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    My Backyard Chickens BLOG

    Thanks so much !!! I love "doing up" pictures, logos, banners and graphics, etc. ! It's a hobby of mine as well. I also do alot of photography (for myself and others) btw - if anyone's ever interested, I do custom logos, graphics, banners, email buttons, etc. I also do web design And I have...
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    Anyone own a miniature horse?

    I am looking to get one for my daughter for Christmas if I can convince my DH of the idea and can find one for the right price. My daughter is 4 and completely horse crazy! She helps me care for the chickens (has her own coop), the goats, and the dogs so I know she would do great with a horse...
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    My Backyard Chickens BLOG

    Check it out ! I just edited it and added a couple pics, etc. ! https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=10469
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    One new hen ... now I have questions !!! Need answered quickly pwease

    I was to worried about her legs, etc. ... so I gave her to my Grandma. Grandma was happy to get her Thanks for all the opinions !
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    One new hen ... now I have questions !!! Need answered quickly pwease

    As for age of the other hens - they know that they are approx 2 years old. The way they know is because their son was only 1 year old when they got these chickens as peeps. Now he's 3. The guy said he doesn't remember them laying eggs ever since last winter. The lady wasn't so sure - she thought...
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    One new hen ... now I have questions !!! Need answered quickly pwease

    Ok ... Here's pictures of the one I brought home ... What do you think ? I'm new to chickens, so any help would be appreciated. What breed do you think she is ? What's with her legs ? Does she look approx 5 months or so old ?
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    One new hen ... now I have questions !!! Need answered quickly pwease

    I posted in another post about some chickens that I was offered for FREE. Well, I just got home from going to see them. I didn't get them all. Here's why ... I talked to the people and they said they hens haven't laid eggs for MONTHS ... ?? So what's up with that ? There was one hen who's...
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    Both Goat just found dead in pen...

    So sorry for your loss ! imo it was something really strong, because if a bear couldn't get UNDER your fence, and these goats are big goats, how could something pull THEM both under the fence ? Sounds to me like something strong took them over top the fence. I would say a big cat to, cause you'd...
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    Need your opinion ~ I was offered 3 chickens for FREE

    I received an email from "Mary" (the lady who I'm in contact with concerning the chickens) and this is what she said about the health issue : Totally Understand about the health question. growing up we raised chickens 32,000 at a time and I know that one little disease can kill the whole flock...
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    Need your opinion ~ I was offered 3 chickens for FREE

    Ok, I have an update ... I talked with Hubby, and we're able to fence off a "quaranteen coop" for them. We had spoke about it previously, and now this is simply speeding things up. So I DO have a place to quaranteen them away from my current flock. The lady who is offering them to me isn't the...
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    Need your opinion ~ I was offered 3 chickens for FREE

    Would there be obvious symptons if they'd be sickly ?
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    Need your opinion ~ I was offered 3 chickens for FREE

    If you dont plan to quarantine them, you are really asking for trouble. Please quarantine! I wouldn't let them roam during that time, either, because if they have something, they will spread it everywhere. If someone offered me a 100 bird flock, free, I wouldn't take it because of the risk. They...
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    Need your opinion ~ I was offered 3 chickens for FREE

    I'll take the opposing view. Why introduce strange birds to your flock if they aren't laying? There have been plenty of horror stories about new birds infecting a whole flock on BYC not to mention the chaos it may cause in pecking order. Your chickens may not take to the new birds or vice...
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    Need your opinion ~ I was offered 3 chickens for FREE

    Ok, well I'm going for it I told the girl yes, I'll take them. I might be picking them up tomorrow. When I do bring them home ... I will have to figure out how to keep them seperate. My other chickens are penned up in a chicken coop - they're NOT free range (I let them out sometimes, but not...
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    Need your opinion ~ I was offered 3 chickens for FREE

    Yes, I have other chickens I have 28 total ... 17 hens and 11 Roos, but 10 roos will be "gone" soon. Free is free. Even if they're only laying 2-3 eggs a week, that's SOME eggs for FREE. Get them I agree, but at the same time - if they're NOT laying eggs much, would they be worth the cost...
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