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    Official BYC Poll: How do you name your pet chickens?

    The bonus screen on the “Yardbird” Slot Machine (Shelly & Henrietta - Sexlinks), my daughter’s love for McNuggets (Chicken Nugget - Delaware), my favorite childhood book (Little Red Hen - Road Island Red), Star Wars (Princess Lay-Ha - Easter Egger), and my husband’s fondness for The Maury Povich...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Old Is / Was Your Oldest Chicken?

    The record has been broken by Peanut, who is 21 and still clucking. NPR ARTICLE LINK: Peanut, world’s oldest chicken
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    Official BYC Poll: How Old Is / Was Your Oldest Chicken?

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    Topic of the Week - What is the purpose of your flock?

    I have raised planters (built out of pallets - cheap and easy to do), so I staked the corners and stalled bird netting around it. The girls still get through to a few, but many more survive.
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    Topic of the Week - What is the purpose of your flock?

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    World’s Oldest Living Chicken on NPR

    Peanut, World’s Oldest Chicken I heard this on NPR and had to share it with those of us here who love our chickens: an interview with Marsi Darwin, owner of Peanut, a 21-year-old Bantam, winner of Guinness Book’s oldest living chicken award.
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    Comment by 'patirosaj' in article 'Chicken-Keeping Tips for City Slickers'

    We live 10 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. My girls’ space includes planters that I made out of pallets. I covered them with bird netting to keep the ladies from then. Their poop is incredible in my compost pile and planters, the eggs are nice, but they’re my girls. They are totally tame (I...
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    Topic of the Week - What is the purpose of your flock?

    I have a tiny flock of 6 in my backyard in Monterey Park, California, 5 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles. My urban ladies are first and for most pets. The eggs, garbage disposal, and poop for my compost to garden are fringe benefits. I have so many eggs that I give them away to my coworkers...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Picked the first two sugar snap peas of the year. Yes, they are winter crops, but in CA anything grows. That, and my ladies decided to peck through the bird netting and devour my first 3 sets of seedlings. Shout out to any OC Master Gardners who juggle chickens and backyard urban gardens in the...
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