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post #1 of 11
5/1/12 at 8:07pm
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Hello, I am Dave, a new member from Spread Eagle Wisconsin. My son has wanted to raise chickens for a few years  now so we finally got together and built a coop and fenced in a yarding area. Now it is time to get the birds. I have the chick feeders and waterers. Infrared heat lamps. Almost everything is in place. I would like to have maybe 8-10 layers at the most, a rooster or 2 for an alarm clock, and maybe look into having a few ducks or geese in the future.

I have had at one time over 30 rabbits, so I am not green to raising animals, but I am sure that I will need lots of advice when it comes to chickens, so I will probabaly be asking questions if I can't find answers searching the site. Otherwise I am usually pretty quiet when it comes to "typing" on forums. Just doesn't come easily for me.

Thanks for a great and informative website. Hopefully I will be able to contribute some day.

 

                 Dave S.

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post #2 of 11
5/1/12 at 8:08pm

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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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 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 #3 of 11
5/1/12 at 8:45pm
Hello and welcome-byc.gif
Glad the forum's been of some use to you. The search feature is actually pretty good, I've found a lot of tips in many of the old threads big_smile.png
Enjoy the site frow.gif
"I'm looking at nuclear power, not weapons - there's an 87% difference." ; )
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"I'm looking at nuclear power, not weapons - there's an 87% difference." ; )
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post #4 of 11
5/2/12 at 12:14am

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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 #5 of 11
5/2/12 at 4:48am

Hello! And welcome-byc.gif!

 

I hope you enjoy it here!

 

 

 

Hannah

" Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth."

Psalm 98:4

 

 

1 dog, 1 cat, 19 chickens, 2 rabbits ( In memory of a sweet rabbit), 2 frogs.

 

God Bless Haley and Michaella!

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" Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth."

Psalm 98:4

 

 

1 dog, 1 cat, 19 chickens, 2 rabbits ( In memory of a sweet rabbit), 2 frogs.

 

God Bless Haley and Michaella!

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post #6 of 11
5/2/12 at 7:24am

Welcome from California. You'll find this forum handy when you have a problem. People have been so helpful! Wishing you the best of luck with your new hobby.frow.gif

"Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral."
 Frank Lloyd Wright

Visit my hens live on camera at http://backyardhencam.com.
Gardeners please see my garden blog at http://centralcoastgardening.com.
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"Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral."
 Frank Lloyd Wright

Visit my hens live on camera at http://backyardhencam.com.
Gardeners please see my garden blog at http://centralcoastgardening.com.
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post #7 of 11
5/2/12 at 1:56pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. Good luck and have fun. 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 11
5/2/12 at 6:23pm
Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan big_smile.png

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 11
5/2/12 at 7:03pm

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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 #10 of 11
5/2/12 at 7:07pm

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"

 

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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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