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    Still here..

    Thank you all for your kind encouraging words!! What time of the year do you think is best for getting babies? And do you leave your broody hen in the flock when she is used to hatch? I def don't want them to peek each other and I see it happens often with babies so I would go with the the red...
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    Still here..

    Our friend is not really sure how old his chicken are. By the sound of it they have a decent sized yard and the chicken just be chicken. I don't think the interact with them that much. So that's another thing that scares me about getting his chicken. So basically you train chicken kinda like...
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    Still here..

    Good morning! It's been a while since I've been on here. We have moved to Limestone County Alabama. Two of my neighbors have hens and a friend from work keeps giving us his free ranged eggs. Needless to say I still REALLY want some chickens. Lol. I would like to move into a nicer yard so my...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Thank you! Would you insulate your chicken coop? Trying to gather enough information before we make a decision. ;)
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    new member

    :welcome I was a lurker too, just joined about 2 days ago! I love this site for the same reasons..no matter what I asked Google BYC was always the first answer.
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Aww I can't wait to hold them as babies. There will be a run attached to it just in case I can't get them to listen lol.:lol:
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Oo my goodness..I haven't come across beak trimming..that sounds soo painful! Is it easy to train your chicken to go back in the coop after free ranging?
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Oo, I keep reading about frost bite. :( this worries me because we can get a couple feet sometimes. How do they stay warm enough?
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I've read and heard great things about Austrolorps, Orpingtons, and Plymouth Rocks. I am hoping to get an Orpington rooster. I am also planning to keep the flock around 10 in total give or take when it's harvesting time. In hopes also to keep around 3-4 good laying hens. And keeping the rooster...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Hello Pennsylvania! New here to BYC, but super excited to start being a chicken owner! My family and I are in Lancaster, Pa. We hope to start raising chicken in the next year, just trying to prepare ourselves!
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    Hello BYC!

    Thank you all for your warm welcome! BYC has already changed my view on birds and I catch myself using chicken terms lol. I am really looking forward to raising the chicks from a young age so I can get that sentimental mother bond with them! I still can't stomach their feet, lol they look soo...
  12. WhileHewasgamin

    Hello BYC!

    Hello, my name is Jazzy. I'm a mother of 2 boys 11 & 8, 2 black cats Savannah & Georgia (where my Hubby & I meet and married) that just turned 1, a gerbil named Chocolate, and a marvelous mutt named Pumba she's 4. In addition my mother and her 120 pound 2 year rottie lives with us. How...
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