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  1. PB and J Acres

    Our Introduction

    Yes, we have a couple of large garden spots. Now that we have the chickens I'm looking forward to using the fertilizer they provide to keep the garden healthy.
  2. PB and J Acres

    Our Introduction

    We live in SW Missouri 'out in the country.' We purchased a small (5 acre) hobby farm that sits in the middle of a 400-acre farm. A local rancher purchased the farm with the farmhouse, not needing the house he sold it to us with enough land that we could raise some chickens and a few other...
  3. PB and J Acres

    Our Introduction

    We are completing the necessary paperwork to sell the eggs at the local farmer's market starting this spring. Currently, we are only getting 4-7 eggs due to the age of the flock and the short days. Most of our girls will mature over the next 3 months. All but 8 of them we have raised from day...
  4. PB and J Acres

    What were your worst mistakes when you first started?

    Trusting that the cute stray dog that seemed sooooo sweet would not harm my three girls! We lost one outright and the other succumbed to her injuries that evening.
  5. PB and J Acres

    Our Introduction

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We consider ourselves to still be newbies, but in reality, it's been about 18 months now. Our first set of three ladies did not do well because we allowed them to free range all day. Our new flock is much better supervised and are...
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