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    The Rookie - Chicken Owner in Training

    The coop arrived the first Sunday in May! It turned out spectacularly and I am so grateful to Red Rooster Coops. He did a wonderful job putting together the girls' new home. The girls took a few tries figuring out their new ladder, but now it's old hat to find them cuddled up in the roost by...
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    The Rookie - Chicken Owner in Training

    Well, the month of Social Distancing has been interesting. The coop hasn't arrived yet, but I've got my fingers crossed for this weekend or very very soon. He just needed to paint it and drop it off. So the girls are still in their pen in the garage right now. I like to think of good things...
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    The Rookie - Chicken Owner in Training

    The Easter Eggers are Sue (named after the T-Rex at the Chicago Field Museum) and MicroRaptor (I call her Mimi). The Fiance picked them out and got to name them so they are named after their distant ancestors. :lol: Here's Sue when she was a little smaller (though, she's always been the...
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    The Rookie - Chicken Owner in Training

    Hello all! Looking for some anxiety reduction and thought I'd start a thread documenting my experience as a rookie chicken owner with a new flock. These gals are destined to be pets who will be with us all their days. And we tend to spoil our pets. So they should be very happy. The fiance and...
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    Greetings from Wisconsin

    Greetings All! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My fiance and I are new to owning chickens. Our friends had some before they moved a year ago and we fell in love, and knew we wanted to raise some once we had a place of our own. We got a place last July during a...
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