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    My 9/11 chickens

    And if the misidentified chicks weren't wierd enough-the final disposition was kind of different. I put the family on notice that the roosters at least had to go. 15 roosters crowing the sun into rising every morning is worse than having a newborn in the house, and they tell me to never, never...
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    My 9/11 chickens

    On the cartons the chicks came in were the particulars of the birds, the farm they came from, the breed, even a web address to download the PDF datasheets on the birds. There were graphs showing expected ratios of feed to finished weight and egg production, I was impressed. I'd never raised...
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    My 9/11 chickens

    As most of us in the US can remember, 11 September 2001 was a transformative day and in the early hours of the tragedy actions were taken rather quickly. One of those actions was to ground all civilian air traffic. One of those grounded planes was a KAL 747 air freighter carrying approximately...
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    I have forgetten the pain of chickens

    but remember those tasty eggs , so here we go again! A local chicken goddess directed me here so I will poke around, distill the wizdumb and start getting ready for a new crop of fuzzies. I just have to get a refresher on whether I plant them head up or head down. Cheers, Chris (hello Michelle!)
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