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    Sablevulpehome

    The new peeps, week 1: 4 Aracaunas, 4 Buff Orpington, 2 Brahmas First day using the pop door... they weren't quite sure how to deal with it at first, and I there I was, the proud new momma, taking pictures of the big day! This Orpington Hen is fascinated by one of my cats...
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    Gorgeous Araucana (Easter Egger?) Rooster - Free to any in MN

    Colster- You got him! I'm glad I don't have to dispatch him, he is very beautiful, I just can't have him scaring the kids.
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    Gorgeous Araucana (Easter Egger?) Rooster - Free to any in MN

    I've had enough with his "protecting his flock" from the neighborhood 4 year old girls. If you want a gorgeous cock, 1 year 2 months old, let me know, and I will hold him a while until we can make the transfer, otherwise, I am harvesting him this weekend.
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    Pressure Cookers- how do you double recipes

    Yes that was VERY helpful. I've successfully done a double batch of my ribs, and they were as yummy as the single batch. Thanks so much!
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    Pressure Cookers- how do you double recipes

    I have been using my pressure cooker for canning purposes, and that is an absolute delight... so now I made the jump to cooking meals in the pressure cooker. I made some fabulous ribs last weekend, and want to make them again, but double the recipe. (My cooker will hold double capacity of the...
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    Post Colorful Roosters

    "Indy" aka "Adventure"
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    Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

    Quote: So THAT's why the dogs are so interested... they think they're squeekie toys! Problem is, they've only got one good squeak in 'em!
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    Winter is here!!! PIC HEAVY

    we woulda practically been neighbors! Stay warm this year- I hear it's supposed to be a snowy one.
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    House Insurance and chickens, your gonna love this!

    I just asked my P/C guy if he had ever heard of such a thing, and his response was "No, but just glancing out the window right now I can see at least two chickens fully engulfed in flames, so it’s not too surprising." Which is one of the many reasons I have for working with this company!
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    remote temperature gauge.

    Favorite brands? Sources online for these? I want to buy one, but i'm not even sure where to look for them!
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    Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

    Quote: I've had this conversation a few times too. I just tell them my hens are lesbian hens and don't need a rooster. Imp I am SO stealing that from you!!! that's awesome.
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    Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

    Quote: If she has 7 then someone needs to tell her what causes that. My thought afterwards was perhaps that finally explained why someone would have 7 children. (to her credit, they are lovely kids and a happy family... if a bit clueless.)
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    Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

    A.T. Hagan : Quote: Now what you should have said was, "This is a Holland Lop. It's a meat animal. For a layer you want are one of the Cadbury varieties. They're brown egg layers." BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That is freakin AWESOME. messing with the city slickers.
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    Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

    After my neighbor asked the obvious "do you need a rooster to get eggs" question, she followed it up with: "Well, since you have a rooster, how do you get baby chickens?" Misunderstanding, I told her I could leave the eggs in the coop to get hatched. She said, "no, how do the eggs get...
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    Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

    Quote: That hurts my brain.
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    If I paint my chickens nails

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    Titanic??

    It's a guilty pleasure. The attention to detail in costuming and set design was out of this world.
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    Winter is here!!! PIC HEAVY

    TurkeyR- whereabouts are you? I'm from the Cloquet area, though I'm living down near the cities now... my chickens were NOT impressed by their first experience with snow... a complete log-jam at the pop door as the first ones out called a retreat!
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    Just ATE my first raised chicken....and

    Quote: I have had "help" from the kids next door this summer, and one of the little girls has proven to be a "chicken whisperer." she walks up to the chickens and picks them up, no problem. Well, a couple days ago, she went into the run wearing flip flops, and one of the hens (called...
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    Housebreaking in the northern winter!

    @ Ed- I've had him for one lesson-filled week. He is now 9 weeks old. The crate is working great, made it smaller, never had an accident- even when I slept for 10 hours one night. Lotsa praise, but he couldn't care less when he is cold... @Jen- no, he isn't on a leash. I tried it a couple...
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