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Hello All, My name is Brittany, my Mom is on here (she's Chicks4Fun) and I've been getting more and more into keeping chickens with her so I decided to go ahead and join here! The only chickens that are officially mine right now are a Show Girl Hen named Pufflet and a White Crested Black Polish Hen that I've yet to name. My boyfriend and I are hoping to help my Mom build some more coops and for me to get a couple chickens to work with. Right now I'm considering Polishs and Silkies, but I may expand into other stuff. I love working with aniamls, along with the chickens I also have a horse named Epic, a dog named Kaiya, 2 cats, Minki and Lexi and a collection of reptiles including over 45 snakes, 8 crested geckos and most recently a Chinese Cave Gecko. I'm really looking forward to discussions on here and learning more about the different breeds of chickens.
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WOW!!! 45 snakes?! I'd be scared they would eat my eggs to-be!

I'm going to be getting my first chicks in about 5 days! I'm getting 3 plymouth rocks 3 Welsummers and 3 black Australorps

 Are you going to let your silkies ''go broody''?

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 frow.gif & welcome-byc.gif from Alabama. Glad you joined us. 

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Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
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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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Lol, well the species I have aren't usually egg eaters, though my hognose might eat small eggs if I offered them to him, but they don't go anywhere near the chickens anyway, especially my one ball python that won't eat anything but frozen thawed chicks (I don't feed live and I'm a woose and can't kill them myself so I just order them online). My biggest concern is my dog actually, she gets overly playful and I'm always afriad she'll accidently kill one of my chickens trying to play.

My Mom has a pair of Welsummers she really likes and we had a black Australorp a couple years ago, I really liked her.

I think I will, I had a silkie rooster that sadly got killed by a predator, but we still have his daughter, (the mom was speckled sussex) and we gave her some eggs to sit on and all the babies hatched (did way better than the incubators). So my plan at this moment would be to let the silkies have their own eggs to hatch, plus I'll give them eggs from some other hens to hatch as well.

Best of luck with your new chicks!

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 frow.gif & welcome-byc.gif from Alabama. Glad you joined us. 

 

Thanks!!
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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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Lol, well the species I have aren't usually egg eaters, though my hognose might eat small eggs if I offered them to him, but they don't go anywhere near the chickens anyway, especially my one ball python that won't eat anything but frozen thawed chicks (I don't feed live and I'm a woose and can't kill them myself so I just order them online). My biggest concern is my dog actually, she gets overly playful and I'm always afriad she'll accidently kill one of my chickens trying to play.

My Mom has a pair of Welsummers she really likes and we had a black Australorp a couple years ago, I really liked her.

I think I will, I had a silkie rooster that sadly got killed by a predator, but we still have his daughter, (the mom was speckled sussex) and we gave her some eggs to sit on and all the babies hatched (did way better than the incubators). So my plan at this moment would be to let the silkies have their own eggs to hatch, plus I'll give them eggs from some other hens to hatch as well.

Best of luck with your new chicks!

thanks!!!

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Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. Good luck. 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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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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Hello and welcome to BYC frow.gif

 

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