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Buffy is our only Orpington. She is independent, lower on the pecking order, but big, fluffy and likes to cluck. She lays frequently when not broody. She's my only brooder so far that I have...
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These are my first chickens, gifts from a daughter for Christmas. Once they started laying, it's rare to have a day without one egg from each hen. They come when I call them, stay close to the...
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I have six Japanese Bantams. Five hens and one rooster. Grace, Zoey, Lemon, DeLacey, and DeLaney are the hens, and George Tucker is my rooster. They make up about 1/5 of my chickens. I have all...
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I just LOVE my sicilian buttercup, Poppy. Anytime I go outside she loves to hop up onto my back or my arm. She's very curious and loves to he held or played with. I've also noticed that she loves...
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My Brown Leghorns are very good natured, and easy to care for. they lay well and lay large eggs. You can count on a dozen plus out of this coop every 4 days with only three hens laying. I get a...
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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?
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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?
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http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/1muttsfans-chickens
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- Joined: 8/2007
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from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard. 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!
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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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"
Check out my Blog: The Country Chick And be sure to check out our soap shop on Etsy, here.
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I never considered a difference in opinion, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. - Thomas Jefferson
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. - Ben Franklin
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. - Teddy Roosevelt
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