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post #1 of 12
5/29/12 at 12:36pm
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Hi!  I found this great website while researching backyard chicken raising.  My DH and I are thinking about doing this.  We live in a semi-rural township that has small fruit/veggie stands, orchards, and free-ranging chickens.  We have a farm house on the lake that came with a two-stall pole barn.  We don't have horses (previous owner had one). Our barn is fenced in within a good-sized area for chickens to roam.  I'm thinking of converting one of the stalls and using the already fenced-in area for ranging.  I have some questions about that, so I will post some pics in the design/construction forum. 

 

Thanks for the great info already!  Bookmarking it now! big_smile.png

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post #2 of 12
5/29/12 at 12:50pm

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Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot,  1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

 

 

Stan the Man will be missed.

 

 

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Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot,  1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

 

 

Stan the Man will be missed.

 

 

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post #3 of 12
5/29/12 at 12:54pm

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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 #4 of 12
5/29/12 at 1:05pm

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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 #5 of 12
5/29/12 at 3:47pm

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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 #6 of 12
5/29/12 at 6:14pm
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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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 #7 of 12
5/29/12 at 7:00pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from a fellow Buckeye. So glad you joined. Sounds like a great place. You should also check out the other Ohio members at the link below. thumbsup.gif
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/12049/ohio-come-on-buckeyes-let-me-know-your-out-there

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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
5/29/12 at 7:16pm

Hello from another Ohioan! :)

Mom to one rambunctious 4-year-old, and the one who brings the food to my "blended family" of several coturnix and a silkie hen. (Flock? Covey? Flovey?) Proud chicken momma of 2 easter eggers, 2 speckled sussex, and 2 silver cuckoo marans, and beginning the adventure of hatching coturnix eggs.
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Mom to one rambunctious 4-year-old, and the one who brings the food to my "blended family" of several coturnix and a silkie hen. (Flock? Covey? Flovey?) Proud chicken momma of 2 easter eggers, 2 speckled sussex, and 2 silver cuckoo marans, and beginning the adventure of hatching coturnix eggs.
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post #9 of 12
5/29/12 at 8:58pm

Hello from Florida! I am a Michigander, and a Wolverines fan, but I won't hold your Ohio-ness against you! Ha! Welcome. Go Blue! welcome-byc.gif
 

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post #10 of 12
5/29/12 at 9:02pm

welcome-byc.gif from a fellow Buckeye!

1 handy lovable hubby, 2 talented, loving sons, 2 precious daughters-in-love, 5 brilliant, beautiful, amazing grandchildren.

42 chickens, 9 turkeys and 5 guineas.


Blessed beyond measure, showered with blessings, standing on the promises.

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1 handy lovable hubby, 2 talented, loving sons, 2 precious daughters-in-love, 5 brilliant, beautiful, amazing grandchildren.

42 chickens, 9 turkeys and 5 guineas.


Blessed beyond measure, showered with blessings, standing on the promises.

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