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Should I buy eggs or wait it out?
The trick will be to remember all I have used and never use the same "ation" word twice. Keeps my mind occupied while doing some wrenching, painting, wood cutting etc. May have to switch to a different suffix over time. Yep, I blame Roger.- Artful Codger
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Should I buy eggs or wait it out?
Read your thread all the way through this winter. Giving up TV frees up lots of time when there are seven hours of daylight. Roger is one of my favorite names (dad and brother). Thought for about two seconds you were taking it in vain. I just know my first rooster will be named Cogburn...- Artful Codger
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Should I buy eggs or wait it out?
Mid fifties with rain and wind today. Crocus are blooming and daffodils are budding. Have scads of "I don't knows" pushing through the dirt. Fruit trees are trimmed after a few years of neglect. Did the primary tilling on the garden space last summer. Insulated the shop and added a wood...- Artful Codger
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Should I buy eggs or wait it out?
As you ask with elation Status of our situation Retirement brings a new vocation Planting, harvest, irrigation Also house renovation And tractor restoration In a new localization Chickens still a machination Will be months to realization Of chicken materialization With the eggs for...- Artful Codger
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Should I buy eggs or wait it out?
Bear with me, first post. Inspired by Mortie. THE FARMERS LAMENT In the depths of this our nation Nearly dead with constipation Farmers wait with anticipation For that first egg creation What made me choose this avocation? Was it just imagination Product of speculation That revels in...- Artful Codger
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying