/30/12 at 1:06pm

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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?

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post #5 of 12
4/30/12 at 2:14pm

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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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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 #6 of 12
4/30/12 at 2:19pm

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post #7 of 12
4/30/12 at 3:38pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. 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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post #8 of 12
4/30/12 at 4:53pm

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Pure English Orpington Breeder

*Partridge Orpingtons *Spangle Orpingtons *Jubilee Orpingtons *Chocolate Orpingtons *BBS Orpingtons * English Lavenders* 

* Autumn Farm Orpingtons *

  

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Pure English Orpington Breeder

*Partridge Orpingtons *Spangle Orpingtons *Jubilee Orpingtons *Chocolate Orpingtons *BBS Orpingtons * English Lavenders* 

* Autumn Farm Orpingtons *

  

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post #9 of 12
4/30/12 at 5:16pm

Yup, yup, yup! Chickens are lots of fun! I'm a newbie who started last May. Soon my first birds will be 1 YO and this week a new batch of mail order chicks will join the menagerie. Gotta watch out for that chicken math!

 

Welcome to the BYC gang. You're gonna love it here. It is THE place for all things fowl.

Love, Linn B * * * Nesting with my perfect DH, Cee Cee (choc. lab), Belle (orange tabby), Rusty (fertilizer rabbit), 5 Australorp hens, 4 Lt. Brahma hens and The Count of Monte Cristo, (Monte) my roo. And new, this May nine girls -- a Cochin, a Cuckoo Maran, an Easter Egger, 2 Buckeyes, 3 black sex-link (but Brownie isn't black), and Nesco, my Roaster Oven hatchling. Sigh! Victim of Chicken Math!

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Love, Linn B * * * Nesting with my perfect DH, Cee Cee (choc. lab), Belle (orange tabby), Rusty (fertilizer rabbit), 5 Australorp hens, 4 Lt. Brahma hens and The Count of Monte Cristo, (Monte) my roo. And new, this May nine girls -- a Cochin, a Cuckoo Maran, an Easter Egger, 2 Buckeyes, 3 black sex-link (but Brownie isn't black), and Nesco, my Roaster Oven hatchling. Sigh! Victim of Chicken Math!

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post #10 of 12
4/30/12 at 5:33pm

Hello and welcome!  So happy you joined us!!

We have a dozen different breeds of chickens and we love them all!

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We have a dozen different breeds of chickens and we love them all!

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