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7/18/12 at 9:39pm

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I'm new to this site and love it very much. Guess I'm not the only one who is attached to chickens! I have one very special one, Vanita, who visits my house almost daily and would cuddle in bed with you if you let her, lol. I do send her outside to be a chicken even though she'd rather be watching tv, I swear, really. All the other 50+ chickens are well loved and happy around here. They all are special in their own ways and are so interesting, drama and all. Glad to be a part of BYC!

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7/18/12 at 9:44pm

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& from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

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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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7/18/12 at 9:52pm

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Hi and welcome from Missouri

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7/18/12 at 10:23pm

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7/18/12 at 11:16pm

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Hi and

Glad to have you here!
Vanita sounds pretty cute. Our chickens don't dare to venture into the house, even if they are given the opportunity.

I hope you find all the info you need here, and enjoy the site.

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7/18/12 at 11:18pm

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from Indiana

Chickens- 3 GLW, 3 Red Stars, 3 White rocks, 1 Blue Andalusian, 2 Australorps, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Welsummers, 1 White Wyandotte, 1 Silver spangled hamburg, 1 Exchequre leghorn, 2 EE, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 barnyard mix and a Buff Silkie

(we were going to start small LOL)

2 Black Shetland sheep

2 Pygmy goats

3 Pekin ducks

1 (Black) Blue Swedish duck

1 Ball python

2 dogs and 2 cats

(we were going to start small LOL)

2 Black Shetland sheep

2 Pygmy goats

3 Pekin ducks

1 (Black) Blue Swedish duck

1 Ball python

2 dogs and 2 cats

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7/19/12 at 1:51am

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Hello and welcome to BYC House chickens are fun, but they make a mess! I had an injured hen inside for awhile and some nights I'd find her fast asleep on my bed. Too cute!

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7/19/12 at 3:31am

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Welcome to BYC.

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7/19/12 at 5:20am

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Howdy!!! -and welcome from Texas, too! -new to BYC, as well. -have really enjoyed all of the wonderful information offered here! Your Vanita sounds like a hoot! (I have a little bantam pullet that would be perfectly content hanging out in the house with my daughter. She sneaks here in every chance she gets.

Wife of 21 years to a dear husband, mama to 2 children, 3 Golden Comets, 2 Old English Game bantams, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Black Australorp, 1 Golden Laced Wyandotte, 1 bearded Belgian d'Anver, 1 Japanese bantam, 1 budgie, 1 sugar glider, 1 Roborovski hamster, and a feisty Yorkshire terrier

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7/19/12 at 6:25am

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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Howdy from San Antonio. I love the name Vanita. Old fashioned Southern names seem to fit chickens so well. Is Vanita the only one personable enough to warrant a name? I imagine it would be pretty hard to name 50+ chickens.