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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Evening all! I hung out around the coop for a bit of mama and chick / everyone else visitation time. I ended up swatting at a couple hens that got a bit too mean with the chicks. Mama got in a small pecking order match, but she won so that part went well. The last straw before I put them away...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    We found a 3rd nest this morning! this one was in the fire pit...the 5 eggs are covered in soot! The hubby put brand new hay in the coop nesting boxes and added in a set of make shift cubbies (cinder blocks standing on end, spaced about 12 inches apart with a large board on top.) For today, I...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    they are so cute!
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Well my egg saga keeps getting more complicated! I thought they weren't laying well, so I tried to specifically give them extra protein to help with any molting. I then realized that some eggs were being eaten. :barnie I kept finding the wet spots in the nesting boxes AND dried yolk on other...
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    Lets talk about goats!

    Hello! New goat owner from Pennsylvania here! My husband and I went and bought 2, 3 month old Pygmy Goats at a livestock auction Wednesday. We were actually hoping for something larger, we are trying to give my son experience before he begins showing Boers in the county fair next summer, the...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    interestingly enough, they no longer show chickens at the Huntingdon county fair (maybe worried about disease transmission?) That was what he wanted to do at first, show chickens!
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Thank you!
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Absolutely! I know that for him to show in the county fair it is required that he is a member of 4H. So far that is all I know! LOL!
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Well, we officially own goats now...just in case we weren't busy before!:th:lau My 10 year old wants to show market goats in the Huntingdon County Fair next year and is joining 4H. We went to the livestock auction in Belleville yesterday and bought him two 3 month old Pygmy Goats to start with...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Have you tried Pennswoods? Or maybe take them to the Belleville sale? My hubby said there is an animal sale in Greencastle also.
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    The fact that the mama is brand new is certainly part of the problem. She is also smaller then our black sex links (maybe a little bantam in her) and they are fairly territorial and feisty. The BSL hens actually ganged up on and almost killed one of our OB pullets this summer.) They can all see...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Evening all! We added to our flock in the last week. We got two from a friend who didn't want to winterize her coop for the two girls. The next day I had two jumbo eggs in my coop that were different from mine, so we know they laid right away. Then husband and I went to the Belleville Animal...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I am in Huntingdon County so it is several hours away. I will think about it though!
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    My pullets are almost 22 weeks and the wait is killing me! I did see a cockerel mate with one today so that is good sign I guess!
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Hi all! I have been absent from BYC for a month or 2. It seems like life just keeps getting in the way and I keep plugging along. The results of our spring chicks from TSC were not exactly like I hoped. Our 12 chicks produced 7 cockerels and 5 pullets. While waiting for them to fill out a...
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