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    Is this food good???

    This is the label from our local feed mill's feed. Is it decent? Keep in mind the free range a few hours daily and get lots of fresh foods, seeds and grains. If it means anything, my first hen started laying last week at 16 weeks. They were on the starter/grower, but time for layer I guess.
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    First eggs ever!!!

    We got our girls at a few days old in April and today we were given these! I am so excited and proud of my girls! We were not expecting eggs for another month at least! I guess they are happy chickens!
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    Yep, they have officially taken over!

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    I dare you not to laugh!

    :)
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    I dare you not to laugh!

    I should have out this in the funny Animal pic post.
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    I dare you not to laugh!

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    PVC feeder problem. Help please!

    Ok, the PVC feeder was awesome until we discovered a problem. I keeps getting mold in it. The part we pour the feed into is in the outside of the pen through a hole in the hardware cloth. It is under a small roof overhang from the coop, and we thought we had a watertight cap in it, but is...
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    Funny pic

    They found their way into the garage, lol
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    New stuff

    Brite Tap waterer....both chickens and humans love it! PVC feeder built by my wonderful husband, also awesome!!!! No waste!!! Screen door for the coop makes for great ventilation! Sand in the coop and run make for easy cleaning and sanitary conditions. Free-ranging equals happy...
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    My babies

    This IS their coop! They have spent the last few days there with the heat lamp! I am out there many times a day just hanging out with them! I never understood "free-ranging" because I couldn't imagine them not running away, but the other day I got brave and let them out while I was doing yard...
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    My babies

    My chicks "somewhere over the rainbow"!!! Never thought it was possible to love chickens so much!!! I'm definitely attached!!!!
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    Final touches...chicks approve!

    It's actuall a thick plasticky material. Got it at Lowes.
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    Final touches...chicks approve!

    Yes, it's sand. It's dark because it's still wet ;)
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    Final touches...chicks approve!

    The big girls spent most of the day in their coop and run today. They learned to go up the ramp to the roost and love being up there looking out the window! Tomorrow we need ti finish scooping sand in the run and I think the big girls may spend tomorrow night there with the heat lamp.
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    Sand price???

    It's from a quarry. It's a pretty fine sand. When the guy arrived with it he said "I figured you were putting in a pool, but I see you already have a pool". He asked what we were using it for, he said "if I knew that, I would have sold you 'screenings'. The sand is $24 a ton, but screenings...
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