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post #1 of 17
5/5/12 at 12:15pm
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Howdy-

 

My wife and I are new to raising chickens and love it so far. We have been wanting to raise our own eggs and meat for a while and have finally made the leap.  We have 4 golden sex-link, 1 barred rock, 2 black austrolorps, 2 ameraucana and 12 cornish x.   We lost 3 chicks (2 goldens and 1 barred) to a chicken snake 3 nights ago. The snakes are absolutely horrible this year in our part of Texas. We love to see how our chicks change and grow everyday and can't wait to be eating fresh eggs.  BYC has helped us with starting our brood so thanks to all that have posted about this and that.

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post #2 of 17
5/5/12 at 1:36pm

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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 #3 of 17
5/5/12 at 1:41pm

Hello and welcome from Ohio....so glad you joined us

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post #4 of 17
5/5/12 at 3:12pm

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Keep one eye on the past, one eye on the future and both eyes on the present. ~ a Raven ~

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Of all the things I have ever lost, I miss my mind the most. 

Keep one eye on the past, one eye on the future and both eyes on the present. ~ a Raven ~

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post #5 of 17
5/5/12 at 5:58pm

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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"

 

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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 17
5/5/12 at 6:24pm

Welcome  thumbsup.gif    to BYC!  From Washington State.

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post #7 of 17
5/5/12 at 6:43pm

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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 #8 of 17
5/5/12 at 7:04pm

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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 #9 of 17
5/5/12 at 7:08pm
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Howdy-

 

My wife and I are new to raising chickens and love it so far. We have been wanting to raise our own eggs and meat for a while and have finally made the leap.  We have 4 golden sex-link, 1 barred rock, 2 black austrolorps, 2 ameraucana and 12 cornish x.   We lost 3 chicks (2 goldens and 1 barred) to a chicken snake 3 nights ago. The snakes are absolutely horrible this year in our part of Texas. We love to see how our chicks change and grow everyday and can't wait to be eating fresh eggs.  BYC has helped us with starting our brood so thanks to all that have posted about this and that.

welcome-byc.gif , from the plains of eastern South Dakota! Glad you could join us! Hope you thoroughly enjoy this addiction! thumbsup.gif  jumpy.gifjumpy.gif jumpy.gif jumpy.gif jumpy.gif jumpy.gif

Home to 1 Peek-a-poo dog, 1 Cockatiel, 2 zebra finch, 7 ducks, 2 pigeons, & a tub of red worms; as well as one ole Norwegian-German originally from Minnesota's Mississippi valley.

 

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Home to 1 Peek-a-poo dog, 1 Cockatiel, 2 zebra finch, 7 ducks, 2 pigeons, & a tub of red worms; as well as one ole Norwegian-German originally from Minnesota's Mississippi valley.

 

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post #10 of 17
5/5/12 at 7:09pm

Hi and welcome from Lockhart TX   frow.gif
 

Wife and  Mom to 2 young men (17 &22), 4 dogs, 2 indoor cats, 2 feral cats, 1 rabbit, 1 parrot, 4 ferrets, 1 betta fish and now 3 hens and 4 pullets    we LOVE our lil zoo

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Wife and  Mom to 2 young men (17 &22), 4 dogs, 2 indoor cats, 2 feral cats, 1 rabbit, 1 parrot, 4 ferrets, 1 betta fish and now 3 hens and 4 pullets    we LOVE our lil zoo

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