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    I kept having this silly notion that I wanted to keep some hens in the backyard to be able to have fresh eggs. I lived on a farm as a kid and always enjoyed having all manner of farm critters around. Since I live in town now, I figured chickens were out of the question. Lo and behold...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    It was the first egg that I got.....but I cheated and bought hens that were already laying
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    what do you do with your bacon grease?

    Healthwise, I'm much more concerned about hydrogenated vegetable oils than bacon grease. It appears that the alternatives marketed as "safer" were, in fact, the worst. Heart attacks were rare before the turn of the last century when cooking with animal fats was the norm. Now heart disease is...
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    Joining from South Alabama

    Hi everyone, I recently modified an old potting shed into a backyard chicken house. It's now populated by six hens....3 barred rocks and 3 black sex links. I ran across this site while searching for chicken coop pictures to get ideas on how to build the nesting boxes. It seems like everyone...
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