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    is this a barred rock hen? (please be a barred rock hen!)

    hello chickenfolk! my newest addition came from the local farm store--they had just gotten three fluffy black n' white young'uns in that day. there was no identification on the cage, they were so fresh, but the guy said they were 2-month old barred rock hens. i've always wanted a barred rock...
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    luxurious dirt bath-a-trois

    there's no better way to beat the june heat here in central texas. the more the merrier. stay cool, fowl friends!
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    Battle of the Texas Rat Snake: Capture and Relocation

    hail chicken folk! we had been plagued by the below rat snake for a couple months now. he was eating as many eggs as he could get his...hands? on. last night we managed to capture and relocate him using a kind of "lasso" formed from a loop of nylon rope through a pvc pipe. if you're...
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    atx chickens, etc...

    spring seems like a good time for chickens! here's the latest from the aspiring urban farm, the accidental rooster, and the lovely ladies here in east austin... totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com bolo(cochin) and ninja(silkie) are best dustbath buddies!
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    rooster indeed?

    hello chicken peeps, so i bought the following lovely chicken at the local feed/farm store back in june. she was billed as an ameraucana, and the label on the chick dispenser (for lack of better term) said "pullets - will lay greenish blue eggs." so i got a what i thought was a pullet who...
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    the ladies lately

    had a little photo shoot yesterday, updated the blog, loving the weather! check it out if you're bored: http://totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com/2011/12/tuflock-2011-pictures.html bwak!
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    TUF Chickens

    hello chicken folk, Here's a link to my blog, wherein i discuss and take pictures of the latest in the ATX urban farm attempts. if you're bored on a sunday night, i'd love for you to check it out! http://totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com/2011/09/double-digits.html look at those pretty eggs...
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    Recent Chick Pix

    we had a little photo shoot yesterday, and so i'm showing off. here's us and our little backyard flock! https://picasaweb.google.com/105683625373306198303/20110809?authuser=0&feat=directlink enjoy, and may you and your chickens have happiness!
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    Out of My Dreams, Into My Coop

    chicken people! i had a dream about pulling big black chickens like carrots from the ground, and shortly thereafter added this beautiful cochin to my little flock in the ATX.. she totally came with this awesome araucauna: their names are now sammo (araucauna) and bolo (cochin). i wrote...
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    Chickblog

    I just did a little photoessay on my growing and grown-up ladies... totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com I am enjoying them so much!
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    broody noob

    to all the chicken folk, i say most fondly, BWAK! so i have these two silkies, see. pearl and ninja. they have both been laying great. then pearl, the lovely pillowqueen pearl, went broody probably 2 weeks ago. i know this is normal, i know this is a silkie thing too, but...i ask you...what...
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    sick chick--help, quick! (with pics)

    hello again chicken folks, i posted about this chick earlier, but i have now collected more observations and a couple of pictures. your wisdom is deeply appreciated! tumblr is an ameraucana chick, about 3.5 weeks old. she and her sister (twitter, french marans) have been growing fast and...
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    chick won't stand up! help!

    hello chicken peeps, i have a 3.5 week old ameraucana chick who was strong and fine yesterday, but today she won't extend her legs and stand up or walk. we had just transferred the 2 chicks yesterday to a closed-off section of the coop, so that they could see the older 2 chickens and have a...
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    chickens and rain--TOTAL NOOB QUESTION

    hello fowl folk! okay, so this is an extremely newbie question. we got silkies in the midst of the Great Central Texas Drought of 2011, and it hasn't really rained since we've had them. there is pretty big rain in the forecast for this week (thank goodness!). our run could get really muddy...
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    texas rat snake invasion...

    hello people of the chickens! okay, so the other day i go outside and find an ENORMOUS rat snake relaxing in our coop after having stolen an egg. we saw him off and he slithered away post haste, but we did see him again that evening! i wrote all about it in my blog, if you're interested...
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    Chicken Psychologist Needed!

    hello chicken peeps! okay, so i need some chicken psyche insight. we got our two first chickens--2 precious silkie hens, pearl and ninja!--exactly 1 week ago today. their original mistress, who had rescued pearl from a bad living situation when she was a very young pullet and raised ninja...
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    Would Love Some Coop Feedback!

    hello chicken folk! my husband and i have been in the process of coop construction for awhile now, and i've been documenting our progress in our blog...we are trying to become Totally Urban Farmers (TUFs), and so our blog is... http://totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com i would be endlessly...
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    austin newb

    hello backyard chicken world! i am in the process of building a coop and run, looking forward to chickens in probably a week or two. new friends with feathers and fresh eggs, can't wait! i also have big plans for a compost pile, a garden, neighborhood food community, world peace, all that...
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