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    Unexpected gift

    I came home the other day and noticed a duck wandering around the flower bed, I don't have any ducks so this was a surprise to see. The next day I was weeding and found a duck egg. It's a pretty big egg, not what I am used to seeing from my chickens. So this got me wandering, how often do ducks...
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    Are Chicks just for "Chicks"?

    I started our collection, but the whole family has taken to them now. The kids love watching them, and my 7th grade son acts like Santa came to visit everytime he comes back back to the house with eggs
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    Baby Chics Arrived

    Now I have an additional 26 chicks to add to the other 12 full grown chickens. The PO called at 630am, amazing how quick they are when it is a box full of chirping chicks;) As I watch them run around, I have to wonder if adding the sugar to the water is such a good idea. They seem to have...
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    Do chickens have..

    Thanks for the replies. We check them several times a day and have determined that they are not morning birds (so far) it seems around midafternoon before they decide to leave a present.
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    Do chickens have..

    Do chickens have a time of day (ie morning, afternoon) that they prefer to lay or is it just whenever they get the urge?
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    Anybody here subscribe to Countryside magazine?

    :weeeThat's the risk of subscribing to these magazines, there is no telling what they may convince you of. Two years ago if you told me I was going to be growing my own eggs I would have laughed. I still laugh everytime I carry eggs back to the house.
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    New to the board

    Thanks Ray, I have been down your way many times helping them out at the Police Academy. I always wanted to stop at the dairy near there and get some fresh milk and butter but never timed it right or didn't have time to stop. One of these days I'll make it in there.
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    Anybody here subscribe to Countryside magazine?

    I subscribe to it. I found it to be money well spent. The last issue had a story about beekeeping. I would like to have my own supply of honey, but I don't like being stung.
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    Sweet home Alabama

    North AL here.
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    New to the board

    I do, currently I have: 2 game hens 10 Domineckers (just starting to lay eggs) I have 25 AMERICANUAS on order and should get them next week.
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    New to the board

    I have been reading the posts here for a while but just got around to registering. I live in north Alabama and have enjoyed reading your posts. They have proven to be much needed resource.
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