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    5/5/09- Okay so here's a little bit about me. I am 29 years old, I live in Fairfield Maine with my Wife and our family of animals. Our list includes Mysti our 13yo Black Lab, Zeus our 8yo Husky/Shepard mix, Our three cats Oliver the Siamese, Salem the black Kitty (surprise huh?) and Chaiome our...
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    Any upcoming get togethers/ swaps in ME?

    Hey there, I was just wondering if there were any possible swap/shows coming up any time in the near future in Me, such as the TSC ones? I missed the one in augusta last fall b/c of the recheduled rain date and I really want to get to one!!
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    Maine Farm Fest - date changed Oct 25th sunday Augusta TSC

    I'm excited to see all these birds I def. in the market for a frizzle or a silkie
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    Winterizing coop in Maine

    Less then 20ft away...I can see them from the computer room and they know I am there...they yell at me to come out...
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    Winterizing coop in Maine

    here are some pictures. In the one of the of the coop on the outside, I have some boards around the bottom, they were a temporary stop to the underneath of the coop, where the silly girls were laying eggs...I didn't fit Now they have figured out to lay inside...which you can see the door on the...
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    Winterizing coop in Maine

    I live in the waterville area. I have a Houdon and an Aracuna, lost my polish. I am possibily looking at getting another bird or two. I think I will post pictures of my coopand see what people say.
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    Gutted hen, chickens or rodents?

    I had a skunk do this to my little girl..
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    Winterizing coop in Maine

    Ok..so as the winter gets closer...I am trying to figure out the best way to keep my girls warm in my coop. My coop (houses 2 girls at the moment) and is about 3.5Wdx3.5Lx4H.. I want to make sure my girls are warm enough, but I am very afraid of putting a lamp in the coop and causing a fire. I...
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    Maine Farm Fest - date changed Oct 25th sunday Augusta TSC

    So, I am looking forward to the gathering, and possibly picking up a hen or to. I am sort looking for random breeds. Anybody going with buttercups, silkies, houdons, or polish? I want to get another girl or two, and I'm not super choosey, but those are my big interests!
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    Looking in Maine

    Ok, so as I posted, my wifes little baby, her polish was killed the other day by a skunk. I have talked to her and she wants to add another girl to our family (maybe two ) She has mentioned that he would really like a frizzle or a silkie. I was wondering if anybody in the state or the area knew...
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    K...so I kinda feel funny asking this...

    thank you all!!
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    K...so I kinda feel funny asking this...

    So after my little girl was attacked and killed by a skunk, I set up a temporary pen in my garage for my hens babs and mac until I made alterations to the one out back to skunk proof it. I went out to get eggs and feed them today, Ginger, my ever friendly ans curious aracuna had "flown the coop"...
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    That chicken made a monkey outta me!

    Oh that is so a chicken MO. My girls will squawk at me if I am not out doing the daily routine at the right time. And if they are not satisfied with something they will go to the place on the fence facing my sun room, which if I looked right, can see my run, will stand looking at the housing...
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    I'm hurting....

    It was set on getting in, it dug a big hole to get under the back side of my fence. the worst part is, I realized that it wasn't trying to get away from me or acting scared, so I though, crap this thing might be sick. I pages my local ACO, no returned call. So then I called the local police...
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    I'm hurting....

    I wen tout this morning to feed my girls and noticed olny two were running around.. Went I went in to the pen, I saw it, a skunk was in the corner with my wifes little Polish Babs, it had killed her. I was so broken. I grabbed my other girls and penned them in the garage (they are still there)...
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