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post #1 of 13
5/10/12 at 9:39am
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Hi Everyone:

 

My name is Allison and my husband and I live on a small hobby farm. We have 4 rescued horses and a fruit orchard. We just added 6 golden buff chicks to our farm last month - we are new and complete novices to raising chickens! I can't wait to dig in here and learn all kinds of new things!

 

Any words of wisdom for the newbie?? jumpy.gif

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post #2 of 13
5/10/12 at 9:43am

My husband & I {along with our 2 children} also have a hobby farm {Cows, Goats, Pigs}...and in 2 weeks we will be welcoming 12 baby chicks to our 'farm family'! So like you, we are also novice in the 'chicken raising' department! This site has taught me SO much about getting ready for our chicks & raising laying hens! Really makes me breath a sigh of relief when I can come on here & get an answer to any question I have smile.png
 

Wife, Mommy to 2 {with one due in July!}, & chicken mommy to...3 R.I.R's...2 Delaware...2 Barred Rock...3 Ameracunas...2 Silkie Partridge...2 Frizzle & 2 Buff Polish!
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Wife, Mommy to 2 {with one due in July!}, & chicken mommy to...3 R.I.R's...2 Delaware...2 Barred Rock...3 Ameracunas...2 Silkie Partridge...2 Frizzle & 2 Buff Polish!
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post #3 of 13
5/10/12 at 10:14am

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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 #4 of 13
5/10/12 at 10:16am
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LOL Thank you!!!

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post #5 of 13
5/10/12 at 10:42am
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?

 



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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 #6 of 13
5/10/12 at 11:41am

frow.gif                      welcome-byc.gif           from washington state           glad you joined us!

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 #7 of 13
5/10/12 at 12:11pm

Welcome to BYC.


                                                                                             Forewarned is Forearmed

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                                                                                             Forewarned is Forearmed

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post #8 of 13
5/10/12 at 12:15pm

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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 #9 of 13
5/10/12 at 2:23pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. Good luck and enjoy. 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 #10 of 13
5/10/12 at 5:00pm

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"

 

Check out my Blog: The Country Chick                          And be sure to check out our soap shop on Etsy, here.

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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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