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7/8/12 at 7:25am

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Hello Everyone,

We are Brian and Kathy Lince from Merritt, Michigan. We just started raising our own chickens and we really enjoy it! Together we have built our own chicken tractor, as well as building one for Kathy's mother. We are excited about this website and have already learned alot from all of you. We hope that in the future we can contrubute some useful information also. Wish us luck in our endeavors. BKeee.

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7/8/12 at 7:40am

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I wish you luck in this venture and enjoy your birds.

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7/8/12 at 9:02am

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& from Alabama. Glad you joined us. Good luck

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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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7/8/12 at 12:31pm

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7/8/12 at 8:24pm

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Hi and

from Ohio. So glad you to have you aboard.

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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!