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    Greetings from a place that's simply a zip code - King Hill, Idaho!

    Yeah! I did hear that about 20 years ago, there was a school, a couple of stores and a post office!!! The house we are living in has quite a bit of the brick from the original school house and also has the main banister rail from the school, now that's leading to the upstairs of the house. We...
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    Greetings from a place that's simply a zip code - King Hill, Idaho!

    Hi everyone! Just wanted to tell ya'll where I hail from and maybe to give you a better idea where my chicken-children will be living! My husband and I have been here for almost one year (came from the North-West coast) and we love it way out here on the wide open prairie!! It's perfect...
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    Guess who just bought Rob Ludlow's book!

    Strange how things work. I was looking around online for the best books on raising chickens and among the most recent 3 I just bought, I saw, "Chicken Health for Dummies". Good price, great info, thorough and an easy read. So, when it came to the house, naturally I was all excited and opened...
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    Ready to be a chicken Mama!

    Okay! So after taking a look at the Learning Center and the info on picking the right breed for you, I have changed my mind almost instantly!!! What I thought were going to be the best breeds for us turned out completely WRONG! I've been taking notes and I c/p the beautiful chart that was made...
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    Ready to be a chicken Mama!

    Thanks to all of you who welcomed me into the 'flock' so nicely! Dave (my S/O) and I were talking more about where the run is going to go and about dividing it down the middle since we want two different types of birds. We would like Buff Orps for layers/pets and Jersey Giants or a large...
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    Ready to be a chicken Mama!

    Hey there, all! Brand new to raising chickens for meat and eggs and I can't wait to get started! Here in Idaho, we are in a large predatory area so a strong, well built but large run/coop is going to be our option. We're going to start out with maybe 6-8 birds and go from there. I have heard...
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