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Quote: My Easter Eggers are 5 months old and one of them has now laid 2 eggs. I don't know which one. They won't tell me Our Rhode Island Reds are about 3 weeks younger but I am increasingly thinking they're both roosters. They are getting really aggressive and also turning darker with...

Good afternoon y'all! What beautiful weather we're having today!!! I wish it were like this all year! I hope everyone did well through the storm. Guess what??!!! We got our first egg this weekend! I am so excited! And I realized real quick that I am about the only one who is excited...no...

Quote: Now I'm scared! Better call tomorrow, before the weekend. Thanks!

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Quote: It's certainly very different than N.O., where I lived before Katrina! My neighbors never even looked up at me there...except for the crack head that flicked me off once when I politely asked him to move his car from blocking my driveway! I'd lose every thing all over again if it...

Well, I was going to post in the "pest" section of BackYardChickens forum, but I figured I'd ask y'all first. We have bees living in a cedar bird house really close to our house and area of the yard where our children play. The comb is overflowing at this point. I was going to have a...

Quote: Oh thanks for the laugh! I love your description! My favorite part is "spiral shape apparatus!!!!" So funny! Actually, that was an accurate and tasteful description I will never forget the first time I saw ducks "bump uglies." I was 10 years old and I thought that one duck was...

Happy Birthday! Glad you were hatched!

Quote: umm ive got a chicken coop with a fence around it Well, I can only speak from my experience. I don't really "house" any of the animals together (during the day) because they are in open/free range area. All of them are able to roam where they please on about 1 acre during daytime...

Quote: Nice, are sheep easier to keep than goats? What breeds do well in the heat? In my opinion sheep are WAY WAY WAY easier to keep than goats. I have barbado sheep as well as katahdin sheep. I have barbado sheep because they do not have wool. They are hair sheep. The hair keeps them...

Quote: Congratulations!!! I absolutely can not wait to get our first egg(s)!

Quote: . I know exactly where farmerville is. I graduated college from North, Louisiana. A lot of COLD WINTERS!! I don't miss that AT ALL!!! If the winters are colder, are the summers cooler??? If so, I'm ready to move "up!'

Quote: I had to look that up on Google Maps!

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Hello friends! I haven't been able to log on for 3 days. I have about 30 pages to read tonight to catch up, meanwhile I hope everyone is doing well and having a good week! I posted our new chicken coop on my blog, if anyone wants to check it out and let me know what you think. I like our...