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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    I woke up this morning thinking we had a turkey in the back yard... all that gobbling noise. Turns out it was one of the young roos, trying to crow! Laughed my head off!
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    How sweet! My chickens are skittish. Unless I'm holding food, of course.
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    My chicks are 10 weeks old!! I picked up their first bag of grower/finisher! They grow up so fast!
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Well, this is a bit of an angry/violent response as well. Maybe we all should step back and disassociate feelings from the issue. It seems tempers are a bit high.
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Great idea - making them their own garden. My dill is very weak, and my parsley almost gone. I think I just rescued the rosemary and all else is doing well. The mint here is huge so they evidently haven't had a chance to smash it to pulp yet.
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    I had to fence off my herbs in my garden. At first, when the chicks were old enough to wander the back yard, they took an extreme interest in the garden and were hiding out in the herbs. I didn't have a problem with this until my plants started dying and I discovered they had scratched up some...
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Reminds me of my grandmother. She had a house in Berkeley CA with a lovely back yard, pond with goldfish... cats would often visit. She had a BB gun she kept in her closet, which had a window that faced the back yard. My little, sweet, well educated, high-classed lady of a grandmother would...
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    My cat is afraid of my chickens! Seriously - he'll go outside, see them and come back in again. But yeah, deter that bully cat. Wish I knew what to offer for advice there.
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    LOL Nope! He's a city boy! I don't think he knows about chickens!! But a nice guy.
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Awwww :D I can't wait to learn more about chickens and get some other breeds. School's got me inundated with math right now.
  11. SteamChick

    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Copperheads are evil. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I don't bother them as long as they stay in their space, away from mine. I don't like killing anything either, but if something is dangerous, you have to get rid of it. I never bother the garden snakes; I just relocate them. But...
  12. SteamChick

    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Yes please! Let me look up what I need but it won't be much. About 3' by 9' area to cover. Not picky on color. Will email you.
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    A few pics today from the Bethpage newbie! One is of some beautiful butterflies (one of many) and the others of our 9 wk old (finally figured out the age) chickens - six of them. Can't tell roos from hens yet..
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Mine are still a bit young but I suspect 3-4 of my 6 10wk old RIRs are roos. You are welcome to all but one of them! I'm in Bethpage and in school but could come down at some point. You may have to wait a bit til I find out which are which. Esp since I am very new to this and not sure what is...
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    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Today I discovered my 10 week old RIRs are intensely curious! I still don't know which are roos and which are hens, but they are endlessly entertaining. Their coop is at the end of the fenced off part of the back yard (not too big of an area). They've been a bit skittish but are always looking...
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